Rachel Hauck
He just wants to leave the past behind him...
International hotel manager Ben Carter is not sticking around Hearts Bend. He's just home to sell the inn he inherited from his grandparents. The place holds all his best memories—especially the ones that include regular summer guest Cami Jackson. But she's been out of his life for years, and she's not coming back.
She is headed for a glorious
...3) One Fine Day
She stopped by the railing, one hand at her neck, feeling her pulse race. Sam came up behind her, touched her elbow. She turned to him. "Don't you know, the men I love die? Daddy, Jean-Marc—"
"Come on, you don't really believe that, do you?"
"It's the reality."
"Well then." He leaned over her shoulder and whispered in her ear, his words settling like a warm blanket on her cold, stale soul. "I'll take
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