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‘Belle, you’re married—you and Luc have re Oh, Belle…Luc…Oh, this is so wonderful…’

‘Wonderful,’ Luc echoed as he raised Belle’s hand to his ers

Through the excited hubbub that followed, Belle could hear her great-aunt Alice saying quite clearly to her ht They are married…’

As their relatives pressed happily around the up inside her

Oh yes, they were married—had remarried In a small, perfect, private cerehao

She had wanted to keep it a secret for just a little longer but… She patted her stomach tenderly

So their own celebrations

Above the heads of their excited audience Luc mouthed softly to her, I love you—and them

Blissfully Belle returned his smile One day—not this tiirl, and when they did, when they did, she rather thought they ht call her Alice

Now, read on for a tantalizing excerpt of Dani Collins’ next book,

CLAIMING HIS CHRISTMAS WIFE

After their en again But to avoid a scandal theyTravis teood!

Read on for a glimpse of

CLAIMING HIS CHRISTMAS WIFE

CHAPTER ONE

“MR TRAVIS SANDERS?”

“YES,” he confir the woh-levelwith this “extremely important” call “What is this about?”

“Ien Gantry She’s your wife?”

Meh hi

lanced around, lowering his voice That broken teacup had been swept firo

“We’re divorced Are you a reporter?”

“I’ to locate her next of kin I’uered public hospitals

Whatever old anger had sent hi at the mention of his ex-wife exploded in a percussive flash He was blind Falling Wind whistling in his ears Air ulp

“What happened?” he rit out He was diht there in front of hili at her snowy colance So enchantingly beautiful Gaze clouding with arousal Sparking with anger Looking so wounded and vulnerable that last ti of it

He’d quickly learned it was a lie, but that didn’t make any of this easier to accept

Gone? He couldn’t make it fit in his head He had told her he never wanted to see her again, but discovered he had secretly believed he would

From far away, he heard the woman say, “She collapsed on the street She’s feverish and unconscious Do you know of anytreatment, but—”

“She’s not dead?”

He heard how that sounded, as if that was the outcoen to set hi, contort his e in another direction That betraying, et his hands on her, he’d kill her himself

“And she was taken to that hospital? Why?”

“I believe ere closest She doesn’t seem to have a phone and yours is the only nauidance on treatment and insurance Are you able to provide that?”

“Contact her father” He walked back toward the door to his office, saying to his PA behind her desk, “Look up I Maybe starts with a W William?” He hadn’t met the man, only heard her mention him once or twice Hell, they’d only beenabout her