The second book in the AT THE SHORE contemporary romance series, WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER, comes out on June 5, but it’s now available for pre-order! I’ve always been a sucker for second chance at love stories and it just felt right that WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER would be about two very different people who fall in love during one glorious summer, but can’t make it happen. It was both a lot of fun and very emotional to get Connie and Jonathan together. I also loved exploring the real reason for the Pierce-Sinclair family feud and revealing the truth about where Jonathan and Owen’s mother has been for so many years! I hope you’ll like that as well.
I’m happy to say the book is getting really nice reviews! Here’s what Amy Alessio at Booklist had to say about WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER:
“Realistic yet successful second-chance romance stories are rare and always popular, and this is an excellent addition to the genre.â€
To read the first part of the prologue, you can visit https://wp.me/p7KDGz-6eR.
And now, another little teaser from the prologue!
Connie’s heart thudded almost painfully in her chest as she wondered how, in a week’s time, she could leave him. The ache deepened beneath her breastbone and she put her hand there and rubbed to assuage the hurt.
What had started as a summer fling with a funny, smart, and beautiful boy had turned into something so much more, with an incredibly amazing man. Falling in love with Jonathan hadn’t been in her game plan, but he was just too hard to resist.
She should have resisted. He was a Pierce. She wasn’t a Sinclair, but Maggie was like a sister and that stupid family feud was still going strong, as far as she knew.
He was going back to Villanova in a week and she’d be returning to Princeton. The colleges were not all that far apart, but if she was to execute her game plan, she had to stay in the game, which meant studying and more studying. Not nights spent in bed making love and days spent daydreaming about the nights. But like Adam with Eve, now that she’d had a bite of such delicious forbidden fruit, she didn’t know how she could go on a Jonathan-free diet.
At the moment, she could just admire his sun-streaked light brown hair waving wildly around a masculine face with chiseled features. A sexy dimpled grin was on his lips and his eyes glittered with a blue as enchanting as a Sea Kiss summer sea.
That ache in her heart rocketed to life again together with an almost unbearable lightness in her soul. For so much of her life she’d been driven to accomplish more and more, but with Jonathan, she could just be herself. No goals or responsibilities. Just…happy.
And so, in the blink of an eye, her game plan altered. She could see it all so clearly, only now Jonathan was there beside her at each step. Finish college. Head to law school. Pass the bar. Get a job in a big New York City law firm so she could help her family financially, as well as others who had legal problems and couldn’t afford representation. Become a partner. Marry Jonathan. Or maybe marry Jonathan and then become a partner. She didn’t want to wait too long to be with him forever.
Not that she’d ever pictured getting married to anyone before, since her home life hadn’t been anything great. But for Jonathan, she’d make an exception.
As she snuggled into the curve of his arm and pillowed her head on his broad shoulder, she sighed and said, “I can’t believe the summer’s almost over.â€
He grunted his reply in a too-typical male way. “Sucks.†But then he surprised her by adding, “I’d like to keep on seeing you once you’re back in school.â€
She smiled, pleased by his admission, and glanced up at him. There was a contented smile on his full lips and the first hint of a dimple. The hard line of his jaw had a bit of blond stubble from an evening beard. She ran her hand up to brush away a lock of his hair.
“I’d like that, too,†she said.
His smile broadened and the dimple fully emerged, drawing attention to that luscious mouth. She couldn’t resist surging up to skim a kiss along that dimple and the corner of his lips.
“What was that for?†he asked.
She wanted to say because he made her happy, but she hesitated. She’d seen what could happen to a woman whose happiness depended on a man, as she’d watched her mother lose herself and her dreams.
“As a way for you to remember me until we visit each other at college,†she said instead.
Tension crept into his body, impossible to miss. Enough to worry her. She pulled back from him. “I thought you wanted us to see each other. At least, that’s what you said a minute ago.â€
A chagrined look passed across his features, stirring the worry inside her.
“I do, only… I won’t be at college this year. I’m not going back to Villanova.â€
She searched his face, finding it hard to believe, but he appeared deadly serious.
“What do you mean you’re not going back? Did something happen? Are you transferring to another school?â€
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You can purchase WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER at these retailers:
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Also, don’t miss out on the special 99 cents pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT! You can purchase ONE SUMMER NIGHT at the following retailers:
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
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