Surgeon Of The Heart

Шэрон Кендрик

Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrick’s novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing 100th book! Many of these books are available as e books for the first time.One night in Rome…Theatre sister Catriona Bellman couldn’t have known that when she stole away from her colleagues in Rome and found her way to a quiet restaurant her life was about to change. Over the course of one meal Nico Rossi melted the barriers around her cautious, innocent heart and Catriona gave into a moment of reckless abandon.Determined to return to work in Leeds warmed only by the memories of that one stolen night, Catriona is totally unprepared when the new visiting professor arrives in theatre is none other than Nico! Working side by side it’s not long before the professional becomes something far more personal…

‘Do you want to dance some more?’

Cat’s voice sounded heavy, drowsy. ‘No.’

‘A drink, then? Some more grappa?’

‘No.’

‘What, then? This. . .?’ And Nico bent his head and started to kiss her. ‘Is this what you wanted all the time, my little Cat?’

‘Oh, yes,’ she breathed, against his parted lips. ‘Yes. Yes.’

Dear Reader (#u83c4c54e-2e66-51fa-93c5-541390f6b868),

One hundred. Doesn’t matter how many times I say it, I still can’t believe that’s how many books I’ve written. It’s a fabulous feeling but more fabulous still is the news that Mills & Boon are issuing every single one of my backlist as digital titles. Wow. I can’t wait to share all my stories with you - which are as vivid to me now as when I wrote them.

There’s BOUGHT FOR HER HUSBAND, with its outrageously macho Greek hero and A SCANDAL, A SECRET AND A BABY featuring a very sexy Tuscan. THE SHEIKH’S HEIR proved so popular with readers that it spent two weeks on the USA Today charts and…well, I could go on, but I’ll leave you to discover them for yourselves.

I remember the first line of my very first book: “So you’ve come to Australia looking for a husband?” Actually, the heroine had gone to Australia to escape men, but guess what? She found a husband all the same! The man who inspired that book rang me up recently and when I told him I was beginning my 100th story and couldn’t decide what to write, he said, “Why don’t you go back to where it all started?”

So I did. And that’s how A ROYAL VOW OF CONVENIENCE was born. It opens in beautiful Queensland and moves to England and New York. It’s about a runaway princess and the enigmatic billionaire who is infuriated by her, yet who winds up rescuing her. But then, she goes and rescues him… Wouldn’t you know it?

I’ll end by saying how very grateful I am to have a career I love, and to thank each and every one of you who has supported me along the way. You really are very dear readers.

Love,

Sharon xxx

Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrick’s novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing and awesome 100th book! Sharon is known worldwide for her likeable, spirited heroines and her gorgeous, utterly masculine heroes.

SHARON KENDRICK once won a national writing competition, describing her ideal date: being flown to an exotic island by a gorgeous and powerful man. Little did she realise that she’d just wandered into her dream job! Today she writes for Mills & Boon, featuring her often stubborn but always to-die-for heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. She believes that the best books are those you never want to end. Just like life…

Surgeon of the Heart

Sharon Kendrick

writing as Sharon Wirdnam

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

Contents

Cover (#u51305e71-5ffc-52f1-9083-73ab14d4d7ac)

Dear Reader (#uffcb30cf-789a-511d-a1ba-edbbf667af18)

About the Author (#u8e7b5da2-6224-5640-b8a2-1ae5a471dd7f)

Title Page (#u6ffc06fe-a840-5bc5-9c0c-9da288343c7c)

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_3135cd36-c7f5-5efe-ab00-098f8a2c247b)

CHAPTER TWO (#ulink_f99caed4-c02c-500d-951d-dd408a087aa1)

CHAPTER THREE (#ulink_b492cf41-d048-5002-ab9e-95c