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His First Choice
(Where Secrets are Safe #8)
by Tara Taylor Quinn
Adult Contemporary Romance
Mass Market Paperback & ebook, 384 pages
May 1st 2016 by Harlequin Superromance
The best decision they’ll ever make…
Lacey Hamilton is used to living in the background. Overshadowed her entire life, she stepped out of the Hollywood limelight and into the role she’s meant to play: a counselor, part of the High Risk Team started by The Lemonade Stand women’s shelter in Santa Raquel.
Her caseload leads her to the doorstep of Jeremiah “Jem” Bridges to rescue a little boy. She’s not supposed to fall in love with the rugged construction worker and his adorable son. Love and duty, though, don’t always agree. Especially when a truth is uncovered that neither she nor Jem is prepared to face.
Excerpt
JEM COULDN’T BELIEVE his eyes when he pulled into Uncle Bob’s on Saturday, glanced toward the beach and saw Lacey Hamilton in double. In both forms his fantasies had taken. One was drably overdressed, and the other rather undressed. He skipped over the version with long, tanned legs exposed, and stared at the one with loose black cotton shorts that hung to her knees.
He much preferred taking his time to unwrap his own package, not have it arrive out of the wrapping. He’d always been weird that way.
But her hair…it was the first time he’d seen those blond locks down in real life. It fell almost to her waist and he…
“Come on, Dad!” Levi’s little feet kicked the back of his seat and he heard his son unfasten the belt in his car seat. “We haveta eat.”
They were a little late for lunch. He’d taken Levi to work with him as he always did on Saturday morning and had been occupied much longer than planned getting through the list of problems his foremen had planted on him during their weekly meeting. Nothing he couldn’t handle, though. A straight driveway that was now going to be curved. Some wiring that had blown when a drywall screw had missed a stud. Windows that didn’t fit. And roof tile that had been delivered in black rather than the rust brown the customer had ordered.
Keys in hand he got out of the truck, opened the backseat door to help Levi down and watched surreptitiously as the two women made their way slowly toward the beach parking lot that was adjacent to Uncle Bob’s.
He wasn’t going to call out to her. He didn’t ever want to see her again.
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The author of more than 70 original novels, in twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestseller with over six million copies sold. A 2015 RITA finalist Tara appears frequently on bestseller lists, including #1 placement on Amazon lists, and multiple showings on the Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller list. She has appeared on national and local TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning.
Tara is a supporter of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. If you or someone you know might be a victim of domestic violence in the United States, please contact 1-800-799-7233.
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Tour Schedule
May 2nd: Becky on Books & deal sharing aunt
May 3rd: Night Owl Reviews, Beck Valley Books & underneath the covers
May 4th: EskieMama Reads & Lady Amber’s Reviews
May 5th: Thoughts of a Blonde, Harlie’s Books & Brooke Blogs
May 6th: Grand Finale
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Sounds like a good romantic read, thanks for sharing about this book.
I can see sparks will fly from these two over duty vs family.
I really like the book cover! It looks like a very interesting, tranquil, relaxing, calming, and intriguing read! Looking forward to reading this book!
pretty cover.sounds like my kind of book..
Thanks for reading about it!
Oh, it got so much worse than that. I thought it would just be sparks. But then, my books always snatch themselves away from me and go their own ways…
Thank you!! I generally don’t care all that much for book covers, but I LOVED this one! I chose it as my 2016 icon! I hope you enjoy the story!
Angela,
Thanks for taking a look at it!