Category: Romance Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
ISBN-10: 1612170358
Type: Fiction
Pages: 276
Copyright: April 4, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781612170350
What's a girl to do when her summer lover wants forever?
Haunted by dark memories of her parents' volatile marriage, artist Kay Browning keeps her heart locked behind a free-spirit facade and contents herself with the comfortable affair she has every summer with easygoing photographer Nate Quinn.
The only trouble with her plan? This summer Nate's come to Lake Mohave to claim the lover he can't let go. He's done with the endless traveling and settling for temporary homes and temporary loves. Kay's always been more than just a vacation fling, and now he must convince this woman, who sees love as a course to certain heartbreak, to take that leap of faith and learn how safe love with the right man can be.
Excerpt
"Kay!" That male voice was not her imagination.
"Oh, shit!" She twisted and dropped into the water, sinking neck-deep.
Mother always said, among other things, that a lady never goes skinny-dipping and must always wear a proper hat. Kay was only half skinnydipping,but she fervently wished she'd worn something a bit more substantial than a baseball cap
and the bottom half of the quintessential teenyweenie yellow polka-dot bikini.
Shit, oh, shit, oh, shit. She so hated when Mother was right.
She wiped water from her face, sucked in a breath against her pounding heart, and peeked around.
Nate. She must be sun-dazed. Nate? With a beard? Hair curling over his ears? No way.
Just because a familiar slouchy fishing hat topped those unruly, sun-bleached blond curls and just because this guy possessed the same deep-water tan and footloose taste in clothes as Nate with his electric blue Hawaiian shirt, bright orange swim trunks, and beat-up deck shoes didn't mean--
"Hey, babe. Now that I've finally caught your attention, how about a hug from my girl?" He opened his arms. "Am I coming in after you or are you
coming out?" Only Nate's voice held that mellow timbre like chocolate for her ears.
"Nate! What..." Giddy delight flushed over Kay, clearing her shock. She dashed from the water and into strong arms, a wonderful hug, and a better kiss that launched her mind into a blissed-out whirl of oh, yes and why? The oh, yes won out until the need to breathe forced them apart.
Nate gave her a long look, his usually easy gray eyes holding a new, simmering heat.
Wow. Whoa.
