She was a woman who planned all her moves strategically and being childless was not part of the plan. That was her deadline, because wasn’t it at thirty-five that fertility was said to decline dramatically? And wasn’t that the age where they began to consider pregnancies high risk? Now where was she going to find a man, fall in love, get married, conceive and then give birth – all before her thirty-fifth birthday? She was going to be thirty-four in exactly three months.Īnd she absolutely had to give birth before her thirty-fifth birthday. Melanie almost rolled her eyes but she stopped herself just in time. Find a nice man, fall in love, and then think about babies.” “You want to do things the right way, Mel. “If things are going to happen they’d better hurry up because I’m running out of time.” “I would love for you to have a child, dear, but don’t feel pressured. “The two I already have are more than a handful.” She reached across the kitchen table and squeezed Melanie’s hand. Most moms would be harassing me for a grandchild by now.”Įmily chuckled and the laugh line sank deeper in her sixty-four year old face. She didn’t have her first child until she was thirty-four.” “Thirty-three is not old,” Emily Parker gave her usual indulgent smile. The decision he makes is quick, and it probably defies all reason, but he has an ulterior motive which will not be denied.Ĭomplications, intrigue and a baby bargain in the middle. Sloane Quest can’t believe it when the owner of Parker Broadcasting Corporation – his biggest competitor in the media business – makes him the craziest of all proposals. So she seeks out the one man who she knows can give her what she wants and will demand nothing in return, a man who’s a billionaire himself. She’s always dreamed of one day being a mother but just never found the time to fall in love.

But there’s one thing Melanie feels is missing from her life. There are many who would die to be in her shoes. Thirty-three years old, owner and CEO of Parker Broadcasting Corporation, with assets totaling over a billion dollars. Melanie Parker is at the top of her game. One free story in each, Collection I and II Volume 8 - To Catch a Man (in 30 Days or Less)īAD BOY BILLIONAIRES, Mega-Coll. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Such action is an infringement of the copyright law. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or otherwise (mechanical, photocopying, recording or stored in a retrieval system) without the prior written consent of the Publisher.

Dangerous Deception by Judy Angelo