
Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author CaroleMortimer Abandoned by her—apparently married!—college boyfriend andleft to bring up her daughter alone, Merry Baker decided long ago that marriage isn'tfor her. But when handsome publishing executive, Zack Kingston, shows up on her doorstep,Merry experiences an intense longing she's never felt before… So whenZack pretends to propose to her at a party, Merry finds herself almost wishing it wasreal. But what Merry doesn't realise is that secretly Zack is determined to put aring on her finger! Originally published in 1999
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I have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency. I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'. I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man