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Christmas at the Cove
Temptation Cove #4
Rachel Brimble
Released November 4th, 2015
Harlequin Superromance
Scott Walker doesn't have time for a relationship. The sexy mechanic has career ambitions, not to mention a mother and three sisters to take care of. The last thing he needs is Carrie Jameson, the beauty he never forgot, arriving in Templeton Cove over the holidays with some unexpected news.
Scott still finds Carrie irresistible, and he's not one to shirk responsibility. Scott's issues with his own dad make the prospect of parenthood a minefield. But if he and Carrie can overcome their fears, this Christmas could bring them the best gift of all.
She glanced around the garage. “I’m
sorry to turn up unannounced like this, but I’m here and we need to talk.”
He stared at her in disbelief as
questions, demands and weaknesses hurtled around inside him, battling with the
intense sexual frustration storming through his body. “Just like that, you turn
up and say, ‘We need to talk’?” He shook his head and turned away from her,
lest he get caught in the snare of her wide, impossibly gorgeous eyes. “Go
away.”
“No.”
Keeping his back to her, he uncrossed
his arms and planted his hands on his hips. He tipped his head back and smiled
as insanity rushed his bloodstream. He wanted to grab her, shake her, kiss her
and make love to her. God, he wanted to drop to his damn knees in front of her
and beg her to tell him where she’d been and now she was back, was she back for
good?
“Scott?”
He closed his eyes, barely resisting
the urge to cover his ears with his hands and block out her tempting voice,
achingly laced with the unmistakable sound of a plea. “Whether you want to see
me or not, I have to talk to you, and I won’t leave the Cove until you hear me
out.”
Her heels clicked closer and his body
tensed, waiting for what came next. The dangerous, musky scent of her perfume
wafted under his nostrils and he inhaled. She approached the bench beside him
and put down a business card. “My number’s on there. I’m staying at the
Christie. Call me when you’re ready to talk. It’s important or I wouldn’t have
come.”
He glanced at the card. Carrie Jameson.
Producer.
She turned and walked away. He let her
go, feeling like a smashed up car after a hurricane, tossed and turned through
the air before being spewed crudely across the highway, left to rust and burn.
He picked up the card. His hand shook
and the rare sting of tears shamed him. What the hell was he supposed to do
now? Carrie was back and his libido told him only too clearly there was no way
in hell he wouldn’t go to her. How was he supposed to let her go a second time
when he’d lived the last three years regretting he didn’t stop her the first
time?
Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. Since 2013, she has had five books published by Harlequin Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and three Victorian romances by eKensington/Lyrical.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!
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