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Автор Amanda Stevens
A second chance at first love…
Now Andrew is dead…and an identical stranger has arrived at the Kingsley mansion. He says he’s Adam Kingsley, home after thirty years. But his eyes follow Hope, and he knows secrets only Andrew would know. Has the husband Hope never loved returned to claim her? And how can Jake, the man she never stopped loving, save her?
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The Brother’s Wife
Amanda Stevens
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PROLOGUE
“You look like a desperate man. ” The woman slid onto the barstool next to Andrew Kingsley and crossed her long, sleek legs.
He glanced at her appreciatively. She wore a short black dress that looked very expensive, very classy, and very sexy. Her eyes were blue, her hair so blond it was almost white, her oval face pale and flawless.
Her features gave her the illusion of softness, but there was something about her eyes, something simmering beneath the misty blue surface that belied her angelic appearance.
Another time she would have held Andrew’s undivided attention. But not now. Not with the argument he’d had earlier with Hope still ringing in his ears. After ten years of marriage, she wanted a divorce, and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it. God knew, she had her grounds.
The woman next to him swiveled on her barstool until the toe of her shoe brushed the back of his leg.
“Well, are you?” she persisted.“Am I what?”
“A desperate man. ”
He shrugged. “I guess you could say that. ”
She leaned toward him, so close he could smell her perfume, something dark and sensuous. Very seductive. She smiled knowingly. “Let me guess. Your wife kicked you out and you lost your last dime at the track. ”
“You must be psychic,” he muttered.
She smiled again. “Not really. But I
