Her life was all
set…she had everything she had ever dreamed of. Promises of forever…. But
promises can be broken. Alyson Almon, or Ally as she is called, finds this out
in a tragic way. The emotional scars on her heart are ones only she can feel.
With a change of location and a makeover she tries to start her life anew. She
is drawn to a beautiful wedding and snaps some photos, capturing the love
between the bride and her father. Luke McDerment, brother of the bride, is a
man who is dealing with his own loss. Their paths cross when he spies her
gorgeous photos and the instant attraction is something neither of them can
deny.
Luke, with the
help of his family who also find themselves drawn to this haunted young woman,
involve her in a project that throws her right in the middle of this loving,
warm family. They have a Gala coming up and Ally is the perfect photographer to
capture the moments. Ally is embraced by the family and finds that she needs
the love and warmth this family gives so effortlessly. She also finds the
attraction to Luke is something she can’t deny.
Can they fight the electricity
between them and just walk away or will they let fate hand them the happy
ending they both desperately need.
The next morning sunlight
peeked through the opened window. I slightly tossed back my hair away from my
face, staring toward the early sunrise. I lay there for a while, closing my
eyes and listening to the sound of the ocean waves crashing into the shore.
I decided to start the day
with a hot shower. While waiting for the water to heat up, I turned on the
radio, hoping that it would fill the sound of the empty room in the background,
I could hear Brad Paisley singing “Wrapped Around”
It felt so good to have hot
water flowing over my body. I stood in the shower in a daze. In no time at all,
I remembered the first time Sam ever saw me naked.
We had been dating for two
years, and it was cool, crisp night. We sat in the back oh his truck, watching
the northern lights and listening to the radio. That was the first time in my
life I felt safe.
I had never had anybody look
at me like the way Sam did, his warm fingers softly touched the side of my
face, staring into my eyes as if trying to gather my every thought. His lips were silky soft with a slight smell
of peppermint gum. His kisses were always light. His fingers ran down my neck, slightly
pulling my hair toward the center of my back.
With his trembling hands, he undid the clasp of my bra ever so lightly.
Feeling cool air on my back gave me a slight shiver. Sam looked at me with his
steady eyes, “Beautiful.” he whispered.
It was so powerful having our
naked bodies touch with his fingers trailing over my naked breast. I gasped to catch my breath, realizing that I
was back in the shower. I grabbed the shower curtain for dear life. I NEEDED
OUT!!!
Ally
Shawnté
lives in central Alberta, with her husband Ricky of 10 amazing years and
together they have two beautiful children. Somehow
her husband has managed to trick her into running a cow/calf operation. As much
as she fusses about it, she loves it.
When Shawnté is not sitting at her kitchen table hammering away on her laptop while watching the moose chase her cows across the yard, yes this really happens. Then she is busy attend school activities, community events and chauffeuring children here and there. She is big on playing softball and watching hockey.
When the time comes to relax, you will find her
snuggled underneath her down comforter reading on her Ipad. Wait…who are we
kidding, if the dishes, vacuuming, laundry or the bathrooms needs a hose down,
you’ll always hear her say, “Just after this chapter.” She doesn’t have a
favorite author or best story because everyday she falls in love with someone
new.
Shawnté is technology challenged so with the
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