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Colton Baby Conspiracy
Marie Ferrarella
Sleeping with the enemy might just risk her life When her family business is put at risk, Marlowe Colton must keep everybody calm. But she's got a worse personal crisis—a surprise pregnancy, thanks to a one-night stand with arch-rival Bowie Robertson. Suddenly, Marlowe must fend off threats to her company and the man she'd never expected to care for,
Deadly enemies undermine her life and business
When a mysterious email threatens her family’s corporation, executive Marlowe Colton puts all her energy into protecting Colton Oil. But a more shocking scandal comes in the form of her archrival—and one-night lover—Bowie Robertson, who uncovers the consequence of their passion. As danger encroaches, Bowie and Marlowe must put aside any bitterness to safeguard the family neither ever expected.
USA TODAY bestselling and RITA® Award-winning author MARIE FERRARELLA has written more than 250 books for Mills & Boon, some under the name Marie Nicole. Her romances are beloved by fans worldwide. Visit her website, marieferrarella.com (http://www.marieferrarella.com)
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Colton Baby Conspiracy
Marie Ferrarella
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ISBN: 978-0-008-90484-5
COLTON BABY CONSPIRACY
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This 300th book is dedicated with love
To my wonderful readers,
Without whom I would still be working as
a health insurance claims adjuster,
Dreaming of becoming a writer;
To
My fabulous editors, especially Patience Bloom,
Whose fear of being buried alive in stacks of
Proposals had them finally deciding to take a
chance on me;
And
To
Charlie,
Who was, and is, my inspiration for every single hero
I have ever written about.
I couldn’t have done it without you, honey.
From the bottom of my heart,
Thank you!
Contents
Cover (#udbab6609-f3dc-5686-b74f-ec1f8a16e0fd)
Back Cover Text (#ue2f331d5-3113-5021-8ccb-43c15dae6c20)
About the Author (#ufba145e1-3013-5dba-a40c-04958fcda6cb)
Booklist (#u13515f0e-28f6-50bb-8481-bd13e7aa8005)
Title Page (#ub92af73e-f729-5979-b147-8c51bfa7e1fd)
Copyright (#ua1f306f5-b71e-5eeb-9cea-a7b28e145f57)
Note to Readers
Dedication (#uf5a1b963-0ad5-536f-a825-2cd075bfb677)
Prologue (#u302b3666-ec7c-567c-9643-92e8bccf5c43)
Chapter 1 (#ua05050d8-52f5-5154-afd9-f433199d1e56)
Chapter 2 (#u46c7c882-0b37-51fd-b127-7499bcb9798e)
Chapter 3 (#u32c8c4e0-bfd6-51b4-b3f8-9cb4cef45190)
Chapter 4 (#ue39550b4-1c59-5402-9cdb-e567b0a29053)
Chapter 5 (#u19a3a98a-b9ef-5e62-b236-c34f63d7b447)
Chapter 6 (#u712b3fde-47a6-51df-af38-3e81bff58686)
Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
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Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
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Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue (#ua627d5e6-522e-5b4f-a8bc-d367e2d547ea)
They enjoyed being in control; they always had. Even back in the early days, alone and struggling to make ends meet, a day-to-day world nothing if not hopeless and bleak, they’d dreamed of being in a position when they would finally be in control.
Slowly but surely, they had worked relentlessly toward reaching that goal, moving from stepping-stone to small stepping-stone until finally, finally arriving at a place of authority. When they finally controlled people who didn’t even realize they were being controlled.
I am that good, they thought with a self-congratulating smile.
And this, this, they thought, looking at the email draft on their laptop, was going to be the ultimate achievement, the crowning glory. Because when this email went out and at long last set this greatest plan in motion, they were going to be in control of not just a person or a small group of people but of a large, thriving company.
An entire, billion-dollar company.
It would be, they thought with a smug, self-satisfied smile, like going from presiding over a tiny cottage in the forest to ruling over a giant kingdom.
My giant kingdom.
Oh, there would be a figurehead to front the company, but they would be the one who told that figurehead what to do, what to think. They would be the one in charge of everything.
