title: Natural Born Charmer
author:  Susan Elizabeth Phillips 
description: In this latest installment in Phillips's romance series starring the Chicago Stars football players (<I>This Heart of Mine</I>; <I>Nobody's Baby but Mine</I>), the bestselling novelist delivers a love story wrought with delicious sexual tension and charged banter. When debonair starting quarterback Dean Robillard, on a soul-searching road trip after a serious shoulder injury, happens across Blue Bailey, walking alongside the road wearing a beaver costume, he stops to help her. Blue is far from a Barbie-esque football groupie, but broke and stranded, she needs both a ride and a job, and the football all-star (driving a sexy Aston Martin) poses an interesting opportunity. As the two travel from Colorado to Dean's new farmhouse in east Tennessee, Blue resists his advances, and both athlete and vagabond struggle with deeply rooted trust and familial issues that are soon exacerbated by the unexpected presence of Dean's mother at the farm. While the verbal sparring in this textbook case of opposites attracting feels stagy at first, the rough edges come together in an alluring way. <I>(Feb.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Natural Born Charmer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Susan Elizabeth Phillips
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  To Liam,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a natural born charmer  
  if there ever was one
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  It wasn’t every day a guy saw a headless beaver…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Two
  
  
  
  
  
  Blue concentrated on counting her breaths, hoping that would calm…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Three
  
  
  
  
  
  The Beav’s contempt for fashion clearly carried over into nightwear.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Four
  
  
  
  
  
  April Robillard closed out her e-mail. What would Dean say…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Five
  
  
  
  
  
  April’s lips parted in shock. Dean stiffened. “What are you…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Six
  
  
  
  
  
  As the driver pulled away, Dean tucked his thumbs in…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  
  
  
  
  Riley Patriot lived in Nashville, Tennessee, in a white brick…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  
  
  
  
  The faintest threads of morning light crept through the lace…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  
  
  
  
  The small, weathered cottage sat beh