Mainstream Romance: Contemporary ISBN: 978-1-60435-344-0 Cover Artist: Annie Melton Editor: Lea Schizas Word Count: 16,060 Release Date: June 11, 2009
Benton Jessup wants his bed and breakfast to be successful. He will go to any lengths to ensure that it does.
When Kitty Beebe, a famous romance author, arrives at The Inn, his desire for success becomes a struggle of wills with love.
If the Beebe woman liked it, her expression of approval might bring more business to The Inn, and cement his chance at having a four star rating. He scowled. Keeping her off his mind was becoming nearly impossible.
Something about her mysterious air, the creative side of her jangled a similar place in him. She'd said she'd lost her land and been reduced to writing, and she'd been damned good at it. Loss had given them the same choices to make. Their goals were the same. Pick up the pieces and succeed at something else.
At the moment, his goal was to make Kitty Beebe tell all her New York friends that The Inn was the best bed and breakfast in South.
But could he get his guest to succumb to his charm, his talent. . .his obsession?
Change. That was what he needed. Change to his approach, his execution. He would make the Beebe woman fall in love with this place, with his very country until she didn't want to return to Ireland.
If he were to succeed at that, it meant giving up his resolve to stay out of a woman's way. It meant putting himself directly in her path and he knew what direction her path would be.
It was written on every page of her damn book.
Angry, he walked to the doorway of the shop and peered out. The rain hadn't let up since daybreak. The early spring green of the grasses was just appearing and he watched as birds fluttered in the ground beneath one of the oaks, playing. They were probably mating.
He turned away, unsettled. It had to do with Kitty. The first attractive woman who had not been a newlywed seeking an overnight stay on the way to a bigger, more fun honeymoon and he was in a dilemma.
Maybe Nikki was right. Maybe his interest had nothing to do with the fact she was a guest at The Inn.
And her book hadn't helped anything.
He'd read some of it while trying to go to sleep. The reminder of the Ireland he'd experienced with Carla was uncanny, and uncomfortable. Since then, he'd only wanted more. He fought the urge to pick it up every time he had spare time. What kind of woman could create such beauty and desire within a man just with simple words?
The reminder of that exact woman who rested in the house across the lawn made him collect the woodwork and walk out into the pelting rain.
Book Reviews "...an easy story in which the reader can sit back, follow along and come out at the end feeling refreshed and serene." ~ Kathy, Dark Diva Reviews "...a sweet love story... I enjoyed the book enough to want more." ~ Jade Ryan, Between the Lines: WRDF Reviews "...will simply leave the reader's heart yearning and longing with the beauty of love." ~ Cafe of Dreams Reviews "I enjoyed the characters... The description of the imagery was magnificent... a slightly sensual read but very sweet..." ~ Val, You Gotta Read Reviews "...I hated it to end... I yearned for more..." ~ Aaron Paul Lazar, Midwest Book Reviews