Fiona McArthur - Midwife's Christmas Proposal

CHRISTMAS IN LYREBIRD LAKE

Where Christmas miracles can happen …

For midwives Tara and Maeve, the sleepy town of Lyrebird Lake is the haven they’ve always wanted. So they’re determined to make their first Christmas there special!

Neither of them are looking for love—but this year, with the help of some Lyrebird Christmas magic, the celebrations will be beyond their wildest imaginings …

You won’t want to miss this fabulous new festive duet from Fiona McArthur:

MIDWIFE’S CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL

&

MIDWIFE’S MISTLETOE BABY

Available December 2014

Mother to five sons, FIONA MCARTHURis an Australian midwife who loves to write. Mills & Boon® Medical Romance™ gives Fiona the scope to write about all the wonderful aspects of adventure, romance, medicine and midwifery that she feels so passionate about—as well as an excuse to travel! Now that her boys are older, Fiona and her husband, Ian, are off to meet new people, see new places, and have wonderful adventures. Fiona’s website is at www.fionamcarthurauthor.com

Fiona McArthur

www.millsandboon.co.uk

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I’ve loved Simon Campbell since he was a twenty-year-old on his first visit to Lyrebird Lake. That was about ten years ago in real time.

Simon has always made me smile, and has made me want to write his story for years. Readers have asked for him, and he’s been in the back of my mind, but I just couldn’t find the right woman for him—and he deserved the right woman.

Simon even visited in a couple of the Lyrebird Lake stories—a fleeting visit … just enough to remind me how much I cared about him, how much potential I always felt he had as a hero for the right woman. In the meantime he cared for his sisters, grew in his work, but always something was missing.

And then along came Tara … Tara who was so externally tough, so inwardly fragile, so able to be incredibly giving but so unskilled at relationships because she’d never had the chance. Tara who had missed out on so much in her childhood that only someone like Simon could hope to even the scales. Simon and the magic of Lyrebird Lake.

I’ve so enjoyed sharing with Tara and Simon in their journey to falling in love. I’ve loved the whole Christmas setting. I’ve loved revisiting the lyrebird dance. And I’ve absolutely loved setting a little of Maeve and Rayne’s story amidst it all for the next book. I hope you do too.

Happy Christmas!

Fi xx

To my son Scott, who gifted me my first parachute jump and the pictures that went with it. And to the experience that I knew I would put into this book.

And to Lawrence, my chute buddy from Coffs Skydivers, who made it such fun that I was never, ever scared.

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About the Author Mother to five sons, FIONA MCARTHUR is an Australian midwife who loves to write. Mills & Boon® Medical Romance™ gives Fiona the scope to write about all the wonderful aspects of adventure, romance, medicine and midwifery that she feels so passionate about—as well as an excuse to travel! Now that her boys are older, Fiona and her husband, Ian, are off to meet new people, see new places, and have wonderful adventures. Fiona’s website is at www.fionamcarthurauthor.com

Title Page Midwife’s Christmas Proposal Fiona McArthur www.millsandboon.co.uk

Dear Reader Dear Reader Dear Reader Dedication CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN Copyright I’ve loved Simon Campbell since he was a twenty-year-old on his first visit to Lyrebird Lake. That was about ten years ago in real time. Simon has always made me smile, and has made me want to write his story for years. Readers have asked for him, and he’s been in the back of my mind, but I just couldn’t find the right woman for him—and he deserved the right woman. Simon even visited in a couple of the Lyrebird Lake stories—a fleeting visit … just enough to remind me how much I cared about him, how much potential I always felt he had as a hero for the right woman. In the meantime he cared for his sisters, grew in his work, but always something was missing. And then along came Tara … Tara who was so externally tough, so inwardly fragile, so able to be incredibly giving but so unskilled at relationships because she’d never had the chance. Tara who had missed out on so much in her childhood that only someone like Simon could hope to even the scales. Simon and the magic of Lyrebird Lake. I’ve so enjoyed sharing with Tara and Simon in their journey to falling in love. I’ve loved the whole Christmas setting. I’ve loved revisiting the lyrebird dance. And I’ve absolutely loved setting a little of Maeve and Rayne’s story amidst it all for the next book. I hope you do too. Happy Christmas! Fi xx

Dedication Dedication Dedication CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN Copyright To my son Scott, who gifted me my first parachute jump and the pictures that went with it. And to the experience that I knew I would put into this book. And to Lawrence, my chute buddy from Coffs Skydivers, who made it such fun that I was never, ever scared.

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Copyright

SIMON LOOKED AWAY from the road as he drove and across to his sister. Saw the tiny furrow in her brow even while she was sleeping. His eyes returned to the car in front. So she was still angry with him. Where had he gone wrong? All he’d ever wanted to do was protect his family. Protect Maeve from making the same mistakes their mother had made.

Maybe he felt more responsible than other siblings because the day he’d found out he was only a half-brother to Maeve and the girls had been devastating and he did wonder if he’d over-compensated.