Bargaining for King's Baby / The Wealthy Frenchman's Proposition: Bargaining for King's Baby

Bargaining for King's Baby / The Wealthy Frenchman's Proposition: Bargaining for King's Baby
Maureen Child

Katherine Garbera

Bargaining for King’s Baby Maureen ChildJust twenty more acres and millionaire Adam King would’ve restored his family ranch to its former glory. He even considered marrying the girl next door. Then Gina decided to make a deal with Adam herself. She’d marry the ice-cold rancher. He’d get the land. And she’d get King’s baby. The Wealthy Frenchman’s Proposition Katherine Garbera He moved in a world of power and privilege. But that didn’t stop Sheri Donnelly from falling for her charming boss, French media magnate Tristan Sabina. Fate gave them one night together, but next morning their supposedly scandalous affair made tabloid headlines, and Tristan insisted Sheri play the role of his beloved fiancée!

Bargaining for King’s Babyby Maureen Child

“Adam,” Gina said, “I know thiswas my idea, but I suddenly don’tknow what to do next.”

“We do what we planned to do. We make a child together.”

“Right. I mean, that is what this is all about. So,” she said, looking up at him, “no point wasting time, is there?”

He held her tight, his right hand sliding up her thigh. “Once I make a deal, I stick with it.”

His heartbeat thudded beneath her hand and she knew he wasn’t as calm as he pretended. “And so do I.”

“Good to know. Now, how about we start taking care of business?”

The WealthyFrenchman’s Propositionby Katherine Garbera

“I want you to be my fiancée.”

“What?” Sheri was sure she’d misunderstood, because she knew Tristan wasn’t the marrying kind. She thought he’d said…

“I want you to be my fiancée for the time being. Just until the furore of the press dies down.”

She felt the blood rush from her face, and she closed her eyes. Of course it would be temporary.

But, sitting there, she felt a sense of rightness all the way to her soul, and she knew she’d say yes to his outrageous proposal for one reason. She was going to find a way to make Tristan Sabina fall in love with her.

Bargaining for King’s Baby

MAUREEN CHILD

The Wealthy Frenchman’s Proposition

KATHERINE GARBERA

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BARGAINING FOR KING’S BABY

by

Maureen Child

MAUREEN CHILD

is a California native who loves to travel. Every chance they get, she and her husband are taking off on another research trip. An author of more than sixty books, Maureen loves a happy ending and still swears that she has the best job in the world. She lives in Southern California with her husband, two children and a golden retriever with delusions of grandeur.

You can contact Maureen via her website: www.maureenchild.com.

Dear Reader,

The KINGS OF CALIFORNIA came about because I was thinking of writing about royalty. My mind whirling around with different ideas, I suddenly thought, what about men who aren’t royal, only think they are?

The King brothers are arrogant, bossy, sure of their own place in the world and utterly gorgeous. Needless to say, I fell in love with all three of them.

In this book, you’ll meet the oldest of the King brothers, Adam. He’s been burned by love and has lived to tell the tale. Now he concentrates on the family ranch, building it into the biggest holding in the state. Until, of course, his neighbour Gina Torino comes to him with an offer he can’t refuse.

I hope you fall in love with the King family, too. And I’d love to hear from you!

Happy reading,

Maureen

To Carter, for bringing so much love into our

lives. We wish for you all the good things life

holds, and we’re grateful to be able to watch

you discover the world around you.

One

“You’re obsessed.” Travis King looked at his older brother and smiled. “And not in a good way.”

“I agree,” Jackson King said, with a shake of his head. “Why is this so important to you anyway?”

Adam King looked from one of his brothers to the other and paused for a few seconds before answering them. When he did, he used the tone he usually reserved for his employees—the tone that precluded arguments. “We agreed when we took over the reins of the family businesses from Dad that we’d each be in charge of our own areas.”

Then he waited, because Adam knew his brothers weren’t finished. Every month, the King brothers held a meeting. They’d get together either here at the family ranch, at the vineyard Travis operated or on one of the executive jets Jackson owned and leased to the mega-wealthy of the world.

The King family had holdings in so many different areas, the monthly meetings helped the brothers keep up with what the tangled lines of the King dynasty were up to at any given moment. But it also gave the brothers a chance to catch up on each other’s lives. Even if sometimes, Adam thought, that meant putting up with interference—no matter how well meant.

Picking up his Waterford crystal tumbler of brandy, he swirled the amber liquid in the bottom of the glass and watched the firelight from the hearth wink in its depths. He knew it wouldn’t take long to get a comment from his brothers and he silently bet himself that it would be Travis who spoke first. A moment later, he was proven right.

“Yeah, Adam, we each run our own areas,” Travis said, taking a deep sip of a King Vineyard Merlot. Travis preferred drinking the wines his vineyard produced to the brandy Adam enjoyed. He shot a look at Jackson, who nodded at him. “That doesn’t mean we won’t have a question or two.”

“Have all the questions you like,” Adam told him. He stood up, walked to the massive stone hearth and stared down into the crackling fire. “Just don’t expect me to answer them.”

Jackson spoke up as if to head off a budding confrontation. Holding his glass of Irish whiskey, he said, “We’re not saying that the ranch isn’t yours to do with as you want, Adam. We’re only trying to figure out why it means so damn much to you to get back every inch of land we used to hold.”