The Honourable Maverick

By Alison Roberts

Max isn't interested in an instant family. But how can he turn away scared, pregnant nurse Ellie from his doorstep?

And then, as he holds her tiny baby in his arms, Max's protective instinct kicks in an instinct that makes him claim he's her husband. And saying the word husband feels more natural than he ever would have expected!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781460839935

Alison Roberts

New Zealander Alison Roberts has written more than eighty romance novels for Harlequin Mills and Boon.  She has also worked as a primary school teacher, a cardiology research technician and a paramedic.  Currently, she is living her dream of living - and writing - in a gorgeous village in the south of France.

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