Dear Reader,

It’s no secret—Harlequin is celebrating sixty years of romance!  Think about it.  Sixty years of heart-warming fun, love, passion, danger, and intrigue.  Sixty years of glorious escape and rollicking good times!  Sixty years of knowing that a spellbinding story was only the turn of a page away….  And while I haven’t been around quite that long—I have been writing for Harlequin long enough to be able to say that for romance there is nowhere I’d rather be.  And because I know many of you dear readers feel exactly the same way, for the Diamond Anniversary, I’ve written a very special book, MOMMY FOR HIRE.

Grady McCabe is the son of Josie and Wade McCabe, from WILDCAT COWBOY.   Grady lost the love of his life, shortly after she gave birth to their daughter, Savannah.  And now, as her kindergarten year comes to an end, his little girl needs a mommy in the worst way.

Enter matchmaker extraordinaire Alexis Graham.  She’s been given the task of finding a woman who will be a wonderful mother to Grady’s daughter, and a proper wife to Grady.  Easy, right?  Well, maybe it would be if Grady were open to love again.  But he’s not. And therein lies the dilemma.  Because while Grady is resolutely guarding his heart, Alexis is looking for love.  She’s had the best.  And she wants it all again…. It would seem they are on a collision course.  Until five year old Savannah steps in…  Happy reading! Cathy Gillen Thacker

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