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The MD’s Mistress by Joan Hohl

“Why don’t you just go home and leave me alone?”

She spun away from him. “You’re not my keeper. Go back and save someone else’s life.”

Gently but firmly, he grasped her by the upper arm, stopping her in her tracks. “The way you’ve been pushing yourself you need a keeper.” His voice had a ragged edge. Turning to face her, he clasped her other arm. “It might as well be me.”

“I don’t think so,” Becca retorted, a shiver rippling through her when he raised his hand to cradle her face. “You’re the last person…”

“Be quiet for once.” With that he very effectively shut her up himself, by covering her mouth with his.

The Money Man’s Seduction by Leslie LaFoy

“My sources say you paid cash for this building. Where did you get that kind of money, Miss Raines?”

Sources? She considered him again. Finely chiselled nose and brow, a perfectly square, utterly masculine jaw. Dark eyes with lush lashes. And his mouth… His lips might be full and soft in the rare moments he wasn’t scowling. But none of that really mattered now. No, what mattered was drawing a line of acceptable behaviour and then holding it.

“Mr Preston, my personal finances are none of your business.”

“I can find out,” he countered.

“Well, you just put your pet ferret right on that,” she challenged. “Do let me know what he turns up. I’m sure it’ll be fascinating stuff.”

He gave her a long, hard look. “I’m absolutely certain of it.”