Silhouette Special Edition S.
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Karleen Almquist, a thrice-married-and thrice-divorced!-personal shopper, had sworn off men, and their inherent complications...aka babies.
Until the most gorgeous widower moved in next door-complete with the two most adorable little boys she'd ever seen. True, Troy Lindquist had been alone a long time, but the ice cream mogul was looking for a real relationship, and his next-door neighbor was clearly not his type.
Still, that didn't stop him from turning to her one night-which resulted in Karleen being pregnant with Troy's child. First came the baby carriage. Then came love. And then...marriage?
It was bad enough that her partners left shy store owner Dana Malone to scout new retail space with devastatingly handsome Realtor C. J. Turner.
Then-wham!-her way-out wayward cousin literally left a baby on Dana's doorstep, and a birth certificate listing C.J. as the father. Raising her ultracute nephew was a dream come true, and as she and C.J. shared baby duties and close quarters until paternity was established, Dana kept her cool.
But every time the commitment-phobe looked at Dana, the yearning in his deep blue eyes provoked a meltdown. Would what started as a small step for Dana's store turn into a giant leap for Dana's love life?
When hometown boy Ben Vargas shot out of town ten years ago, he also left Mercy Zamora behind.
And though she had led the chorus of no strings/no wedding bells/no babies, ten years can change a girl. If only it had changed her feelings for him... And as for Ben-he'd had his reasons for leaving, but Mercy had never been one of them. And so he was home-at least for now.
And he should know better than to start something, once more, that he couldn't finish. Know better than to think that once he had her in his arms, he'd ever be able to let her go...