Catherine Mann - The Second Chance

She can’t remember the last five years...

Or the man who says he’s her husband.

Chuck Mikkelson knows Shana doesn’t remember him...or that she wanted a divorce. But now she’s back in his home, and he vows to save their union at all costs. This may be the only chance he has to win back his wife. Will their rekindled passion be enough to convince her to stay when her memory returns?

USA TODAY bestselling author CATHERINE MANN has won numerous awards for her novels, including both a prestigious RITA® Award and an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award. After years of moving around the country bringing up four children, Catherine has settled in her home state of South Carolina, where she’s active in animal rescue. For more information, visit her website, catherinemann.com.

Also by Catherine Mann Contents Cover Back Cover Text About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Dedication Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Epilogue Alaskan Oil Barons - Steele Mikkelson Family Tree Extract Extract About the Publisher

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The Double Deal

The Love Child

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The Second Chance

Catherine Mann

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ISBN: 978-1-474-07690-6

THE SECOND CHANCE

© 2018 Catherine Mann

Published in Great Britain 2018

by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental.

By payment of the required fees, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence to download and install this e-book on your personal computer, tablet computer, smart phone or other electronic reading device only (each a “Licensed Device”) and to access, display and read the text of this e-book on-screen on your Licensed Device. Except to the extent any of these acts shall be permitted pursuant to any mandatory provision of applicable law but no further, no part of this e-book or its text or images may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, translated, converted or adapted for use on another file format, communicated to the public, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher.

® and ™ are trademarks owned and used by the trademark owner and/or its licensee. Trademarks marked with ® are registered with the United Kingdom Patent Office and/or the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and in other countries.

www.millsandboon.co.uk

To my gifted and delightful editor, Stacy Boyd.

“Write to communicate to the hearts and minds of

others what’s burning inside … edit to let the fire

show through the smoke.” (Arthur Plotnik)

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text She can’t remember the last five years... Or the man who says he’s her husband. Chuck Mikkelson knows Shana doesn’t remember him...or that she wanted a divorce. But now she’s back in his home, and he vows to save their union at all costs. This may be the only chance he has to win back his wife. Will their rekindled passion be enough to convince her to stay when her memory returns?

About the Author USA TODAY bestselling author CATHERINE MANN has won numerous awards for her novels, including both a prestigious RITA® Award and an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award. After years of moving around the country bringing up four children, Catherine has settled in her home state of South Carolina, where she’s active in animal rescue. For more information, visit her website, catherinemann.com .

Booklist Also by Catherine Mann Contents Cover Back Cover Text About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Dedication Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Epilogue Alaskan Oil Barons - Steele Mikkelson Family Tree Extract Extract About the Publisher The Baby Claim The Double Deal The Love Child The Twin Birthright Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk

Title Page The Second Chance Catherine Mann www.millsandboon.co.uk

Copyright ISBN: 978-1-474-07690-6 THE SECOND CHANCE © 2018 Catherine Mann Published in Great Britain 2018 by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental. By payment of the required fees, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence to download and install this e-book on your personal computer, tablet computer, smart phone or other electronic reading device only (each a “Licensed Device”) and to access, display and read the text of this e-book on-screen on your Licensed Device. Except to the extent any of these acts shall be permitted pursuant to any mandatory provision of applicable law but no further, no part of this e-book or its text or images may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, translated, converted or adapted for use on another file format, communicated to the public, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher. ® and ™ are trademarks owned and used by the trademark owner and/or its licensee. Trademarks marked with ® are registered with the United Kingdom Patent Office and/or the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and in other countries. www.millsandboon.co.uk

Dedication To my gifted and delightful editor, Stacy Boyd. “Write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside … edit to let the fire show through the smoke.” (Arthur Plotnik)

Prologue

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Epilogue

Alaskan Oil Barons - Steele Mikkelson Family Tree

Extract

Extract

About the Publisher

Prologue

Shana had once thought Chuck was the love of her life.

She’d have bet their marriage would last forever.

But today, Shana Mikkelson had to accept that she and Chuck were finished.

Now she just wanted peace, but peace was in short supply as she threw her husband’s jeans into a suitcase on their bed. The musky scent of him wafted up from the denim, filling her every breath like a drug she could only quit cold turkey.