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The CEO by Cynthia Woolf is a Celebrate Mothers Bookish Event pick #billionaireromance #romance #mothersday #giveaway

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Title: THE CEO             

 

Author: Cynthia Woolf

 

Genre: Contemporary Billionaire Romance

 

Book Blurb:

 

Adam Kincaid never expected to become a single father overnight. When his infant daughter, Lilly, is left in his care, Adam turns to his best friend, Bree Taylor, for help.

Bree, still grieving the loss of her fiancé, agrees to a marriage of convenience to give Lilly the family she deserves.


But as Adam and Bree navigate their unexpected roles, sparks of something deeper ignite between them. Just as they begin to hope for a future together, a ruthless rival sets their sights on Adam, threatening not only his business but the fragile new bond they’re building. With love and their family at stake, Adam and Bree must confront the danger—and their own fears—before they lose everything.

 

Excerpt:

 

July, three years ago, Denver, Colorado


Knock! Knock! Knock!

 

Bree Taylor looked at the clock on the microwave. Her coffee was almost done. Eight o’clock in the morning. Who in the world would be at her door now? She gathered her chenille robe tighter about her and headed to the door. After looking through the peephole, she opened the door. “Yes. Can I help you?”

 

“Brianna Taylor?” asked the Marine captain in dress blues with his hat under his arm and wearing white gloves.

 

Behind him stood another marine and a chaplain, both in their regular uniforms.

 

“I am.” She shook her head. This couldn’t be happening. Her eyes filled with tears. Only one thing would bring these three men to her doorstep…Brad.

 

“Miss Taylor—”

 

“No. No. No.” She continued shaking her head. This wasn’t real. “No!”

 

The officer continued, “I’m sorry to inform you that your fiancé Bradford Anderson was killed while on active duty in Afghanistan this past Monday. You are listed as his only next of kin.”

 

Her heart hurt. Bree grabbed the door handle as it was the only thing to latch on to.

 

The captain stepped forward and took her by the arm. “Perhaps we should go inside.”

 

She nodded. “Yes, that would be best.” Bree straightened her back. She worried this day could come every time Brad deployed to some war-torn part of the planet, but she didn’t think it would happen so soon. He’d only been gone for two months. She sat on the sofa and looked up at the officer. “What’s your name?”

 

He stood with his hat under his arm. “Captain Marcus O’Reilly.”

 

“You must hate this part of your job.”

 

“Yes, ma’am. It is never easy informing loved ones at a time like this. Can I get you some water or something?”

 

His voice was muffled. Bree shook her head. “No. Nothing. How did it happen?” She was barely keeping the tears at bay, but she needed answers. “Please sit, so I’m not looking up at you.”

 

He nodded. His hair was dark above the white sidewalls of the military cut. He sat and angled his body toward her. “It was an IED. That’s how many of our soldiers die. They are insidious. If it’s any consolation, he didn’t suffer.”

 

She nodded and held back another sob.

 

“Is there someone I can call for you? You really shouldn’t be alone at a time like this.”

 

Swallowing hard, she nodded. “Adam. Adam Kincaid. He’s Brad’s best friend.”

 

“Do you have the number for Mr. Kincaid?”

 

“Yes, let me…” She picked up the phone on the coffee table, then unlocked the phone before handing it back to the captain. “He’s on my favorites list, the second name.”

 

The captain took her phone and touched the favorites list and then Adam’s name. He put it on speaker.

 

She heard Adam curse at being woken up. It was Saturday, the only day of the week he allowed himself to sleep in. Despite the situation, she smiled at the normalcy of his response.

 

“Bree? What’s wrong?”

 

The captain glanced at Bree. “Mr. Kincaid, this is Captain Marcus O’Reilly with the Marine Corps. I believe that you should come over to Miss Taylor’s as soon as possible.”

 

“What happened? It’s Brad, isn’t it? Never mind. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes. Or less.”

 

“Thank you, Adam,” said Bree with a sob and her arms clasped over her stomach. Holding it together was getting harder and harder with each passing minute. She would never have the perfect ranch house on acreage with horses and chickens and two dogs for the kids to play with. Never have the four kids she and Brad had planned on. Never have the wedding she’d dreamed of with the perfect dress to go along with the perfect groom. And Brad would have been the perfect groom. He was the perfect everything…to her. How could she go on without him, without their dreams, without holding each other every night and again in the morning?

 

Nothing would be the same, and she had no future without Brad. How could she go on?

 

About ten minutes later, a knock sounded.

 

The captain stood and walked to the door.

 

Adam rushed past the captain to Bree.

 

She lost it and buried her face in his chest, her arms around his waist, as tears rolled down her face and she bawled.

 

Adam picked her up in his arms and sat her on his lap.

 

He buried his face in her hair.

 

She felt rather than heard his sobs. He and Brad had been best friends since kindergarten. He was hurting as much as she was. They had both lost their best friend.

 

“May I leave you here, sir, to care for Miss Taylor?” asked Captain O’Reilly.

 

Bree lifted her head and spoke to the captain. “Adam will stay. You don’t have to worry about me. I’ll be fine.” Though she said the words, she knew they were a lie. She would never be fine again.

 

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It’s a story about a billionaire and his best friend’s fiancée who has a heart of gold and the baby they come together to raise. It’s a perfect book for a stormy night or a day at the beach.

 

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Author Biography:

 

Cynthia Woolf is the USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author of eighty-five romance novels. Comprising sixty-six historical western romances, ten contemporary romance novels, two contemporary romance novellas, one historical western romance novella, and six sci-fi space opera romances, which she calls westerns in space. Along with these books, she has also published twelve boxed sets of her books and two short stories.

 

Cynthia loves writing and reading romance. Her first western romance, Tame A Wild Heart, was inspired by the story her mother told her of meeting Cynthia's father on a ranch in Creede, Colorado. Although Tame A Wild Heart takes place in Creede, that is the only similarity between the stories. Her father was a cowboy, not a bounty hunter, and her mother was a nursemaid (called a nanny now), not the ranch owner.

 

Cynthia credits her wonderfully supportive husband, Jim, and her great critique partners for saving her sanity and allowing her to explore her creativity.

 

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