Borrowing Alex
What's a girl to do when her fiance won't set a date for the wedding? Pretend to have an affair with the best man, of course.
Nikki St. James knows kidnapping Alex Hart and whisking him off to secluded Lake Eden is probably a little extreme, but her fiance barely seems to notice her existence any more, and she needs Alex to help her get his attention. Besides, she's probably doing the college professor a favor - he's so uptight a little R & R at a lakeside cabin is just what he needs. Not that she cares what he needs, or has noticed how handsome he is....
Alex needs a break from his quest to achieve tenure at warp speed—but being kidnapped is not his idea of a good time; especially not by his college buddy's crazy fiancee! He's not one to judge, but if what he's heard is true - that she's perfectly happy with an "open relationship" - why bother to get married at all?
Alex quickly realizes he's been mislead about Nikki. Worse yet, he's beginning to fall for her. Can he make her see the truth about her impending marriage without ruining his chances for a happy ending?
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Length: 5 hours, 44 minutes
Author: Cindy Procter-King
Narrator: R.E. Chambliss
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Excerpt:
"If Royce still wants to marry me like he says, then it's time for him to prove it. If he loves me, he'll take this fake near-affair I've set up with Alex as a serious indication from Cupid that he'd better make an honest woman out of me fast." Clutching the pillowcase, she pointed a finger skyward. "Nikki St. James is nobody's fool!"
Okay, so she had her doubts about that last statement. Recently, it had occurred to her that Royce might be playing her for a fool. Maybe he no longer wanted to get married, but didn't know how to tell her.
Tears burned her eyes, but she blinked them away. Think positive.
Royce was busy, that was all. Too harried to notice the flying tendency of time. Well, after the surprise she'd arranged for him tonight, he'd have to be thicker than the bricks in the little pig's house not to take action.
Her hopes rode on that risk. Her future happiness depended on Royce's reaction to the note she'd left him.
The puttering of a car in the alley announced Alex Hart's arrival. Breath catching, Nikki peeked through the bush again.
A classic Volkswagen Beetle pulled into the gravel parking area. As Alex stepped out of the bright yellow car, the sun filtering through the gray-blue Seattle sky glinted off his neatly trimmed, nutmeg-brown hair.
Luckily, he hadn't noticed her van parked in the alley. Or, if he had, he'd accepted its presence.
Good, parking there several times over the last week had worked.
She wanted him unprepared and completely unsuspecting.
"He's here," she whispered, glancing at Karen. "So no more discussion. It's too late to jam out." Her heart jack-hammered against her ribs. She tightened her grip on the toy gun. "Get ready to jump him."
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