The groom's stand-in

SHE WAS HIS BEST FRIEND'S BRIDE-TO-BE.

All gruff, rugged Donovan Chance had to do was briefly watch over Chloe Pennington, his billionaire boss's prospective fiancée. Hardly hazardous duty-no matter how much Donovan disapproved of the calculated marriage of convenience. Then again, he never expected a kidnapping to force him into close quarters with the innocently sexy Chloe..

Donovan's duty was to protect her-not feel his granite resolve crumble under Chloe's touching vulnerability, her surprising strength and her sweet, romantic dreams of motherhood. Steely Donovan was hardly the marrying kind. So how would he handle desiring the woman his best friend planned to marry.and inconveniencing this marriage arrangement?