Baby on the Billionaire’s Doorstep
Jet-setting bachelor Dex Messina thought he knew everything about women…until he met the tiny infant girl abandoned on his doorstep. One thing Dex was sure of: the gorgeous redhead who stormed back into his life, insisting she’d made a mistake, was hiding something. And uncovering her secret would be his pleasure. To gain custody of her beloved niece, Lucy Alwin would do anything–even pose as the woman with whom Dex had shared one intimate night. But if boldly lying to the powerful billionaire was difficult, resisting their burning desire could prove impossible.
Backstory
Sometimes the story idea you start with is not the book you get in the end. This is one of those books.
A couple of years ago, I read a short article about Safe Haven locations. These are places where you can legally abandon your infant anytime in the first few weeks of life. Most states have Save Haven laws. In Texas, for example, fire stations, police stations and hospitals are all designated “Save Havens.”
Excerpt
As the taxi pulled to a stop in front of the sprawling monstrosity his brother called home, Dex Messina pinched the bridge of his nose. Man, he was tired.
He was getting too old for this. He’d just spent a week in Antwerp working sixteen-hour days getting ready for the opening of Messina Diamonds’ new diamond-cutting branch. On top of that, the seventeen-hour flight from Belgium—complete with a six-hour delay in New York—had taken its toll.
“This the place?” the cabbie asked from the front seat.
“Home sweet home.”