A Match Made In Vegas — Debra Salonen

---- originally published as --- The Quiet Child


Four sisters named after royalty, with dowries fit for a queen. Their Gypsy fortuneteller mother predicted each would marry a prince…of sorts.

Dear Santa: #1 wish? A child of my own. P.S.: Heartbreaker single dad from Christmas past need not apply -- even if he does have an adorable son.

After then-cop Mark Gaylord--her less than honorable prince charming--left her at the altar, Alexandra -- Alexa -- Parlier poured her hopes, dreams, and trust fund into creating the Dancing Hippo Day Care. Now, Mark's back. With his traumatized young son. Both need her help. How can she say no when it's almost Christmas…and her heart hasn't forgotten how much she loved him?

Dear Santa: #1 wish? See my son smile again. #2 wish? Find a way to redeem myself in the eyes of the woman I never stopped loving.

Mark isn't expecting a miracle. He screwed up nearly everything good in his life when he broke Alexa's heart, but none of that is Braden's fault. The poor kid has been through hell, thanks to his late mother. Mark needs help and there's no one he'd trust more with his son than the woman he should have married.