When her marriage ended in tragedy, Kate DiFrancesco rebuilt her
life, but has never gotten over the pain of what she lost. Seeking the help of
an ex-lover ignites feelings she’s promised never to have again. She’ll need to
untangle herself from dangers in her past in order to break the hard shell
around her heart.
Edward Weston has a lot to prove, both to his stuffy upper-crust
British family, and to himself. Working
alongside Kate, a woman he had a casual relationship with, stirs unexpected
feelings. Helping her family makes him realize what he's missing. For the first
time, he wants more than a one-night stand.
When Kate is threatened, Edward must overcome feeling unworthy to
protect the woman he loves and fight for the family he never thought he’d have.
EXCERPT:
“Privacy is a hard thing to find around here, so
you may want to lock the door. Especially when you’re wearing only a towel and
my sister is on the prowl.”
“I’ll have to remember that,” Edward said, taking a
step toward her. “I knew she was smitten, but didn’t think she would be waiting
in the room after my shower. I was struggling with a tactful way of getting her
out.”
“I’m sure you’re not accustomed to asking a woman
to leave your room.”
He gave her an unapologetic grin. “No, usually
not.”
“I guess it’s partly my fault. I told her I don’t
have any claims to you. Apparently she took that to mean it was open season to
pursue you.”
“Yet you stopped by. Why?”
“I wanted to thank you again for your help today.
You dropped everything to come and help my family and that means a lot to me.”
He took another step toward her until he stood
directly in front of her. “You mean a lot to me. I’d do anything I could to
help you.”
She nodded in acknowledgement, not sure she could
trust her voice to speak with him all but touching her.
“And you’re wrong about not having a claim on me.”
His hands found their way to her waist. Her heart
thumped and she knew she should pull back, wanted to pull back. But his
blue-gray eyes held her in a hypnotic state and she couldn’t move.
A
romantic at heart, Maria K. Alexander spent hours as a young girl getting lost
in and wishing to be one of the heroines in the stories she read. Books gave
her the ability to go to another world where she loved meeting new characters,
learning about their problems, and watching them fall in love.
Maria
blogs and shares her writing journey with her critique partners at:
http://thevioletfemmes.com.
When
not writing, Maria loves to read, bake, downhill ski, visit the beach, and
watch romantic comedies. Maria lives in New Jersey with her husband and
children, and writes in her “spare” time between juggling a full-time job and
her kids’ busy schedules.
You can keep in touch with her at: http://mariakalexander.com
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