With the M.D....at the Altar?

559 Pages·2007·1.03 MB·English

by  Andersen Jessica

Rather than doing the smart thing
and backing away from him, she took
a step forward.
“Roxie,” Luke said, his voice low in
warning. “Be sure before you start
something you’ll regret later.”
“I’m not starting anything,” she said, and
knew it was the truth. “I’m finishing it.
Call it closure, call it once more for old
time’s sake…call it whatever you want.
I’m going to call it the goodbye kiss I
never got.”
Working methodically when her hands
wanted to shake and her pulse wanted to
race, not even entirely sure what had
gotten into her, Roxanne slipped off her
gloves. Then she got him by one lab coat
lapel in each hand and used that
purchase to rise up onto her toes as his
eyes went dark and her own blood
heated.
He moved as she did, and they met
halfway.
And kissed goodbye.
JESSICA ANDERSEN
WITH THE M.D.…AT THE ALTAR?
TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON
AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG
STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID
PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Though she’s tried out professions ranging from
cleaning sea lion cages to cloning glaucoma genes,
from patent law to training horses, Jessica is happiest
when she’s combining all these interests with her first
love: writing romances. These days she’s delighted to
be writing full-time on a farm in rural Connecticut that
she shares with a small menagerie and a hero named
Brian. She hopes you’ll visit her at
www.JessicaAndersen.com for info on upcoming
books, contests and to say ‘hi’!
Books by Jessica Andersen
HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE
911—AT CLOSE RANGE*
928—RAPID FIRE*
945—RED ALERT
964—UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
982—PRESCRIPTION: MAKEOVER
1005—CLASSIFIED BABY
1012—MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT
1036—DOCTOR’S ORDERS
1061—TWIN TARGETS
1068—WITH THE M.D.…AT THE ALTAR?
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Roxanne Peterson—After giving up
relief medicine for a place to call home,
Rox never expects to find herself
handling an outbreak in her hometown of
Raven’s Cliff…or needing the help of
the man who broke her heart.
Luke Freeman—The hotshot
toxicologist has his dream job leading a
CDC outbreak team, but this is the first
time he’s been called on to handle a
town overrun by both an outbreak and a
two-hundred-year-old curse. Will his
toughest case yet cost the life of the
woman he once loved?
Perry Wells—The mayor wants the best
for the residents of Raven’s Cliff…or
does he?
Bug Dufresne—Luke’s teammate may
be key to figuring out what is making the
town’s residents sick—and why some of
them simply become ill while others
become murderous.
Patrick Swanson—The chief of police
is fighting a losing battle against a serial
killer, a missing woman and a deadly
outbreak. Maybe the town truly is
cursed.
Theodore Fisher—The eccentric
businessman has offered to lift the curse
by restoring the old, burned-out Beacon
Lighthouse. How is he connected to the
mysterious caller pressuring the mayor
to sell him the property?
May O’Malley—When Luke’s teammate
becomes ill, he’s forced to face some
hard truths about himself…and his past.
The Seaside Strangler—This fanatic
killer believes that sacrificing a woman
to the sea gods lifted the town’s curse
five years earlier. Now he must kill
again to save Raven’s Cliff.
The well-dressed man—He keeps an
injured, unconscious woman in the caves
beneath Beacon Lighthouse. What is he
after?