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“I really should go.”
“How many times are you going to say that?” Hudson asked.
“Until I convince myself to follow through, I guess.”
“I like you, Amanda. I also want you. I guess that’s no big surprise. But maybe it would be better if we didn’t go there.”
She nodded. “Much wiser.”
“Good night, then.”
“Yes, good night.” She turned, got as far as the door, actually had her hand on the knob when she turned to look at him one more time.
The naked hunger she saw in his eyes did her in. No man had ever looked at her like that, as if she was the last morsel of bread on earth. And Amanda could no more deny her own desire than she could stop breathing.
“Don’t look so glum about it. I have to lower my blood pressure, too. We can work on it together.”
She brightened. “Could we make it a contest? Whoever lowers their blood pressure the most gets, um…” Gets to kiss the other one senseless.
The Millionaire Next Door
Kara Lennox
MILLS & BOON
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Texas native Kara Lennox has been an art director, typesetter, advertising copywriter, textbook editor and reporter. She’s worked in a boutique, a health club and has conducted telephone surveys. She’s been an antiques dealer and briefly ran a clipping service. But no work has made her happier than writing romance novels.
When Kara isn’t writing, she indulges in an ever-changing array of weird hobbies, from rock climbing to crystal digging. But her mind is never far from her stories. Just about anything can send her running to her computer to jot down a new idea for some future novel.
Books by Kara Lennox
HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE
841—VIRGIN PROMISE
856—TWIN EXPECTATIONS
871—TAME AN OLDER MAN
893—BABY BY THE BOOK
917—THE UNLAWFULLY WEDDED PRINCESS
934—VIXEN IN DISGUISE *
942—PLAIN JANE’S PLAN*
951—SASSY CINDERELLA*
974—FORTUNE’S TWINS
991—THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR
Rx
Name: Hudson Stack, M.D.
Diagnosis: High Blood Pressure
General Instructions:
• Take a vacation in a small Texas town.
• Spend some quality time with your adorable daughter.
• Learn how to fish.
• Fall head over heels in love with your beautiful blond neighbor.
Signed: George Blake Stimson, M.D.
Contents
Prologue
Hudson Stack, M.D., sat in the office of George Blake Stimson, Chief of Surgery at Boston General, his irritation rising as he learned the results of his mandatory physical.
“Your
