The Santa Suit

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The minute Dr. Ivan Donovan saunters into her office, Ainsley Danville's got only one thing on her mind – proving her genius at matchmaking. The handsome Texan is, in Ainsley's professional opinion, the perfect man for her sister. And as soon as she sets up his 'date' with destiny – her unsuspecting sister, that is – his life as a fancy–free bachelor will be over.

Ainsley's very first match, though, is a complete catastrophe that threatens to end her career before it even begins. Because she's fallen for Ivan herself!","rating":"0.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11633,"isbn13":"9781460852859","title":"Just What The Doctor Ordered","seo":"just-what-the-doctor-ordered","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460852859.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Soon everyone would know she'd secretly craved the cowboy's kisses...Everyone in town thought Kurt McCauley was in love with Emily Dawson's sister but Emily wound up married to him! Now everyone claimed that Emily had always wanted Kurt. As if she needed some famous, rugged, too–big–for–his–britches cowboy...

It was all a mistake, and they'd just have to get an annulment. Except what had happened on their wedding night?

Could Emily possibly be pregnant?","rating":"4.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11966,"isbn13":"9781460856987","title":"How To Catch A Cowboy","seo":"how-to-catch-a-cowboy","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460856987.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Delivery Room DADS

\"That baby is mine!

The moment he saw Annie Thatcher's pregnant belly, prodigal cowboy Alex McIntyre knew he was the father. No matter how far he rode from Wyoming, memories of that night with Annie followed. So why did she deny it?

Of all the McIntyre brothers, Alex was the rebel, the one who couldn't settle down. But one look at Annie, and Alex was home to stay, determined to stake his claim on his ranch, his woman his baby! He had three months to convince Annie three months to learn how to be a daddy....

Delivery Room Dads Which McIntyre brother will be the first daddy of the New Year? In Bison City, Wyoming, it's 3...2...1...baby!","rating":"3.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11987,"isbn13":"9781460857199","title":"Baby By Midnight?","seo":"baby-by-midnight","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460857199.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Three Coins in a Fountain

Libby, Jessie and Gena
Three women, three wishes
Three Coins in a Fountain

Libby Waldron wished to marry anyone but the groom handpicked by her small–town, wedding–crazed Texas family!

Ethan Redwine needed a nanny for his two precocious kids could Libby convince the marriage–shy millionaire to take a temporary wife? With Ethan's children on her side, she just might charm him into matrimony. But as Libby gazed into Ethan's warm brown eyes, she started wishing forever could be part of the vows

Only a wish from the heart will come true!","rating":"4.50","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12556,"isbn13":"9781460863619","title":"If Wishes Were...Weddings","seo":"if-wishes-were-weddings","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460863619.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
The Showers forecast calls for heavy gusts of romance as a warming trend turns friends into lovers!

A groom in love

Ross Kilgannon had it all the looks, the money and the fiance of his dreams. He was all set for the Bachelor Falls wedding of the year

With his best man?

Tomboy Ellie Applegate had always been \"one of the guys,\" so when her best friend Ross chose her as best man for his wedding, she felt honoured and confused. Should she let the man she secretly loved get away or trade the bachelor party for a night of seduction?","rating":"3.33","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12540,"isbn13":"9781460863442","title":"A Bachelor Falls","seo":"a-bachelor-falls","summary":"The Showers forecast calls for heavy gusts of romance as a warming trend turns friends into lovers! A groom in love Ross Kilgannon had it all the looks, the money and the fiance of his dreams. He...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460863442.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Three Weddings & a Hurricane

She's determined to make it the wedding of the century!

The Brewster wedding was to be the triumph of Hallie Bernhardt's career. Never mind that the bride hadn't shown up and the groom couldn't be found. Never mind the hurricane warning. Or that the hotel had put Hallie in the same room with Rik Austin, the best man.

He's determined to make it the wedding that never was.

Rik was a laid–back guy but he wasn't going to let Miss Button–down disrupt his plans to disrupt this wedding. He knew what to do –– a little tequila here, a little seduction there and before she knew it, Hallie would be bewitched and bewildered and the wedding would be history. But a funny thing happened on the way to disaster .","rating":"3.50","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13096,"isbn13":"9781460870006","title":"Please Say \"i Do\"","seo":"please-say-i-do","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460870006.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
HOLIDAY HOMECOMING

The man in the red suit had a lot to answer for, in Kate Harmon's opinion! He'd let her down and now her twins' heads were filled not with visions of sugarplums but kittens, dogs and a daddy!

It'd be a cold midnight clear before that Christmas fancy came true, 'cause Kate didn't date and Santa didn't exist.

So why had the twins hired Gabe Housley to find him? And why did Kate hope Gabe the man who'd kissed her and dismissed her last Christmas was Santa's answer to the twins' wish list?","rating":"3.73","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13105,"isbn13":"9781460870105","title":"The Santa Suit","seo":"the-santa-suit","summary":"HOLIDAY HOMECOMING The man in the red suit had a lot to answer for, in Kate Harmon's opinion! He'd let her down and now her twins' heads were filled not with visions of sugarplums but kittens, dogs...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460870105.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
The Magic Wedding Dress

And the bride wore What?

Gentry Northcross was determined to marry the man of her dreams in the wedding gown of her choice. She would not, under any circumstances, put on the \"magic\" wedding dress her father had purchased for her, and she scoffed at the purported claims that it could reveal the wearer's true love.

One by one, Gentry had her bridesmaids try on the \"magic\" gown, and one by one, they all fell in love. Gentry grew more nervous by the minute, sure that if she put the dress on, she'd see Jake Daniels, her charming, yet irreverent and all–too–available ex and definitely not her intended!","rating":"3.25","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13648,"isbn13":"9781460876398","title":"Two-Penny Wedding","seo":"two-penny-wedding","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460876398.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
The Magic Wedding Dress

\"You don't know me, but could you unbutton my dress?\"

Millionaire playboy Ben Northcross had heard some great pickup lines in his time, but this one took the cake, coming as it did from a woman in a wedding gown! A strangely shimmering wedding gown.

\"I need your body for one night \"

Ben had been intrigued by the surprising Sara Gunnerson. Now he was hooked!

\"A hundred bucks, plus tips.\"

And then she tossed him fifty cents, for a word of advice on how to marry the millionaire she'd set her sights on. Ben couldn't help but wonder: What would the outrageous Sara Gunnerson do next if he agreed to be that millionaire?","rating":"3.72","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13638,"isbn13":"9781460876268","title":"The Fifty-Cent Groom","seo":"the-fifty-cent-groom","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460876268.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
The Magic Wedding Dress

Here comes the bride

Eliza Richards knew she had no business trying on that million–dollar wedding gown. It didn't look like it should cost a million bucks, so what was all the fuss about? But when she put it on, she knew. It shimmered, it sparkled it made her see an image of a groom her groom.

There goes the groom

Five minutes before his own wedding, MacKenzie Courtland found himself literally attached tuxedo button enmeshed in lace to Eliza, the most beautiful bride he could ever imagine. Problem was, she wasn't his bride! How was he possibly going to explain two brides at the altar?","rating":"3.57","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13631,"isbn13":"9781460876190","title":"Million-Dollar Bride","seo":"million-dollar-bride","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460876190.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]}],"scheduled":[],"products":[]}