Broad-shouldered, brooding and brilliant, seductive boss Jack Marin invariably got his way.And though Jack was divorced, disillusioned and avidly anti-marriage, he wanted a son. So, sensibly, he headed straight for a fertility clinic and an anonymous surrogate mom. Trouble was, the sperm bank bungled Jack's baby-making, and his heir was now bulging the surprisingly beautiful belly of Gayle Smith, Jack's newest employee, a pretty, pregnant widow who fiercely cherished the child as her...
In this secretary's opinion, Allman Industries' newest bigwig was a snake in the grass!After all, the feud simmering between the rival Allman and McLaughlin clans had divided Chivaree, Texas, for over a century. So why in tarnation had Kurt McLaughlin switched sides to work for Jodie Allman's family-run business…as her boss no less?Although Jodie harbored a forbidden attraction to the disarmingly handsome thorn in her side, she didn't trust him. Then, in a twist of fate, she...