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Ariel has baby fever, and Rand is just the man to cure it.... When Ariel, fae Queen of the Pillywiggins, encounters a baby, she immediately she wants one. Only catch is, she has to mate with a mortal to create one. Rand Thayer is a perfect candidate—handsome, healthy, and fertile. Ariel manages to seduce him and conceive, but now she can't return to the faery world until after the baby is born. She finds herself staying with Rand as the child growing within her plays havoc with her magic. Rand already has ten sisters and doesn't want or need another woman in his life, but he finds himself drawn to the intriguing faery. Maybe Ariel spending more time with this interesting mortal isn't such a bad thing after all.
Author

Karen Fox knew at age twelve that she wanted to be a writer. She loved putting down on paper the adventures of those characters who came to life in her head so that she could enjoy them over and over. She was much older before she realized that everybody didn’t have stories going on in their head and wondered if this made her a little bit weird. Though she’s lived around the country and in Europe with her Air Force husband and three now grown children, she finds it exciting to imagine new worlds, new species, new adventures, and possibilities for the future. This excitement shows itself in her stories. Upon discovering the local RWA writing chapter in Colorado Springs, Karen went on to sell her first book in 1996 and has gone on to sell several more over the years. As one who believes by giving, she receives, Karen spent several years in several positions on the local chapter of Romance Writers of America—Pikes Peak Romance Writers, served two terms on the RWA board, and has also served over 20 years with the Pikes Writers Conference. She also works on the annual NINC Conference. To date Karen has published eight paranormal romance books with Kensington, Leisure Books, and Berkley, plus a novella with BelleBooks and a short story with DAW. Her second book, Somewhere My Love, was a RITA Finalist in 1998. Prince of Charming, a paranormal romance, was a winner for the 2001 Award of Excellence in the Paranormal Category and Finalist for the 2001 National Readers’ Choice Award. Buttercup Baby, another book in the contemporary fae line, went on to win the Booksellers’ Best Award. She’s also published two sweet contemporary romance novels and three short stories in the ongoing Dogwood Series.