Jack
Sutton needs a wife and he needs one now. Jack loved his mother, but
she really screwed him over when she set up her will. If Jack doesn’t
have a wife by the end of the week, he’ll lose control of the
largest chunk of voting stock in his company and will most likely
lose his position as CEO as a result.
And
Jack’s Aunt Mabry is waiting in the wings to make sure that the
terms of the will are enforced. If he doesn’t find a wife, she’ll
seize control of the stock so she can install her own son at the helm
and she couldn’t care less that her son doesn’t want the job or
that he probably won’t be any good at it.
Enter
Kelly Bradley, a twenty eight year old college graduate with a spot
at Yale Law School but no way to pay for it. Kelly and Jack’s
eavesdropping secretary have discovered Jack’s secret need for a
wife and Kelly comes up with a plan to fix both of their problems.
Just
when Jack needs her, Kelly breezes into his office, introduces
herself to his Aunt and cousin, and hands Jack an offer. She will
marry him for a year so that he can retain the stock that will keep
him in control of Sutton Development if he’ll pay for her to go to
law school. Jack has no idea where his beautiful savior came from or
who she is but he’s willing to take a chance to save it all.
The
deal may have kept Jack in control at Sutton Development but his
private life quickly spirals out of control. Just when Jack realizes
that he wants more than a year with Kelly, his wealth puts her in
great danger and he is left scrambling to save her life and their
future together.
Excerpt from Legal Ease
Kelly
swallowed hard as she heard Jack’s answer to her ‘proposal.’
She was relieved he was going along with it, but a tight ball of
nerves had been growing in her stomach since she walked in the room
and she felt that ball taking over her entire being.
Chad,
with a look on his face that promised Jack would be grilled for
details later, excused himself to return to his office. Kelly watched
Jack out of the corner of her eye as she continued to talk to his
aunt. She had seen Jack Sutton on occasion coming in and out of the
building when she’d met Jennie for lunch and Jennie had told her he
was handsome, but handsome didn’t even begin to describe the man.
Jack was
tall, at least six foot three or four inches. He had dark brown hair
that curled up at the edge of his collar. His eyes were a rich, deep
brown, almost mahogany, and his face had chiseled features with a
strong jaw. There wasn’t a damn thing about the man that didn’t
sizzle.
He wore
a suit, but even in that Kelly could see that his body was hard and
fit under it – his tall, lean form toned and strong. His intense
gaze made Kelly’s breath go ragged and she couldn’t imagine what
it would be like to be alone in the room with him if he had this kind
of effect on her with his aunt and cousin with them.
Jack sat
on the edge of his desk, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles
in front of him, arms crossed over his chest. He watched her quietly
while Kelly finished chatting with his aunt.
Kelly
wrapped things up and ushered Aunt Mabry out the door by four o’clock
as she made excuses about Jack needing to get back to work. She
closed the door behind his aunt and turned to Jack. That’s when
Kelly felt the ground fall out from under her and her world tilt on
its axis.
Suddenly,
she faced Jack Sutton. Kelly found herself feeling very shaken, to
say the least. She looked up at Jack and realized that, in essence,
she had just waltzed into his office and proposed.
“I
can’t believe I just did that,” Kelly began to pace frantically.
She wrapped her arms around her waist and circled the room.
“Oh
God, oh God, oh God,” she said and she began to feel like she might
hyperventilate. She slid down onto the couch that sat along the
longest wall in Jack’s office and tried to breath but ended up
taking in huge gulps of air that felt as if they might choke her. For
the first time since she came up with her hair-brained scheme to get
her hands on enough money to attend Yale Law School by marrying Jack
Sutton, the reality of what she had just done hit her like a ton of
bricks.
Meet The Author
Lori has
had a number of careers before embarking on her newest adventure of
writing novels. After graduating from the University of Connecticut
School of Law, she practiced law for three years, working primarily
in the areas of utilities law and intellectual property litigation.
More
recently, Lori owned and operated a dog training business in Austin,
Texas, where she specialized in aggression and became an expert in
the field of dog bite analysis. Lori sold her dog training business
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