STRANDED AT CUPID'S HIDEAWAY

Book excerpt: PATIENT: Dr. Laurel Burton SYMPTOMS: High temperature, racing pulse DIAGNOSIS: Lovesick! TREATMENT: Avoid Dr. Noah Cunningham Noah Cunningham had to be the most infuriating man on the planet. Too bad he was also the sexiest and the handsomest. Laurel didn't know how he'd gotten them stranded at her grandmother's racy bed-and-breakfast, but after four years, he couldn't just waltz back from the big city into her small-town life and expect to take up where they'd left off! Noah had his reasons for coming back, and he knew Laurel wouldn't like them. Getting stranded at Cupid's Hideaway was pure luck—because distracted as she was by trying to avoid the romantic hoopla, Laurel wouldn't notice that this time, Noah wasn't leaving….