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Автор Мишель Дуглас
Praise for Michelle Douglas
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If she pointed out to Cade that her title was in fact ‘Nanny’ and not ‘Friend’ or ‘Family Member’, it would give him the wrong impression. It would make it sound as if she didn’t really care for Ella and Holly, and she did. She adored them.
It didn’t change the fact that this was still a job, though, and that no matter how much Cade and his family welcomed her into their fold it still didn’t make her one of them.
It wasn’t anything to be bitter about. It wasn’t anything to be hurt about. It was the truth—plain and simple.
Oh, but how she wished she had a family like his!
About the Author
The Nanny Who
Saved Christmas
Michelle Douglas
For Maggie,
who is everything a sister should be.
Thank you!
CHAPTER ONE
NICOLA craned to take in as much of the view as she could from the Cessna’s window as they landed on an airstrip that was nothing more than red dirt, bordered here and there with spiky grass and mulga scrub. When the pilot cut the engine the sudden silence engulfed her.
He turned to her.
‘Here we are then. ’‘Right. ’ She swallowed and gave a curt nod.
‘May I get out now?’
‘Well, as this is your destination, love, I believe that’s the plan. ’
He let the steps down, she stuck her head outside and the first thing to hit her was the heat—hard, enveloping and intense. The second, when her feet found firm ground again, was the scent—hot, dry earth and sun-baked grasses. The lonely desolation thrust itself upon her consciousness with an insistence that refused to be ignored, greater than the heat that beat down on her uncovered head and greater than the alien sights and scents. A person could get lost out here and never be found.
