IT'S LIKE A GREAT HALLMARK MOVIE, BUT WITH STEAM! "YOU BELONG TO ME"

Here's an excerpt to give you a taste: 
Sure, Giselle used to be a sweetheart, until she left. Cal’s mind dialed back to the last week of the summer. He and Giselle had taken a midnight swim in Cedar Lake. They sat on the dock, dangling their feet in the water. He heard their conversation in his head as if it were yesterday.“When you comin’ back?” he’d asked.“I haven’t even left yet!”“I know. But I’ll be crossing off the days until you get back. So how many days do I have to x off?” he’d asked.“The contract is only for a year.”“Really? Can they renew?”“I don’t know. It’s a long way off. I figure a year in Europe’ll be plenty.”“You’ll be here next summer?”She’d reached over and combed his hair out of his eyes. Gazing directly at him, she’d smiled that gentle smile of hers. “I’ll miss you every hour of every day, Cal.”The air had stilled around them. Cal leaned over to kiss her. He cupped her cheek and ran his thumb over the outline of her upper lip. “No, you won’t. You’ll have all of France at your feet. Those Frenchmen. Ooh la la!”She’d laughed. “Don’t be silly. You’re the one I want. The only one.”“Yeah? Tell them that.”“There won’t be any ‘them.’ Only you. Can you wait?”“I can. The question is, can you?”She’d clasped his jaw in her hand and held him still while she kissed him. “I can wait forever for you, Cal Morrison.”“I wish. If I had the money, I’d go over there and bring you home myself.”“More coffee?” Laura asked, breaking into his reverie.He smiled. “Sure. Thanks.”He’d repeated her line over and over again in his head. “I can wait forever for you, Cal Morrison.” Shame flooded him. He hadn’t waited, had he? Had she waited? She wasn’t married, though he’d heard through the grapevine she’d dated European guys. He guessed maybe she had waited. Waited until she found out he was married. Of course, he’d never promised to wait forever. And it was not like he’d intended to marry Jane. Stuff kind of happened, and then he had to do the right thing.Here he was feeling guilty when, probably, she could care less. By now, he figured she’d had at least a dozen affairs with guys ten times as smart as Cal with a thousand times as much money. She sure didn’t give him a warm greeting today, either. It was obvious she was through with him. Who could blame her? He’d been married. And if Jane had listened to Cal, she’d still be here, and he wouldn’t be wondering about Giselle Davenport.
Nah. He had to be honest with himself. Even if Jane had lived, Cal would still be wondering about Giselle. Not that he’d do anything about it, then or now. But he’d wonder, always wonder what life would have been like if he’d waited or she’d stayed.
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This story will grip your emotions and hang on until the end of the tale. Book releases on April 6. Until then, you can pre-order so it will arrive, automatically, in your ereader.
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