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Ready-Made Family
Widower Gil Montgomery’s new nanny has a secret. There’s a reason Julie Bishop and Gil’s daughter, Abby, connect so perfectly—Julie is Abby’s birth mother. Julie gave her daughter up for adoption years ago, but she couldn’t resist the chance to be close to the child her heart never forgot. But Julie never imagined she’d fall for the handsome adoptive dad. Gil’s been burned before, and Julie worries that if her secret is exposed, he’ll never forgive her. The perfect family is so close, but so far… Unless Gil can let the past go and welcome Julie home. Right where she belongs.
Something about Gil compelled Julie to draw closer, to know him better.
That was something she couldn’t afford. Especially after learning his wife had lied to him.
“It’s late. I need to go,” she told him.
He followed her to the door. She looked up at him, resisting the impulse to reach up and touch his cheek to ease his worry. “Go up and say good-night to your daughter, Gil. And relax. All you need to do is show Abby you love her,” she advised.
Julie fought tears all the way home. She cried for Gil, who was longing for his child’s love, and for herself, for bringing another lie into the Montgomerys’ life. What a mess this was.
Thankfully, tomorrow was her last day. She’d have to pray that Gil’s mother could guide the pair to a new relationship. But in her heart she knew she was the only one who could do that. She had a bond with Abby neither of them had.
Biology. Blood was thicker than water.
LORRAINE BEATTY was raised in Columbus, Ohio, but now calls Mississippi home. She and her husband, Joe, have two sons and five grandchildren. Lorraine started writing in junior high and is a member of RWA and ACFW, and is a charter member and past president of Magnolia State Romance Writers. In her spare time she likes to work in her garden, travel and spend time with her family.
The Nanny’s Secret Child
Lorraine Beatty
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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood
and speak truthfully to your neighbor,
for we are all members of one body.
—Ephesians 4:25
To my mother-in-law, Mary.
My biggest fan and my dearest friend.
What a blessing you are to us.
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“Turn right onto Sycamore Avenue. Your destination is on the right.”
Julianna
