by C.J. CARMICHAEL
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Dear Reader,
Welcome to Family Matters, a romance series that recognizes the value of family lays not in wealth or possessions but in the intangibles of warmth, love and acceptance. These are the same qualities we prize in our closest friends and it’s certainly the case with the characters in this book: Mallory, Drew, Claire and Grady.
In A Daughter’s Place I introduced Claire Ridgeway, a teacher with a big family and full-time job trying to juggle it all. Her family means everything to Claire, but so do the friends she grew up with in the charming resort town of Port Carling located north of Toronto, in Muskoka lake country. Picture a clear blue lake surrounded by majestic pines, maple, cedar and hemlock and you’ve got it.
These four friends are very close, and yet they have secrets. Some harmless, others with the potential to damage lives or change them forever. Her Best Friend’s Baby is Mallory and Drew’s story. It’s about a friendship that began when they were both in diapers, and an indiscretion that will change their friendship forever.
If you enjoy this story please share the love with a reader review wherever you, as a reader like to hang out! And please continue on with Claire’s story in The Fourth Child.
Happy Reading!
CJ Carmichael
Copyright ©2000 by Carla Daum
First Edition published 2000 by Harlequin Books
Second Edition published 2014
ISBN 978-0-9878613-1-3 – HER BEST FRIEND’S BABY
These stories are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved.
Except for use in any review, no part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form without permission in writing by Carla Daum.
Cover and formatting by Lee Hyatt
Editing by Linda Style