Amalie Berlin - Dante's Shock Proposal

An inconvenient desire

Growing up in the midst of her parents’ fraught union, surgical nurse Lise Bradshaw has never wanted nor needed a man by her side. Until a sensual chance encounter with Dr. Dante Valentino on the dance floor of a Miami club sparks a full-blown passionate affair...leading to a shock proposal!

Dante knows what he wants—a family—and what he doesn’t—love. But as the fire blazes between him and beautiful Lise he realizes that he’s inconveniently falling for his convenient fiancée!

Dear Reader Dear Reader Title Page About the Author 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 Extract Copyright ,

Have you ever loved a series—book/film—so much that you couldn’t wait to talk about the latest instalment with someone else who loved it too?

Brainstorming and writing the Hot Latin Docs quartet with Annie O’Neil, Amy Ruttan and Tina Beckett was like that for me! When an email pinged on our email loop, my excitement demanded I stop everything and go and bask in the latest awesome idea, or devour a snippet one of the other authors had shared from their work in progress.

Dante’s not an easy man to love. Halfway through writing this book even I became afraid he couldn’t be saved. Thank you, Amy Ruttan, for talking me down! So I pushed on through, and now I know: it takes a strong heroine to save a broken man hidden behind his gorgeous smoke and mirrors.

All my characters become real to me as I write their stories, but these lovely ladies have made Dante’s whole family real to me now too.

Thank you for picking up Dante’s Shock Proposal , and if this is your first Hot Latin Doc please search out Santiago’s Convenient Fiancée , Alejandro’s Sexy Secret and Rafael’s One Night Bombshell .

Happy reading!

Amalie xo

AmalieBerlin.com/Contact Facebook.com/AuthorAmalie

Dante’s Shock Proposal

Amalie Berlin

www.millsandboon.co.uk

AMALIE BERLINlives with her family and critters in Southern Ohio, and writes quirky and independent characters for Mills & Boon Medical Romance. She likes to buck expectations with unusual settings and situations, and believes humour can be used powerfully to illuminate truth—especially when juxtaposed against intense emotions. Love is stronger and more satisfying when your partner can make you laugh through times when you don’t have the luxury of tears.

Books by Amalie Berlin

Mills & Boon Medical Romance

Desert Prince Docs

Challenging the Doctor Sheikh

The Hollywood Hills Clinic

Taming Hollywood’s Ultimate Playboy

Return of Dr Irresistible

Breaking Her No-Dating Rule

Surgeons, Rivals...Lovers

Falling for Her Reluctant Sheikh

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at millsandboon.co.ukfor more titles.

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To Amy, Annie, and Tina. Expect me to whine incessantly until we do this again! No, really. When are we going to do this again? How does now work for y’all?

Amy: will pretty much always be jealous of your inspirational idea—Magic Mike: surgeon. Thank you for your tireless friendship, and for seriously raising the bar! *luff*

Annie: for being an amazing, energetic weirdo who makes this hyperactive purple-haired lunatic feel right at home! And being the other quirky medical writer. Ugly Sisters 4 Evah!

Tina: this marks our third author-led collaboration and it keeps getting better! Thank you for continuing to come back and try again. ♥

Laura McCallen: sorry for being such a pain! And thank you for not only whipping the proposal into shape, but for all you’ve done to work with me—this year’s been a tricksy one! ♥

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Back Cover Text An inconvenient desire Growing up in the midst of her parents’ fraught union, surgical nurse Lise Bradshaw has never wanted nor needed a man by her side. Until a sensual chance encounter with Dr. Dante Valentino on the dance floor of a Miami club sparks a full-blown passionate affair...leading to a shock proposal! Dante knows what he wants—a family—and what he doesn’t—love. But as the fire blazes between him and beautiful Lise he realizes that he’s inconveniently falling for his convenient fiancée!

Dear Reader Dear Reader Dear Reader Title Page About the Author 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 Extract Copyright , Have you ever loved a series—book/film—so much that you couldn’t wait to talk about the latest instalment with someone else who loved it too? Brainstorming and writing the Hot Latin Docs quartet with Annie O’Neil, Amy Ruttan and Tina Beckett was like that for me! When an email pinged on our email loop, my excitement demanded I stop everything and go and bask in the latest awesome idea, or devour a snippet one of the other authors had shared from their work in progress. Dante’s not an easy man to love. Halfway through writing this book even I became afraid he couldn’t be saved. Thank you, Amy Ruttan, for talking me down! So I pushed on through, and now I know: it takes a strong heroine to save a broken man hidden behind his gorgeous smoke and mirrors. All my characters become real to me as I write their stories, but these lovely ladies have made Dante’s whole family real to me now too. Thank you for picking up Dante’s Shock Proposal , and if this is your first Hot Latin Doc please search out Santiago’s Convenient Fiancée , Alejandro’s Sexy Secret and Rafael’s One Night Bombshell . Happy reading! Amalie xo AmalieBerlin.com/Contact Facebook.com/AuthorAmalie

Title Page Dante’s Shock Proposal Amalie Berlin www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author AMALIE BERLIN lives with her family and critters in Southern Ohio, and writes quirky and independent characters for Mills & Boon Medical Romance. She likes to buck expectations with unusual settings and situations, and believes humour can be used powerfully to illuminate truth—especially when juxtaposed against intense emotions. Love is stronger and more satisfying when your partner can make you laugh through times when you don’t have the luxury of tears. Books by Amalie Berlin Mills & Boon Medical Romance Desert Prince Docs Challenging the Doctor Sheikh The Hollywood Hills Clinic Taming Hollywood’s Ultimate Playboy Return of Dr Irresistible Breaking Her No-Dating Rule Surgeons, Rivals...Lovers Falling for Her Reluctant Sheikh Visit the Author Profile page at millsandboon.co.uk for more titles.

Dedication To Amy, Annie, and Tina. Expect me to whine incessantly until we do this again! No, really. When are we going to do this again? How does now work for y’all? Amy: will pretty much always be jealous of your inspirational idea—Magic Mike: surgeon. Thank you for your tireless friendship, and for seriously raising the bar! *luff* Annie: for being an amazing, energetic weirdo who makes this hyperactive purple-haired lunatic feel right at home! And being the other quirky medical writer. Ugly Sisters 4 Evah! Tina: this marks our third author-led collaboration and it keeps getting better! Thank you for continuing to come back and try again. ♥ Laura McCallen: sorry for being such a pain! And thank you for not only whipping the proposal into shape, but for all you’ve done to work with me—this year’s been a tricksy one! ♥