No Ordinary Men

Once upon a time, in a more carefree life, I met a man. Our gazes connected over the top of his newspaper as he watched me suffer through the most embarrassing moment of my life. Older, sophisticated, and so very hot, he saved me from that awkward encounter, then tried to send me away with a pat on my head. But I wasn't going anywhere-and the rest, as the saying goes, is history...passionate, heart-stopping, the night-of-my-life kind of history. There was just one tiny problem: I lied to him. I told him I was a tourist and only in town for one night. So, he wasn't too impressed when I turned up again...in his Scottish castle-yes, his freakin' castle, with his killer suit traded for a kilt and his seductive smile for a frown. When he glowers my way, I don't know if I should be worried or turned on-because the Duke of Dalforth has secrets he's not sharing...and a brother who'd like nothing more than to cut in on him. When I do the wrong thing for the right reason, I have to believe it'll work out in the end...because the duke is No Ordinary Gentleman and I'm just a normal girl, fighting not to fall in love with him.

It's a tale as old as time: girl meets boy (cute face, charisma, killer suit), a wild night is had, and girl later finds out she's pregnant. Girl goes home. She doesn't finish college. She makes her living serving coffee, smiling when she's feeling stabby. But she does it all for her boy, the only man she'll ever need in her life, until fate decides otherwise...and she finds herself looking into those twilight-colored eyes again. He's been looking for her this whole time. She should be happy, right? He's living next door, shaking up her world, and driving her crazy, softening her heart as she watches him father their child. But she can't take a chance on loving him, even after she drops more than her defenses, because secrets have a habit of resurfacing, and her heart can't take losing him a second time.