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      “You may kiss the bride.”

      Drew turned to Tia and their eyes met. His were dark and serious, clouded with something Tia now understood very well. Confusion. They had taken the biggest step a man and woman could take together. They had done it for some very good reasons. But if their fifteen-minute service had almost sucked her into believing this was real, how would she possibly survive eight months?

      Drew bent his head and touched his lips to hers, but before he could pull away, Tia slid her right arm around his neck and nudged him to stay where he was. They wouldn’t give the impression of two people so enamored they had to get married in two weeks with a peck on the cheek.

      They had to really kiss.

      Dear Reader,

      After looking at winter’s bleak landscape and feeling her icy cold breezes, I found nothing to be more rewarding than savoring the warm ocean breezes from a poolside lounge chair as I read a soon-to-be favorite book or two! Of course, as I choose my books for this long-anticipated outing, this month’s Silhouette Romance offerings will be on the top of my pile.

      Cara Colter begins the month with Chasing Dreams (#1818), part of her A FATHER’S WISH trilogy. In this poignant title, a beautiful academic moves outside her comfort zone and feels alive for the first time in the arms of a brawny man who would seem her polar opposite. When an unexpected night of passion results in a pregnancy, the hero and heroine learn that duty can bring its own sweet rewards, in Wishing and Hoping (#1819), the debut book in beloved series author Susan Meier’s THE CUPID CAMPAIGN miniseries. Elizabeth Harbison sets out to discover whether bustling New York City will prove the setting for a modern-day fairy tale when an ordinary woman comes face-to-face with one of the world’s most eligible royals, in If the Slipper Fits (#1820). Finally, Lissa Manley rounds out the month with The Parent Trap (#1821), in which two matchmaking girls set out to invent a family.

      Be sure to return next month when Cara Colter concludes her heartwarming trilogy.

      Happy reading!

      Ann Leslie Tuttle

      Associate Senior Editor

      Wishing and Hoping

      The Cupid Campaign

      Susan Meier

      Books by Susan Meier

      Silhouette Romance

      Stand-In Mom #1022

      Temporarily Hers #1109

      Wife in Training #1184

      Merry Christmas, Daddy #1192

      *In Care of the Sheriff #1283

      *Guess What? We’re Married! #1338

      Husband from 9 to 5 #1354

      *The Rancher and the Heiress #1374

      †The Baby Bequest #1420

      †Bringing Up Babies #1427

      †Oh, Babies! #1433

      His Expectant Neighbor #1468

      Hunter’s Vow #1487

      Cinderella and the CEO #1498

      Marrying Money #1519

      The Boss’s Urgent Proposal #1566

      Married Right Away #1579

      Married in the Morning #1601

      **Baby on Board #1639

      **The Tycoon’s Double Trouble #1650

      **The Nanny Solution #1662

      Love, Your Secret Admirer #1684

      Twice a Princess #1758

      ††Baby Before Business #1774

      ††Prince Baby #1783

      ††Snowbound Baby #1791

      ‡Wishing and Hoping #1819

      SUSAN MEIER

      is one of eleven children, and though she’s yet to write a book about a big family, many of her books explore the dynamics of “unusual” family situations, such as large work “families,” bosses who behave like overprotective fathers, or “sister” bonds created between friends. Because she has more than twenty nieces and nephews, children also are always popping up in her stories. Many of the funny scenes in her books are based on experiences raising her own children or interacting with her nieces and nephews. She was born and raised in western Pennsylvania and continues to live in Pennsylvania.

      For my parents, whose continuing romance through their marriage showed me that love really can be everlasting.

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven