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      Red-hot attraction is dangerous in this new Prescott Bachelors romance by New York Times bestselling author Cindy Dees!

      To help his brothers, marine pilot Archer Prescott goes undercover to find out who’s sabotaging their movie set. But the die-hard bachelor isn’t ready for what he finds in the High Sierras: his doe-eyed, girl-next-door camerawoman is the prime suspect.

      Marley Stringer isn’t as innocent as she seems. As Marley turns irresistible and the aerial “accidents” turn deadly, Archer begins to wonder who’s more dangerous—the perfect woman who threatens his heart…or the desperate killer who threatens his life.

       “Have you had many men in your life?”

      Marley snorted with laughter.

      He pushed up on one elbow to stare down at her. “You’re an attractive woman. Has something bad happened to put you off men?”

      “No, I’ve just always been that girl next door who fades into the woodwork.”

      He laid a hand on her cheek, preventing her from looking away. “Stop putting yourself down.”

      “But—”

      His mouth closed over hers and she gasped, surprised. He took advantage of it to taste her more deeply, and a strange sound she identified as a moan escaped her throat.

      “Relax, Marley,” he murmured. His hand roamed from the back of her knee up her thigh, and darned if her legs didn’t obey him and fall apart. His hand slid up by inches …

      “What are you doing?”

      “I’m establishing that all the guys who failed to ask you out in the past are complete idiots. Are you okay with that?”

      Okay? No, she wasn’t okay with this. She wanted more …

      ***

      Be sure to check out the rest of

      The Prescott Bachelors series!

       Dear Reader,

      I’m asked often why I don’t write more books about pilots, given that I was a military pilot for years. The truth is, I didn’t perceive it as a glamorous or particularly interesting job to non-pilots. But thanks to many of you wonderful readers pestering me endlessly, I finally realized that maybe other people might enjoy glimpsing the world of a pilot from an insider’s point of view.

      And then, when a sexy helicopter pilot like Archer exploded into my imagination, I was finally convinced to take a stab at writing another book about a hot stick jockey. I suspect my heroine, Marley Stringer, is thrilled that I decided to bring both her and Archer to life.

      And where better to tell their story than on the exciting and tension-filled set of an action movie in production? Take it from a lifelong aviator: stunt pilots are among the most skilled and craziest risk-takers in the entire aviation industry.

      So pop yourself a bucket of popcorn, pour yourself your favorite cold beverage, open one of those movie-sized boxes of yummy candy, and prepare to take a wild ride with a high-stakes playboy and the spunky woman who can tame him at last…

      Happy reading!

      Cindy Dees

      High-Stakes Playboy

      Cindy Dees

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      CINDY DEES started flying airplanes while sitting in her dad’s lap at the age of three and got a pilot’s license before she got a driver’s license. At age fifteen, she dropped out of high school and left the horse farm in Michigan, where she grew up, to attend the University of Michigan. After earning a degree in Russian and East European studies, she joined the US Air Force and became the youngest female pilot in its history. She flew supersonic jets, VIP airlift and the C-5 Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane. During her military career, she traveled to forty countries on five continents, was detained by the KGB and East German secret police, got shot at, flew in the first Gulf War and amassed a lifetime’s worth of war stories.

      Her hobbies include medieval re-enacting, professional Middle Eastern dancing and Japanese gardening.

      This RITA® Award-winning author’s first book was published in 2002 and since then she has published more than twenty-five bestselling and award-winning novels. She loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at www.cindydees.com.

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      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       Introduction

      Dear Reader

       Title Page

       About the Author

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Extract

       Copyright

       Chapter 1

      Marley Stringer crouched in front of the movie camera, checking it one last time, even though she’d already checked it twice. Everything was ready to go. But