From billionaire bachelor
To doting daddy?
In this Manhattan Babies story, Seth McCallan is committed to being a bachelor until his best friend’s widow, Harper, crashes into his world. Discovering Harper has been left with nothing, Seth resolves to put things right. Even if that means Harper—and her baby daughter—moving in. Even if that means a pram in his penthouse. Even if that means awakening a dangerous longing to stand by her side, now and always...
SUSAN MEIER is the author of over fifty books for Mills & Boon. The Tycoon’s Secret Daughter was a Romance Writers of America RITA® Award finalist, and Nanny for the Millionaire’s Twins won the Book Buyers’ Best award and was a finalist in the National Readers’ Choice awards. She is married and has three children. One of eleven children herself, she loves to write about the complexity of families and totally believes in the power of love.
A Mistletoe Kiss with the Boss
The Boss’s Fake Fiancée
The Spanish Millionaire’s Runaway Bride
Manhattan Babies miniseries
Carrying the Billionaire’s Baby
A Diamond for the Single Mum
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A Diamond for the Single Mum
Susan Meier
ISBN: 978-1-474-09053-7
A DIAMOND FOR THE SINGLE MUM
© 2018 Linda Susan Meier
Published in Great Britain 2018
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For my son, Michael.
I’ll probably miss you forever.
Contents
HARPER SLOAN HARGRAVES looked up at the condo building looming before her. Nestled in the heart of Manhattan, the tall structure gleamed in the early morning sun of a warm September day. Black trim enhanced the grey brick exterior. Leafy green trees decorated the courtyard, along with topiary roses in enormous ceramic pots.
Well-dressed men and women ambled out of the wide, tinted-glass door and bobbed along the