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In high school, Bianca Charleston was a nobody. An
overweight wallflower, so invisible that Cole, the boy she had a crush on,
never even knew she existed.
Things have changed, and she’s finally ready to
show off her new bombshell look. Sort of. Maybe. After a one-sided pep talk
with her cat, she takes a deep breath and flies home to help out with the
annual hospital carnival. Cole is there, too—and he still has no idea who she
is.
FBI field officer Cole Johnson doesn’t have an easy
job, and his nights are usually booked solid. Then in walks Charlie, a blonde
with killer…everything. Suddenly he’s mentally clearing his schedule for a rare
night out. While Charlie doesn’t do one-night stands, somehow after-dinner
dessert is served up against the wall of her hotel room. But happiness will
have to navigate an emotional minefield of preconceived notions—and a couple of
not-so-secret stumbling blocks.
“Bet you were happy. Being able to reinvent
yourself like that.”
“Reinvent. I’d never really thought about it that
way. But you’re absolutely right.”
Her shy smile tugged at his heart, which needed to
shut the hell up. “I know something about that.”
“So you know who I am but I don’t know who you
are.”
“And we’re going to keep it that way.” She moved
around him and headed toward the door.
“Why?”
Hesitation made her stutter her words.
“It’s…uhh…getting late and I have a lot of packets still to deliver. Plus, I’m
sure you have tons of work to do. Can’t imagine you get much downtime around
here.”
He glanced at his computer screen. He really needed
to get back to it. He didn’t have time to talk to her, nor pursue her. His
plate was full. Overflowing even. And he had Addyson. So he opened his mouth to
tell her it was nice meeting her and maybe he’d see her at the carnival. “Want
to go out and we can catch up? That way you won’t feel like you’re interrupting
and I can concentrate on you.”
What?
Her eyes went wide and her fingers wrapped around
her purse strap as if he were some kind of pod person. “Like a date?”
“I’m kind of out of practice but I’m trying to be
all suave so you’ll take pity on me and say yes.”
“Charming, too.”
He decided to own it. “Normally not.”
“Really?”
She sounded skeptical or hopeful. He didn’t know
which, but he sure as hell wanted a chance to know more.
Jennifer Kacey is a writer, mother, and business
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