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Blurb
Raney
Hoffman eloped with her high school sweetheart believing they’d found their
happy ever after, but her world crashed down around her when he left after less
than two years of marriage. Nearly twenty years later he’s back in town. Her
broken heart tells her she should still hate the jerk. But her traitorous body
surges into sexual overdrive at the sight of him.
Rob
Coleman was devoted to Raney the moment they met in high school. After they
married, his twin brother died unexpectedly and Rob’s grief thrust him into an
identity crisis he couldn’t recover from. The decisions he made in that haze of
grief have haunted him for nearly twenty years. Now he’s back and completely
befuddled by the strength of his response to seeing Raney again.
They
rebuilt their lives without the other but their unexpected reunion makes it
clear their history is far from resolved.
Excerpt
Rob sagged to his knees, overcome
with repressed grief and memories. Interred here, stolen away from him much too
early, was his twin brother. His other, better half. This was the first time
he’d been here since that cold, rainy November day they buried J.W.
He was numb, unable to recall a
single specific memory or identify a particular emotion. He just felt empty.
Bereft. Alone.
He didn’t know how long he sat there
gazing at J.W.’s headstone, but a bone-deep ache began to overtake the
numbness. He reached out, tracing the letters of his brother’s name, following
the lines that led inexorably to the dates of his birth and death. As his hand
wandered lower against the marble, he noticed a vase embedded in front of the
marker. Fresh flowers spilled out of the unremarkable green container.
He leaned back on his heels, stunned
out of the haze of his grief. The vibrant, cheerful white daisies and red
carnations seemed out of place when he felt so overwhelmingly sad. Grudgingly,
he considered their simplicity perfectly suited J.W.’s personality. Assuming
his grandfather was responsible for them, he wondered how Pops had managed to
make the trip out here given his recent fall. He’d have to remember to thank
him. He supposed he should take over that particular duty, too, now that he was
back.
AUTHOR Bio
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Cate
Baylor has been a technical communicator for over fifteen years. When she's not
writing, she suffers from hobby addiction, which includes (but is not limited
to!) reading, card making, crochet, knitting, scrapbooking, cross stitching,
and home DIY. She lives in Houston with her geeky husband, neurotic cats, and
precocious Yellow Lab named Tex. She comes from a long line of German-Texan
farmers who are likely rolling over in their graves knowing she’d much rather
stay blissfully air-conditioned than suffer the Texas heat.
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