by Elaine Cantrell
BLURB
Running away from a fiancé who betrayed
her, Peyton O’Malley finds employment at a beautiful mountain inn called Rest
Thy Head. She didn’t expect to live in the haunted room or to fall for the inn’s
owner, a fire-scarred, war veteran who uses the inn to hide away from the
world. She didn’t expect her sister to show up at Rest Thy Head either, much
less her formidable mother.
Now, thanks to the aid of a friendly
ghost, Peyton has a shot at true love, and so does her sister Ashley, provided
the guys cooperate of course!
Excerpt
Jake’s
head dropped as his face turned red. “You don’t understand. I make people
uncomfortable, and that makes me uncomfortable. It’s better if I stick close to
home.”
Peyton
scowled at him. “Do you think you look like Frankenstein’s monster or
something? You look fine.”
“Oh,
right.” His voice roughened. “Think about how you reacted the first time you
saw me. You didn’t think I looked so fine that day.”
Peyton
remembered. “You aren’t being fair. Of course people notice your scars. Unless
they’re blind they’d have to, but they’d get used to your appearance. I don’t
even think about the scars now. Mostly, if you want the truth, you’re still
pretty hot.”
Jake came
to a stop and swung around to face her. “Look at me. Don’t tell me people can
get used to this face.”
Peyton
did look and found that he was wrong. Without stopping to think, she pressed a
kiss against his lips. For one brief moment he held her against him and kissed
her back, but he jerked away before she could deepen the kiss. And she would
have. All she’d meant to do was reassure him, but that kiss had sizzled with
passion and heat. She reached for his hand. “I told you, Jake; I don’t see your
scars anymore. All I see is you.”
About the Author
Elaine Cantrell was born and raised in South
Carolina where she obtained a master’s degree in personnel services from
Clemson University. She is a member of
Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary society for women educators and
Romance Writers of America. Her first
novel, A New Leaf, was the 2003 winner of the Timeless Love Contest. When she’s not writing or teaching, she
enjoys movies, quilting, reading, and collecting vintage Christmas
ornaments.
Find Elaine at the following locations.
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Pinterest * Goodreads * Amazon AuthorPage
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