Carol Marinelli

Seduced By The Heart Surgeon


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      Welcome to …

       The Hollywood Hills Clinic

       Where doctors to the stars work miracles by day and explore their hearts’ desires by night …

      When hotshot doc James Rothsberg started the clinic six years ago he dreamed of a world-class facility, catering to Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, and his team are unrivalled in their fields.

      Now, as the glare of the media spotlight grows, the Hollywood Hills Clinic is teaming up with the pro-bono Bright Hope Clinic, and James is reunited with Dr Mila Brightman … the woman he jilted at the altar!

      When it comes to juggling the care of Hollywood A-listers with care for the underprivileged kids of LA anything can happen … and sizzling passions run high in the shadow of the red carpet. With everything at stake for James, Mila and the Hollywood Hills Clinic medical team their biggest challenges have only just begun!

      Find out what happens in the dazzling

      The Hollywood Hills Clinic miniseries

      Available from April 2016!

      Dear Reader,

      I was thrilled to be asked to write the first story in The Hollywood Hills Clinic series. It was wonderful to work with so many amazing authors and to hear the exciting plans that they had for their characters.

      I always start out with a clear plan for my heroes and heroines, and then they just tend to stray off-course—but never more so than Freya and Zack. I kept trying to warn them that they might live to regret their one night of sizzling passion. They chose not to listen!

      Truly, I don’t blame them a bit.

      I can’t wait to read the entire continuity and see how the other heroes and heroines behaved.

      Or not!

      Happy reading!

      Carol x

      CAROL MARINELLI recently filled in a form asking for her job title. Thrilled to be able to put down her answer, she put ‘writer’. Then it asked what Carol did for relaxation, and she put down the truth—’writing’. The third question asked for her hobbies. Well, not wanting to look obsessed, she crossed her fingers and answered ‘swimming’. But, given that the chlorine in the pool does terrible things to her highlights, I’m sure you can guess the real answer!

      Seduced by the Heart Surgeon

      (The Hollywood Hills Clinic, Book 1)

      Carol Marinelli

      

www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Contents

       Cover

       Introduction

       About the Author

       Title Page

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       CHAPTER TWELVE

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

       CHAPTER NINETEEN

       Copyright

       CHAPTER ONE

      ‘YOU ALREADY KNOW, don’t you, Freya?’

      ‘Know what?’ Freya frowned as she attempted to pull up the zipper on her friend Beth’s wedding dress. It had slipped up easily at the final fitting just last week so Freya gave it another tug but it refused to budge. ‘Have you...?’

      Freya stopped herself from continuing with the question. She, more than most, knew just how much damage that a throwaway comment about weight could cause and she certainly didn’t want to inflict that pain on Beth. Especially not on her wedding day, but, hell, the dress was tight.

      Then it dawned on Freya why she was having so much trouble getting Beth into her wedding dress. Beth had declined Freya’s offer of champagne as they prepared for her late afternoon wedding and the girls’ night in at Freya’s apartment last week had been a very tame affair.

      Freya worked it out just a split second before her friend said it.

      ‘I’m pregnant!’

      Oh, Freya was very grateful for that split second because her eyes had screwed closed as yet another friend revealed their happy news, but by the time Beth had turned around, Freya had composed herself and was smiling.

      ‘That’s fantastic news, Beth.’

      ‘Don’t pretend that you didn’t know.’

      ‘I honestly had no idea,’ Freya admitted.

      ‘I didn’t have even one of the cocktails you’d made!’

      ‘I