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Julia O'Shea is exhausted from balancing the demands of Calgary’s biggest newspaper with raising her young son on her own. In a hopeful attempt to secure a partner, she advertises for a husband. The unexpected return of Ryan Reid, the charismatic surgeon who abandoned her a decade earlier, shatters her plans. Julia’s attraction to the brooding "bad‑boy" is rekindled, especially as he claims to have reformed. Ryan is determined to be the answer to Julia’s prayers, and the two must confront their past while navigating the complexities of modern love and single motherhood.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Kate Bridges
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