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Blurb
If only life had a refresh button...
Kate Mitchell never planned to be a 31 year-old widowed single
mom, but when her soon-to-be-EX husband up and dies, her dreams of finishing
college and starting over are thrown in the air like a game of 52 pick-up. When
she’s given a leave of absence from work and told to “quit or recommit,” Kate
retreats to idyllic Sugar Falls, New Hampshire, to figure out whether she can
discover her passion and pay the bills. Cue the fresh air, summer sunshine and
one sexy local contractor.
Tall, dark, and handy…
Volunteer fireman and all-around hunky guy in a toolbelt, Jim
Pearson has sworn off complicated women with messy baggage. They cling to his
nice-guy stability and skills with a power saw just long enough to straighten
out their lives and move on… but then he meets the cute single mom staying at
Grams’ lake house for the summer.
While a sizzling attraction draws them together, Jim's distrust of
complicated women and Kate's incredibly complicated life threaten to pull them
apart. But forces beyond their control—match-making
grandmothers, the lazy backdrop of summer, and their own reckoning with the
past—conspire to make them risk it all... and bet on love.
Excerpt
She could hear their breathing in
the quiet room, the air a bit close from the heat of the day. She smiled.
He grimaced.
“Kate, I—”
She put her finger to his lips.
“Please, don’t. I know this must seem crazy. We hardly know each other, but… I
don’t want to analyze it. Not now.”
She didn’t want to talk. Didn’t want
to admit her behavior was so far removed from her usual comfort zone it was
like observing someone else. But Jim made her feel safe in a way she couldn’t
put her finger on. Safe… and alive. No, that wasn’t right. He made her feel…
hopeful. There was something about his eyes. So gentle, so kind. When she
looked into his eyes, all the sad, lonely years melted away, and her heart felt
light again, like a butterfly in her breast. She hadn’t felt that feeling in so
very, very long. She couldn’t bear to turn it away. Not now. Not yet.
He nodded, his gaze boring into hers
as he grasped her hand and pressed a kiss to her palm. His thumb brushed over
her fingers as he looked at her hand. “You took off your ring,” he whispered.
She nodded, and he brought her hand
to his lips again, looked her in the eyes. “Tell me what you want,” he said.
“For you to,” she managed a shaky
breath, “do that again?”
He grinned against her wrist…
Author bio and links
Cheri
Allan lives in a charming fixer-upper in rural New Hampshire with her husband,
two children, one dog, four cats and an excessive amount of optimism. She’s a
firm believer in do-it-yourself, new beginnings and happily-ever-afters, so
after years of wearing suits, she’s grateful to finally put her English degree
to good use writing romance. When not writing, you might find her whizzing down
the slopes of a nearby mountain or inadvertently killing perennials in her
garden.
Cheri
loves to hear from readers! E-mail her at cheri@cheriallan.com, friend her at
facebook.com/cheriallanauthor, or visit her website and blog at
www.cheriallan.com. Luck of the Draw, Book 1 in the ‘Betting on Romance’ series
is available now through Amazon and Smashwords.
Links
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