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Only for You
Sugar Lake #2
By: Melissa Foster
Releasing Dec 5, 2017
Montlake
Only for You
Sugar Lake series
Love only works when your heart is in the right place. Hers could be right next door…
Single mom Bridgette Dalton doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not even in her own flower shop. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t noticed Bodhi Booker. Her ruggedly handsome next-door neighbor would be the perfect candidate for a no-strings fling. Having loved and lost, Bridgette’s not ready to hand over her heart…but she could use a distraction.
Bodhi has one rule: never leave anyone behind. As a special operative, he knows that each new mission is more dangerous than the last. He’s never made a promise of forever to a woman, not even to the beautiful widow who has him tied in knots. And if there were anyone who could tempt him into putting down roots, it would be Bridgette and her adorable son.
But as his next deployment nears, they make a startling discovery. Their passion, meant only for the here and now, might already be blossoming into something more…
**ONLY FOR YOU is published by Montlake (an Amazon imprint) and won’t be available on other ebook retailers, but you can download a FREE ereader app to read it HERE, or order the paperback.
I
really enjoyed The Real Thing, the first book in the Sugar Lake
series so picking this one
up
was no effort at all as I'm blown away by Bridgette and Bodhi's
emotional journey to a Happy
Ever After.
Bridgette
Dalton, a single mum and owner of the flower shop in Sweetwater has
little time for herself after working and caring for her young son.
When, someone new moves into the house next to her, she can't help
but notice the handsome man…Her family are supportive and suggest
she starts looking for someone new since five years have passed since
her husband died. Only,
the new neighbour is only around temporarily and she doesn't want her
son to become attached to
him before
he leaves for good.
Taking
a break from his job as a special operative, Bodhi Booker is using
the time to fix up the house he's bought his mother in Sweetwater.
The next door neighbour is a woman he'd like to get to know more
intimately, but with his departure looming shortly, anything more
than a fling isn't possible
because he's seen first hand the upset and devastation families face
when a love one doesn't come home. Something
he's not prepared to do himself.
Bridgette
and Bodhi's story is both heart-warming and heartbreaking in equal
measures, including times of pure happiness as well as incredible
sadness as the pair decide to 'live
for the moment'.
It's a refreshing, yet emotional journey they make, naively believing
they can walk away and continue their lives when Bodhi leaves.
I'm
not a fan of children in adult books but Louie is an integral and
sweet addition and Bodhi's interaction with him melts your heart as
well as his own.
Like
a master magician, Melissa Foster always manages to bring something
new to her writing with every novel she publishes and Only For You is
no exception. She draws you into the narrative with multi-faceted
protagonists so it's easy to become invested in their lives. Both
Bridgette and Bodhi are adorable and relatable in their own way,
showing courage and compassion when making difficult decisions
concerning real-life issues. All this wrapped around a cosy and
welcoming small town setting with well developed and lovable
secondary characters.
This,
like The Real Thing, is a standalone novel. If you are unfamiliar
with the author's books, These Sugar Lake novels are a fabulous place
to start.
***arc
generously received courtesy of Montlake Romance via NetGalley***
She wrapped her hand around his long fingers, and his eyes heated, never wavering from hers. She’d never met a man so intense. Her nerves were on fire as she led him toward the table where some of her family members were talking. Awareness of the significance of her decision, of the signals she was sending, slammed into her, and she slowed to catch her breath. Was she ready for this?
He put a finger beneath her chin and lifted, as he’d done at his front door, gazing thoughtfully down at her. “Would you rather I leave?”
She shook her head. “No. I’m just . . . I’m good.” And she was. She’d needed that pause to acknowledge and accept what she was feeling. She was nervous, but she wanted this. She wanted him. Her smile came genuinely, and earned her one in return. “Come on.”
She became more nervous as they approached the table. Willow was practically sitting in Zane’s lap as they mooned over each other. Piper and Talia were scoping out some guy across the room, and Ben was in a heated discussion with Aurelia. She shouldn’t be nervous. This was her normal.
Except normal didn’t usually include holding hands with a man she wanted to strip naked and devour.
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the naked neighbor.” Mischief danced in Piper’s eyes as she pushed to her feet and strutted around the table in her skinny jeans and slinky little blouse. She set her hands on her hips, running an assessing eye over Bodhi.
His jaw clenched.
“Bodhi, this is my sister Piper. She works in construction and is around guys all day, which means she has absolutely no filter. Please take her with a grain of salt.”
He flashed a cocky grin. “For the record, I had a towel on.”
“For the record,” Piper said, “she wished you didn’t.”
Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.
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