She’s loved him all her life… but will he be there when she needs him the most?
Disheartened and adrift after being written out of a hit TV show, actor Aidan Flaherty returns to his family’s historic winery, where he’s invested some of the fortune he’s made. As the holidays approach, Aidan becomes intrigued with the old showboat that’s dry-docked just east of town… and even more intrigued with the daughter of his former mentor, who now owns it. He decides to buy the boat and restore it to its former glory.
Single mom Holly Santos is back in River’s Edge after her divorce and she is over men in general and actors in particular. If she could only get rid of her father’s old showboat, a source of fascination for her son, Mateo. She never expects her old crush to walk into her tea shop or the fireworks that happen every time they’re in the same room.
Can Aidan convince her that he is determined to restore their shared heritage on the showboat and that he’s home to stay?
Excerpt:
“You have beautiful eyes.” Oh, good God. The words were out before he could stop them. Immediately, he backpedaled. “I’m not coming on to you, I swear, it’s just this is the first time I’ve actually seen someone with violet eyes. I-I mean... in person.” Heat rose in his cheeks. Blushing! Holy crap. He didn’t blush anymore—hadn’t in years.
She punched in his purchases. “Come on, rock star. All those Hollywood starlets and groupies and not a single one had eyes the same color as mine?” Her voice dripped sarcasm as she held out her hand for his credit card. “It’s thirteen sixty with tax.”
He fumbled in his wallet for his Amex Black card. “Why do you keep calling me that? I’m an actor, not a rock star.”
“I’m using it generically.” She passed the card back to him with another eye roll. “We don’t take Amex. What else have you got?”
Biting his lip to keep from expelling a frustrated breath, he handed over his VISA, the one where two percent of the money he spent went to save the redwoods. If it impressed her at all, she hid it well as she tapped the card on the screen, thrust it back at him, and turned the screen around so he could sign it with his finger. He hated doing that. His signature always ended up looking like his six-year-old niece, Ali, had written it. “Thanks so much for opening up for me.”
“Don’t expect me to do it again.” She walked swiftly around the counter to the door, twisted the key in the lock, opened it, then stood glaring at him, one hand on her slim hip.
In that moment, Aidan could have sworn they’d met before. “You look really familiar. Do I know you?”
Author Bio:
Nan Reinhardt is a USA
Today-bestselling author of romantic fiction for women in their prime.
Yeah, women still fall in love and have sex, even after 45! Imagine! She is a
wife, a mom, a mother-in-law, and a grandmother. Nan has been a copyeditor and
proofreader for over 25 years, and currently works on romantic fiction titles
for a variety of clients, including Avon Books, St. Martin’s Press, Kensington
Books, and Entangled Publishing, as well as for many indie authors.
Although she loves her
life as an editor, writing is Nan’s first and most enduring passion. Her
latest novel, Meant to Be, Book
2 in the Four Irish Brothers Winery series from Tule Publishing releases on
July 18, 2019. A Small Town Christmas, which is the first book in the Four
Irish Brothers Winery series from Tule Publishing, is
available now, and she is currently hard at work on Book 3.
Visit Nan’s website
at www.nanreinhardt.com, where you’ll find links to all her books as
well as blogs about writing, being a Baby Boomer, and aging gracefully…mostly.
Nan also blogs every sixth Wednesday at Word
Wranglers,
sharing the spotlight with five other romance authors and is a frequent
contributor the RWA
Contemporary Romance blog, and she contributes to the Romance University blog where she writes as Editor Nan.
