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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 squeezed her eyes
shut. “I’ll stay for another couple of days, but then I have to go home. I
can’t stay here for Christmas.”
The soft whisper of his
exhalation drifted over her folded hands on the table. “That’s great. It’s more
than great. Thank you.”
She swallowed, wanting
the words she needed to say out of her body as soon as possible. “You have your
life, and I have mine.” She opened her eyes. “Neither of us has to change our
plans because I’ve told you about Belle. You can still do what you want to do.”
His eyes ever so
slightly darkened. “If I’m a father, it changes everything.”
Be
strong, Carrie. Lay down the ground rules. “I disagree.” She straightened her spine. “I get it,
Scott. Truly. I understand you think knowing about Belle means you have to
change your entire life, but that’s not true.”
“That’s not what I’m––”
“Let me just say this,
please.”
He closed his eyes and she
took that as permission to continue. She inhaled a deep breath. “I like, and
appreciate, you thinking what you should to do and how to do it, but I’m not
asking you to change your plans overnight. This is going to take time. I want it to take time. Belle doesn’t need
to know about you yet. You can go on with your life and when the time’s right,
I’ll tell her about you.”
Silence.
Carrie swallowed against
the dryness in her throat. When she’d been standing outside the holiday park,
the decision to see her mission through to the end burning like a flame inside
her, she’d thought her words would be strong and clear, delivered with a
reverence he couldn’t argue with. Yet now, her stomach trembled with nerves and
her hands longed to take his.
Why did he make her feel
so torn and her reasoning unfair? Belle was hers. He had no obligation to her
unless he wanted one. “I’m not saying that to be cruel, you know.” She sighed.
“I’ve looked after her the last year without a partner beside me. She’ll be
okay…whatever you decide.”
His continuing silence
raised the hairs at the back of her neck, made her fear she drove a bigger
wedge between them, but she wouldn’t falter. She had come to Templeton and
achieved what she came to do––the gates were open and Scott could step through
them whenever he was ready. As long as he realized the hinges wouldn’t creak
back and forth on a whim.
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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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