“That’s halfway through the book!” she exclaimed, trying once more to grab it from him. Her cheeks were burning.
This time he acquiesced and let her have the book. “I was flipping through, looking for the good parts. I mean, with a cover like that, I knew there had to be good parts.”
He smiled down at her, and there was deep warmth in his emerald eyes. “I’ve been waiting for a woman—notice I didn’t say girl—like you for a long time, Leslie…and apparently, you’ve been waiting for a blacksmith like me. So what do you say we really try and work this thing out?”
She laughed, blossoming with happiness and warmth. “I think that’s the best idea I’ve heard in forever.”
“Same here.” His eyes narrowed and settled on her thoughtfully. “And since I’m sure you know where all the good parts are, what say you read some of them to me…and then we can act them out?”
THE END
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He likes to lay on top of the floor vent in the kitchen when the furnace is running, so he can stay warm. What a life!
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A logical lawyer.
A determined ghost.
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Diana Iverson needs a break--from her stressful job, from her philandering boyfriend, and from the rest of her fast-paced life. When she inherits her eccentric Aunt Jean's Wicks Hollow home, Diana takes a much-needed vacation in the cozy little town.
But when the lake house becomes the scene of multiple break-ins, Diana begins to suspect Aunt Jean’s death was not as innocent as it seems.
And then there’s Ethan Murphy, the sexy college professor who lives next door… He appears to know a lot more about Aunt Jean than he should, and Diana doesn’t trust him.
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An uptight lawyer.
A haunted antiques shop.
And a very mortal villain…
When Fiona Murphy inherits a small antiques shop from an old man she met only once, she’s filled with surprise, confusion and delight—and a little bit of terror at having a new responsibility in a life she prefers to be free and easy.
But as she takes over ownership of the quaint shop, odd things begin to happen. Lights come on and off by themselves, even when they are unplugged…and there is a chilly breeze accompanied by the scent of roses even when the windows are closed.
H. Gideon Nath, III, is the stiff and oh-so-proper attorney who helps settle Fiona’s inheritance. Despite her flightiness and fascination with all things New Age (which he considers bunk), he finds himself unwillingly attracted to her.
After she finds an unpleasant surprise in one of the shop’s closets, scares off an intruder in the store, and uses her skill at palmistry to read Gideon’s future—of which she seems to be a part—Fiona begins to realize that her free and easy life is about to change…whether she wants it to or not.
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