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Marriage On The Cards: Marry Me, Mackenzie! / A Proposal Worth Millions / Heart Surgeon, Hero...Husband?
Susan Carlisle
Sophie Pembroke
Joanna Sims
Marry Me, Mackenzie! by Joanna SimsMackenzie Brand has kept her daughter’s paternity a secret for a decade. But now that Dylan Axel is back in her daughter’s life, is Mackenzie willing to go all in?A Proposal Worth Millions by Sophie PembrokeSadie Sullivan is determined to make her business dreams a reality. Could Dylan Jacobs be the perfect business partner for Sadie – Or perhaps even more…?Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband? by Susan CarlisleHannah Quinn’s tiny son desperately needs a new heart. But is she willing to entrust her baby’s life, and her own, to ex-flame Scott McIntyre?
About the Authors
JOANNA SIMS lives in Florida with her awesome husband, cory, and their three fabulous felines, Sebastian, Chester (aka Tubby) and Ranger. By day, Joanna works as a speech-language pathologist, and by night, she writes contemporary romance for Mills & Boon True Love. Joanna loves to hear from readers and invites you to stop by her website for a visit: www.joannasimsromance.com (http://www.joannasimsromance.com).
SOPHIE PEMBROKE has been reading and writing romance ever since she read her first Mills & Boon romance at university, so getting to write them for a living is a dream come true! Sophie lives in a little Hertfordshire market town in the UK, with her scientist husband and her incredibly imaginative six-year-old daughter. She writes stories about friends, family and falling in love—usually while drinking too much tea and eating homemade cakes. She also keeps a blog at www.sophiepembroke.com (http://www.sophiepembroke.com).
SUSAN CARLISLE’s love affair with books began when she made a bad grade in maths in the sixth grade. Not allowed to watch TV until she brought the grade up, she filled her time with books and became a voracious romance reader. She has ‘keepers’ on the shelf to prove it. Because she loved the genre so much, she decided to try her hand at creating her own romantic worlds. She still loves a good happily-ever-after story.
When not writing, Susan doubles as a high school substitute teacher—she has been doing this for sixteen years. She lives in Georgia, with her husband of twenty-eight years, and has four grown children. She loves castles, travelling, cross-stitching, hats, James Bond and hearing from her readers.
Marriage On The Cards
Marry Me, Mackenzie!
Joanna Sims
A Proposal Worth Millions
Sophie Pembroke
Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband?
Susan Carlisle
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
ISBN: 978-1-474-08146-7
MARRIAGE ON THE CARDS
Marry Me, Mackenzie! © 2015 Joanna Sims A Proposal Worth Millions © 2015 Sophie Pembroke Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband? © 2012 Susan Carlisle
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#ua1d0da99-a550-54b6-a99b-0b49a451fb9e)
About the Authors (#u28195e1d-5d3a-58b8-99c2-b93ffa1bf986)
Title Page (#ue9afaaa3-c196-5f11-beb3-5d62ba97efe2)
Copyright (#uff228cad-b4ae-5b28-b513-b76dd6139fb0)
Marry Me, Mackenzie! (#ud69483fb-ee3e-51d9-ac36-112b56b4e0c9)
Dedication (#u1a8662f7-97c9-5b45-a7f6-a3eebeee0c94)
Chapter One (#uaa7449c8-4c9f-5faf-965d-bcda3b9202d8)
Chapter Two (#u016e3e6d-53f8-5c07-aa4b-58560ee91e87)
Chapter Three (#u8aef44c3-5fbc-53d5-bb7a-3d881ba5c0c8)
Chapter Four (#uefcfd5ac-0eed-5c15-8db5-e3e056fa0521)
Chapter Five (#u0d8f26c2-a8d7-537a-8bf3-19805a8753f0)
Chapter Six (#ua39d8aad-54e8-5195-aa51-92c9a513bb9a)
Chapter Seven (#u50bbcb7b-0153-5ebd-af2d-4da1b4d15641)
Chapter Eight (#uca691cf1-a858-52e7-957a-7f5a40286cd7)
Chapter Nine (#u35f2180a-bca1-58c0-8c4c-d266e1df50d9)
Chapter Ten (#u0c96ab30-03be-5d45-acfd-8882dd21b357)
Chapter Eleven (#u093879a4-1200-5623-8e35-66ed34907785)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
A Proposal Worth Millions (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband? (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
Marry Me, Mackenzie! (#ubba75f79-c03b-50d9-951a-0fb7f89b7b60)
Joanna Sims
Dedicated to Aunt Gerri and Uncle Bill
You are loved more than words can say!
Chapter One (#ubba75f79-c03b-50d9-951a-0fb7f89b7b60)
Mackenzie Brand parallel parked her 1960 Chevy sedan and shut off the engine. She leaned against the steering wheel and looked through the windshield at the swanky condos that lined Mission Beach, California. She checked the address that her cousin, Jordan, had given her and matched it with the address on the white, trilevel condo on the left. With a sigh, she unbuckled her seat belt and slipped the key out of the ignition.
“All right. Not exactly your crowd. But a job’s a job and a favor’s a favor.” Mackenzie got out of her car, locked the door and dropped the keys into her Go Green recycling tote bag. She could hear a mixture of classic rock, loud talking and laughing as she walked quickly to the front door. It sounded like the Valentine’s Day party that Jordan was throwing with her fiancé, Ian, was already in full swing.
Mackenzie rang the doorbell twice and then knocked on the door. While she waited, she stared down at her holey black Converse sneakers. They had passed shabby chic several months ago—definitely time to get a new pair. After a few minutes spent contemplating her pitiful tennis shoes, Mackenzie pressed the doorbell again. When no one opened the door, Mackenzie turned around to head to the beach side of the condo. She was about to step down the first step when she heard the door open.
“Hey!” Dylan Axel swung the front door open wide. “Where’re you going?”
Dylan’s voice, a voice Mackenzie hadn’t heard in a very long time, reverberated up her spine like an old forgotten song. Mackenzie simultaneously twisted her torso toward Dylan while taking a surprised step back. Her eyes locked with his for a split second before she lost her balance and began to fall backward.
“Hey...” Dylan saw the pretty brunette at his door begin to fall. He sprang forward and grabbed one of her flailing arms. “Careful!”
Silent and wide-eyed, Mackenzie clutched the front of Dylan’s shirt to steady herself. Dylan pulled her body toward his and for a second or two, she was acutely aware of everything about the man: the soapy scent of his skin, the strong, controlled grasp of his fingers on her arm, the dark chest hair visible just above the top button of his designer shirt.
“Are you okay?” Dylan asked. He didn’t know who she was, but she smelled like a sugar cookie and had beautiful Elizabeth Taylor eyes.
If he hadn’t caught her, she would have fallen for sure. Could have seriously injured herself. And Mackenzie’s body knew it. Her heart was pounding in her chest, her skin felt prickly and hot, and her equilibrium was off-kilter. Mackenzie closed her eyes for a moment, took in a steadying breath, before she slowly released the death grip she had on his shirt.
“I’m fine,” Mackenzie said stiffly. “Thank you.”
“Are you sure?”
Mackenzie nodded. She forced herself to focus her eyes straight ahead on the single silver hair on Dylan’s chest instead of looking up into his face.
“You can let go now.” Mackenzie tugged her arm away from Dylan’s hand.
Dylan immediately released her arm, hands up slightly as if he were being held up at gunpoint. “Sorry about that.”
