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It was her. He knew it was her.The
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Dear Reader,I love when a story gra
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Books by Maya BanksHarlequin Desire
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To the kidlets for being so helpful
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Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter Three
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One“Almost enough to make you bel
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Devon winced in sympathy. “Still
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on to relax around his friends.The
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to their bantering as Ryan hurried
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to work for quite some time. He fig
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over the rim. With an apologetic sm
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If she was pregnant, seven months
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and turned anxiously back to Nina.
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and she snatched it away.“Go away
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anger emanating from him. “You’
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envelope containing the check. A re
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One thing was for certain. He wasn
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served him coffee to their rush eng
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to go away. She was tired, worn thi
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he whirled around.“Where the hell
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he demanded. “You look like hell,
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What the hell did you expect? And n
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her on a daily basis and a shabby a
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He sighed. It wasn’t that he’d
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done to him. “We have a hell of a
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maneuvered through traffic. She was
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“Or he,” she said quickly.“Wo
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all the necessary precautions to pr
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“Over my dead body,” she snarle
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panic.Behind her Ryan was silent. D
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feet.”Her mother sighed. “I can
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slipping from his chair and going t
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FourWhen Kelly woke the next mornin
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ack into bed.After a long silence,
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Drawing up her shoulders, she turne
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Her eyes widened. “But I never wa
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Who could be happy when, at every t
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wonder what your mother promised he
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“I want this to work,” she said
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“I ate at the diner,” she said.
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She had to put it away because ther
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TwelveThere weren’t enough words
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Ryan pulled her into his side and k
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voice but did as he said and settle
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and we’re both tired.”He tossed
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When Ryan returned to the living ro
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ThirteenRyan took Kelly to the doct
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the baby very soon,” Ryan said in
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“I got a call from Rafael today,
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his darling mother. All the evening
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ought a new one for a new beginning
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For once she felt warm on the insid
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elationship was too new to weather
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anything else. She knew that if he
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forth.Already her feet protested he
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disgruntled sigh. “Just trying to
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“It’s awfully…clingy,” she
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Even Bryony looked skeptical as she
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Why was she putting up with this?Sh
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You’ve sent pitying glances Ryan
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plan never to see your family? Hasn
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He waved at a passing cab, frustrat
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cheeks.“Well, I don’t forgive y
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so cleverly that Ryan had been comp
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She yanked her hands down, her face
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anything to make her stay long enou
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Sixteen“Kelly!”Ryan dropped to
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experienced true hatred.He buried h
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either mother or child deteriorates
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her cheek resting on the mound of p
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she threatened to tell me he tried
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“I can’t let him get away with
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SeventeenJarrod’s expression was
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Ryan was numb from head to toe. His
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enough to harm an innocent woman.Ev
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for her. We’ll never be. I just h
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It took her several moments of star
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strength to argue. Something inside
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“I know we have a lot to work out
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lift a finger. I can have a medical
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She turned her head in surprise. Sh
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een a carefully avoided issue, as w
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Her eyes widened in surprise.“Com
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through her veins.Ryan insisted on
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worth your tears. I don’t regret
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She reached for him, framing his fa
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were all right. I made all sorts of
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