He agreed to give her his genes.
He didn’t expect to lose his heart…Here
comes THE BABY PROJECT by Miranda Liasson…
About
THE BABY PROJECT
Liz Kingston
spends her life delivering babies and longs for one of her own. All
she needs is someone with fabulous genetic material. Who better to
ask than her sexy ex-fling, who has no interest in ever settling down
or being a father.
International
correspondent Grant Wilbanks loves danger and travelling the world.
But nothing in all this Brit’s experience could have prepared him
for the way a torrid affair with Liz makes him feel. When she asks
for his assistance, he figures he can help her out with a simple
donation. No strings, no emotions, just…test-tube science.
But this
simple favor gives them both more than they ever bargained for. Grant
agrees to her terms, but stepping away gets harder and harder because
the more time they spend together, the more he finds himself
falling…and losing the battle to safeguard his heart.
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Excerpt:
Liz
wanted him for the most unflattering reason: because she knew he’d
flee without a doubt. “So you want me to donate my sperm—into a
test tube?” Grant could hardly say it. He could hardly believe he
was having this discussion. The idea was utterly ludicrous.
“This
would be a one-time thing, the perfect arrangement. You’d give your
sample and walk away. Easy-peasy.”
“You
mean create a child and walk away?” Somehow, his brain felt numb.
He was having difficulty wrapping his head around it.
“Well,
I wouldn’t want you to think of it like that. You’d donate a
sample and I’d do the rest. You’d do it as a favor to me. No
strings attached. No responsibilities, no worries, and no claim to
fatherhood. There’d be no need to tell anyone that you’re the
father. And Dottie will be moving away soon, so there’d be no need
to say anything to her, either. You’d just go back across the world
to your job and forget about me. Simple, yes?”
He
struggled not to physically wince at her words. How little she
thought of him. But then, he’d given her no other way to think.
He’d been a no-show. He plowed his fingers through his hair. God,
he should never have come here. What had he been thinking, getting
tangled up with her again? The intensity of his feelings for her had
caught him by surprise—all it had taken was one glance at those
big, dark, pleading eyes, her lovely full lips, her vivaciousness,
her compassion, her sarcasm…
He’d
known he was in trouble from the second she’d tossed her tea at
him. The same stirring, the same wanting that he’d fought so hard
to forget, it had all come avalanching back.
And
God help him, he wanted her now, just as he had on all those hot,
humid African nights. Yes, he’d admit it—he’d wanted to see
her. To know how she’d been. To say he was sorry.
What
a fool he was to think that that would be enough.
Yet
what could he really offer her? He was at the top of his game as a
reporter, recognizable around the world, always ready to go anywhere
at a moment’s notice. He had no family, no home. He was as
domesticated as a Bengali tiger.
“So
will you consider it?” she asked.
He
opened his mouth to say no.
“I
desperately want this, Grant. It’s my last chance to become a
mother.”
Damn
her for turning to him with those big doe eyes, with that pleading
look that gutted him. That had the effect of rendering him utterly
helpless. If he had any sense at all, he’d flee into the house and
take cover immediately.
This
seemingly simple request was surely fraught with a million
complications. If he was wise, he’d simply say no immediately and
cut this ridiculous discussion off at the pass.
He
tried to avoid eye contact but like a wreck on the side of the road,
he couldn’t turn away.
The
answer was no. It would always be no. But he couldn’t bear seeing
the hopeful expression she wore.
One
look at her and he understood down to his marrow exactly what he was
seeing in her eyes. Longing, yearning, desperation. She was asking
him for something so simple and yet so life-changingly complex.
He’d
have to disappoint her, of course. He’d be out of his mind to say
yes. The word no
formed in his throat, one breath away from being expelled through his
lips.
“Let
me think about it,” he found himself saying instead.
Author
Bio:
Miranda
Liasson loves to
write stories about everyday people who find love despite themselves,
because there’s nothing like a great love story. And if there are a
few laughs along the way, even better! She’s a Romance Writers of
America Golden Heart winner and an Amazon bestselling author whose
heartwarming and humorous small–town romances have won accolades
such as the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and have been Harlequin
Junkie and Night Owl Reviews Top Picks.
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