A Doctor In Her Stocking

A Doctor In Her Stocking
Elizabeth Bevarly

THE DOCTOR CAME GIFT WRAPPED Single and pregnant, diner waitress Mindy Harmon might have been a little down on her luck, yet she'd still managed to keep her holiday spirit. But she was more than a little surprised when she opened her door on Christmas Eve to find… Reed Atchinson, M.D. - her gorgeous-but-grumpy customer - declaring himself her own personal Christmas present!Reed had never been big on Christmas, but when he met Mindy - the beautiful mother-to-be who had so little yet gave so much - he became a believer. In roles he never thought he'd take on - like Dr. Husband. And Dr. Daddy?FROM HERE TO MATERNITY: Look what the stork brought - a bundle of joy and the promise of love!

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Cover Page (#ue7f4fcf8-ee86-5c51-88d5-923dd19f3d14)

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Dear Reader (#u4cb31a90-f20b-5cf0-be69-be1e380bbd6d)

Title Page (#uce002ba5-0ae2-5aed-b1a5-552a0e83accb)

About the Author (#ub5e3e131-c5f3-533d-844c-a807186173d9)

Dedication (#udafae416-fec0-55c0-a3d1-934d40fe5b90)

Chapter One (#u66e66980-a75d-5d73-933c-7452b3269dcd)

Chapter Two (#ud569a546-1ffa-5ded-a463-c152b19769d8)

Chapter Three (#u5b7b07a1-e289-5e4a-8b65-453c4604ff37)

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Really, Mindy Thought, She Shouldn’t Get Such A Warm, Fuzzy Feeling When Faced With Such A Humbug.

Nevertheless, warm and fuzzy—among other sensations—just so happened to be exactly what Reed.or rather, Dr. Atchison.aroused in her.

No, no, no, no, not aroused, she hastily corrected herself. No way did he arouse her. Nuh-uh. Never in a million years. She was a pregnant woman about to be tossed out of her home on her keister. The last thing she needed to be feeling these days was aroused by some guy she’d just met.

No, surely what Reed—Dr. Atchison—did was, um…oh, gosh…Inspire her. Yeah, that was it. Pregnant women were always experiencing feelings of inspiration, weren’t they? And hey, it was Christmas, after all. A very inspirational time of year. So it was inspiration she felt when faced with Reed Atchison. Inspiration, not arousal…

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A Doctor in Her Stocking

Elizabeth Bevarly

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

ELIZABETH BEVARLY

is an honors graduate of the University of Louisville and achieved her dream of writing full-time before she even turned thirty! At heart, she is also an avid voyager who once helped navigate a friend’s thirty-five-foot sailboat across the Bermuda Triangle. Her dream is to one day have her own sailboat, a beautifully renovated older model forty-two-footer, and to enjoy the freedom and tranquillity seafaring can bring. Elizabeth likes to think she has a lot in common with the characters she creates—people who know love and life go hand in hand. And she’s getting some firsthand experience with motherhood, as well—she and her husband have a five-yearold son, Eli.

For Mom and Dad, who always made Christmas wonderful.

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“Terrific. Nothing in today’s paper, either.”

In one hand, Mindy Harmon held the eviction notice with which her landlord had gifted her two weeks ago. In the other, she gripped the Monday real estate classifieds, wherein she could find not a thing to suit her needs—or, more correctly, her pocketbook. Again. And seeing as how Christmas was barely three weeks away, it wasn’t likely that much would open up anytime soon. Certainly not within the thirteen days she had left before she would be forced out onto the street

If she’d had a third hand, Mindy would have used it to comfort the new life growing in her womb. So, dropping the eviction notice onto her minuscule kitchen table-which, like the apartment and virtually everything else in it, was also rented—she curled her fingers over her softly budding torso, stroking with a slow, rhythmic caress.

“Looks like we’re going to be homeless for Christmas, kiddo,” she said softly, “unless some fairy godmother steps in to work some holiday magic for us.”

She sighed heavily. Ah, well. This certainly wasn’t the first setback she’d seen in her life, and, undoubtedly, it wouldn’t be the last. Still, setbacks were a bit tougher to take now that she had someone besides herself to think about. Especially someone so tiny and defenseless, someone who would be relying solely on Mindy for his—or her—survival.