You've Got Game

Patricia Kay

PLAYING…FOR KEEPS?As handsome and stubbornly infuriating Nick DeSanto, manager, and as ice queen company owner Lorna Hathaway, they were not a match made in heaven. But as "Coach" and "Sweet Stuff"–online pals and competitors–they made a great couple. And it wasn't until their plan to meet went awry that Nick realized who the woman he'd been flirting with online for months really was.But in real life, Lorna despised him! So had had to win her heart, quick, before his Internet identity was revealed. The real game had begun. Could love take all?

Nick DeSanto and Lorna Hathaway?

That was a joke.

For one thing, she didn’t like him. She’d made that abundantly clear. But the overriding reason was they came from totally different worlds. Her wealth and position as an owner of the company he worked for was an insurmountable obstacle, even if he could win her over in person.

No. A relationship with Lorna was a pipe dream. It would never work. The best thing he could do now would be to disappear from her life.

That was his decision yesterday…. Yet after a restless night followed by a miserable day, he finally had to admit to himself that he didn’t want to give her up. Even if he had to remain anonymous forever….

Dear Reader,

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Enjoy them all, and please come back next month for six sensational romances, all from Silhouette Special Edition!

All the best,

Gail Chasan

Senior Editor

You’ve Got Game

Patricia Kay

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

Many thanks to Dee Williams of Bimbo Bakeries

USA for his kindness in giving my husband and me

a private tour of the Mrs. Baird’s Bakery in Waco,

Texas, and for patiently answering all my questions.

PATRICIA KAY,

formerly writing as Trisha Alexander, is the USA TODAY bestselling author of more than thirty contemporary romances. She lives in Houston, Texas. To learn more about her, visit her Web site at www.patriciakay.com.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Epilogue

Chapter One

Lorna Hathaway stared at her monitor. She was stumped for a word. The only playable letters were Cs, and no two-letter words existed using C.

She sighed and stretched. She’d been playing WordMaker for hours, a sad testament to her dateless life. But at least she was now playing against Coach1012, her favorite opponent, which almost made this frustrating impasse bearable.

Just then an instant message