#EXCERPT and #GIVEAWAY: All in the Family by Olivia Hardin and The Path by Tawdra Kandle

 

Abby Donavan came to the small beach community of Crystal Cove to start over. After a painful affair broke her heart and derailed her burgeoning career, taking over management for the just-opened bed-and-breakfast was the safe choice. In this sleepy town, Abby figured she could bury her memories and forget the pain. When the chance to have her own hotel falls into her lap, though, she can’t resist the temptation. Making the old Riverside Inn into the showplace she’s always dreamed of running offers the second chance she never expected. Abby didn’t expect another kind of second chance to land on her doorstep at the same time. Ryland Kent wants to help her bring the Riverside back to life, and his passion for restoration is irresistible. But as much as she wants to ignore it, she can’t help seeing another spark in his eyes . . . one that offers to reignite her own flame. Sometimes the path to a happily-ever-after is anything but smooth.

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  Wedding bells will soon be ringing in the Rawley family, but gearing up for Van and Kay’s nuptials revives old insecurities for Kay’s sister-in-law Meg. When she learns that her ex-husband is asking for her from his hospital bed, Meg must confront the painful memories of her past. Family is everything for Jeremy Rawley. Most important is the one he and Meg created together. But their beginning was tangled in memories he wishes his wife could forget for good. A call from her past brings them back to a place he thought they’d never have to be again. Forgiveness may be the key, but the first step is finding the locked heart that needs it.

EXCERPT:

He watched her slide her feet back and forth against the carpet. “Whew ... there’s a reason big girls shouldn’t wear heels.”

Jeremy finished his own drink and sat back down beside her, this time reaching down and taking her feet to pull them up into her lap.She made a face as if she would protest, but when he began circling his thumbs into the arches of her feet, she leaned back against the arm of the couch and moaned. “Oh, that’s nice. Do they teach that at earl school?”

As he massaged, she pointed her feet in a stretch, and her toes brushed a feather’s touch against his thighs. Damn, but the woman could get a reaction from him almost without warning. He continued rubbing, then slipped his fingers between her toes.

“Oh, no, no, no,” she squealed, jerking to try to pull away from him. “Ticklish.”

“I figured...” One corner of his mouth turned up in a grin. He tugged her feet back to his lap, and when he did, the skirt of her dress 

hitched up almost past her knees. She immediately took hold of the hem and tried to push it back down.

He encircled both her ankles with his hands and then slid them upward along her calves,

kneading the muscles of each leg as he went along.

“Jeremy, you don’t have to ...”

“Shh ...”

Her eyes were open wide, so many emotions in their depths that it was hard to figure what she was feeling. Fear? Embarrassment? Excitement? He pushed one of her legs to the side until it slipped off the couch, then he scooted forward into the open space 

between her thighs. With one ankle still in his hand, he lifted it so that he could sweep his lips across the creamy smooth skin of her calf, working his way upward.

She was still holding her dress, doing her best to cover up, but the hypnosis of his stare had her. She never once looked away from him as he made his way higher. When he nipped his teeth to the tender spot at the crook of her knee she flinched, then sucked her

lip into her mouth.

He was so desperate to kiss her that he almost rose up to smother her body with his and claim her mouth. But he didn’t. Instead he 

let go of her leg and then took her hands, loosening the tight hold she had on her hemline. The satiny material dropped, sliding downher thighs to bunch at her waist.

Under she had on tight nude-colored shapewear, which she was clearly embarrassed about. Gazing up at her, he brought one of her hands to his cheek. Her fingers stretched long, tentatively touching his lips. When he sucked two of them into his mouth, she moaned and closed her eyes.

“Jeremy, why are you doing this?” She snatched her hands away and to her lap where she once again tried to hide herself under

folds of orange fabric.

“I want there to be a day when you won’t ask that question. Maybe it won’t be with me, but one day, you won’t have to wonder why a man would worship you and your body.”

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