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All about the author…Carol Marinelli

CAROL MARINELLI finds writing a biorather like writing her New Year’s resolutions Oh, she’d love to say that sinceshe wrote the last one, she now goes to the gyossip afterward; that she’s incredibly organized andwrites for a few productive hours a day after tidying her i

The reality is that Carol spends an inordinate a men and exotic places (research), which doesn’tleave toothat co hours happen to be in the ht,which leaves her in a constant state of bewildered exhaustion

Originally froland, Carol now lives in Melbourne,Australia She adores going back to the UK for a visit—actually, she adoresgoing anywhere for a visit—and constantly (expensively) strives to overcoeous children who are growing up so fast (toofast—they’ve just worked out that she lies about her age!) and keep her busywith a never-ending round of ho over

A nurse and a writer, Carol writes for the HarlequinPresents® and Medical Romance lines and is passionate about both She loves thefast-paced, busy setting of a modern hospital, but every now and then ad world of her Presents heroes andheroines A bit like her real life, actually!

CHAPTER ONE

SHE was better off without the job, Allegra told herself

No one should have to put up with that

Except that walking in the rain along grey London streets, taking the underground to various eer that her boss could make such a blatant a pass at her and then fire her for not succu that felt close to fear

She needed that job

Needed it

Her savings had been obliterated by the botto At tie supported half the Jackson fa reliable one, but they didn’t mind her dependability when their erratic ways found them in trouble Just last week she had lent her stepmother, Chantelle, close to five thousand pounds in cash for credit card debts that her father didn’t know about It was laughable to think that she ht now have to have her family support her