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A Hero's Welcome Book One
Annie Rains
Releasing Dec 1st, 2015
Loveswept
If you love Kristan Higgins, Susan Mallery, or Jill Shalvis, you won’t want to miss the Hero’s Welcome military romance series! Welcome to Forever introduces a small coastal town where America’s best and brightest risk everything for love.
In Seaside, North Carolina, there are two kinds of people: Marines, and kids of Marines. Then there’s Kat Chandler. Recently hired as the principal of Seaside Elementary, Kat makes it her mission to turn the school into a place of peace and calm. That’s not going to be easy with hard-liner parents like Micah Peterson storming in, telling her how to do her job—and then kissing her with those gorgeous lips of his and turning her brain into mush.
As a Marine Sergeant and a single dad, Micah Peterson has just two priorities: doing his job better than anyone else, and getting the absolute best for his son, Ben. But when he meets Ben’s beautiful new principal, a different yearning shifts into focus. He wants her, sure, but he’s also moved by the connection Kat forges with her students. So after learning that she refuses to date Marines, Micah sets two more objectives: convincing Kat to give him a chance . . . and then holding on to her forever.
“Have you thought about that
kiss?” she asked, as he leaned in close to fasten her seatbelt. She
couldn’t control what was coming out of her mouth. “Because I
have. A little.” She started laughing again. Val had warned her
that she was a horrible drunk, and evidently, it was true.
“What have you thought about it?”
he asked, his voice low and bristly. Her buckle snapped into place
with a loud click.
He could step back now, but he didn’t.
And she didn’t want him to. What
was the point of being drunk if you couldn’t say and do what you
wanted, and then apologize for it in the morning? No one blamed a
drunk, they blamed the drink. “I thought that I liked it. The kiss.
It was amazing.” She held her breath as he lingered in front of
her, his hand still resting on the seat’s buckle.
“I thought the same thing.”
“You did?” She swallowed
thickly, as her heart rode up her throat.
His brow lifted. “You sound
surprised.”
“I’m out of practice.” She
nibbled on her lower lip, drawing his gaze there. Then his gaze
flicked back to her ring. Just the thought squashed the flutterings
in her chest, leaving a deep ache that vibrated with the alcohol.
“He’s been gone for two years,” she said.
Micah’s brows pinched together
softly.
Explaining about John in her state
wasn’t a good idea, though. She might start crying, which she
didn’t do in front of others anymore, and right now all she wanted
to do was forget everything but their kiss. That
she wanted to
remember. “You could kiss me again,” she said softly.
His smile deepened and, damn,
he smelled good.
Leaning in closer to her ear, his
hot breath melted her as he whispered, “Kat, you’ve had too much
to drink. I’m taking you home now.”
Before she could process what he’d
said, he stepped back and shut the Jeep’s door, the sound as
offensive as if someone had crashed cymbals in her ears. A moment
later, he reappeared on the driver’s side and cranked the engine,
another sound that made her wince.
She closed her eyes, unsure of what
to do with her drunken emotions.
“If I kiss you again, I want to be
one hundred percent sure it’s what you want. Not because my almost
ex is walking up and you want to help me out. Not because you’ve
had too much to drink and want to escape.”
She suddenly felt very tired, as the
Jeep Cherokee headed out of the parking lot. “So, you are going to
kiss me again?” she asked. Before she could hear his answer,
though, her eyes closed and the sounds of the road and his voice, and
the blood thundering in her head, blurred together. She remembered
their kiss, the feel of his stubble roughly brushing against her
cheek, and the way he had smelled like pine and fudge brownies.
No, wait.
His eyes reminded her of fudge brownies. He didn’t smell like them.
Her eyes fluttered open. Yeah, she
was definitely going to regret tonight in the morning.
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Annie Rains is a contemporary romance author who writes small town love stories set in fictional towns on the coast of North Carolina. Raised in one of America's largest military communities, Annie often features heroes who fight for their countries, while also fighting for a place to call home and a good woman to love. When Annie isn't writing, she's spending time with her husband and 3 children, or reading a book by one of her favorite authors. Represented by Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (NYLA).
