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The woman’s head snapped up and she stared at him. For a long, electric moment, their eyes met and Jared had the absurd thought that she could see all the way down into his soul.
“Don’t worry,” he said. She had the look of a doe trapped in the headlights, which was ridiculous. What could he, mild-mannered physician and volleyball player, do to her, kick-ass princess? “I’m here to rescue you.”
Her lips twitched at that and she sidled toward him, then dashed past him as he came forward to meet her, turning left out the door. He could hear her running lightly and damned quickly.
“Hey!” he yelled and took off after her. Blessed—or cursed—with a Texan-sized curiosity bump, he had to catch her. She could tell him why there had been a fight, who the unconscious man was, her name, and if she was free for dinner any night this week. This year. She was the most intriguing woman—certainly the most beautiful—he’d ever seen.
Doing It Right
Drop Dead, Gorgeous!
Hello, Gorgeous!
Really Unusual Bad Boys
The Royal Mess
The Royal Pain
The Royal Treatment
And look for her stories in these anthologies:
Bad Boys with Expensive Toys
How to Be a “Wicked” Woman
Perfect for the Beach
Valentine’s Day Is Killing Me
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Doing It Right
MaryJanice Davidson
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For all the readers who were willing to buy this hard-to-find e-book for hundreds of dollars. I, personally, don’t think any book (certainly not one of mine) is worth hundreds of dollars, so I asked Brava to publish it in paperback. It was my editor’s brilliant idea to reprint Thief of Hearts as well as a sequel (in novella form) in one paperback anthology; the smallish single title plus a follow-up novella, a novel (heh) idea that I immediately pounced on. So this is for Kate Duffy, too.
CONTENTS
“LOOK OUT,” JARED SAID.
More from MaryJanice Davidson
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
THIEF OF HEARTS
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
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Epilogue
WILD HEARTS
Author’s Note
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
As always, writing the book is easy. Editing it, editing it again, checking and double-checking contracts, checking galleys, thinking up flap copy, designing the cover, marketing it, and selling it is hard. So, many thanks to the unsung heroes of publishing, all of whom are busy making me rich.
Thanks to the fans who tirelessly track down my backlist. If not for all the requests for this anthology, it wouldn’t have been done. I hope it was worth the wait! (Not to mention the $14.00.)
Thanks to my husband, Anthony, who reads everything I write and isn’t afraid to tell me when something sucks, the bum. And thanks to my darling children, who are adept at entertaining themselves when Mommy is on deadline, and who only bother me when something