Mid Week Tease: Second Chance Layover with @Lila_Shaw #MWTease

Welcome to another MID WEEK TEASE! It's starting to get chilly here in the Northeast and the holidays will be here before we know it. Today's tease is from a free read series I wrote with Lila Shaw called Second Chance Layover. It was great fun to write and I hope you enjoy this little tease!
SECOND CHANCE LAYOVER
by Sandra Bunino & Lila Shaw


When the mother of all snowstorms strands journalist Charli Tierney in the Chicago airport, her boss gives her a fluff assignment to kill time–investigate the Meet-And-Go dot com social network for airport travelers. Imagine her surprise when her connection is also one of her brother’s old friends…and the boy she crushed on for years as a teen.
Cal Wheaton is no less shocked. Of all the fish in the sea, or lonely travelers in Terminal B, his O’Hare Meet-And-Go connection is Charli. The snarky little sister he fondly remembers has grown into a very desirable woman. And this time there’s no protective big brother around to keep him in line.

Reconnected, the embers of Charli and Cal’s decade-old attraction are quickly fanned into a night of hot passion. But when a ghost from Cal’s past drives a wedge between them, will the layover lovers realize in time that blame and guilt are baggage best left behind?
The tease... 
I snapped open my suitcase and pulled out my laptop from a padded interior pocket before making a second call. After powering up, I switched back to my phone and scrolled to “Master of My Universe” in my contacts. With a chuckle, I hit the ‘Send’ button.Henry picked up on the first ring. “I thought you were on vacation?”I snorted. “Vacation is planting my ass in the sand with an umbrella drink. I’m going to the Tierney family ski condo, also known as hell. Let’s just say I'm on an anti-vacation.” “Okay then, I thought you were on your anti-vacation.” His voice was flat, but I'd bet the store his mouth wore a hint of a smile. “I’m stuck in another type of hell: O’Hare Airport. But good news, I have my laptop. Give me an assignment.”Papers shuffled in the background, probably the ‘fluff piece’ pile on the corner of his desk. “Ah, I got something here. I was going to give it to Tiffany, but it’s perfect for your situation. There’s this website called Meet-And-Go dot com where you can meet random strangers at the same place such as airports, bars, museums, parks, whatever. Go on and see if you can hook up with someone at the airport.”My eyes widened. “Hook up with someone at the airport? What? Are you pimping me out now, Henry?” I grinned picturing old Henry turning a deep shade of red.  “Not ‘hook up’ as in ‘hook up’. Go find a friend, Charli, then write about it. I’ll run the story as a human-interest piece. We need some fluff pieces next week. There’s always a lull between Christmas and New Years.”“When am I going to get something with real meat?” I had paid my dues in research and editing. I was ready, but convincing everyone else was the challenge.
“Let’s see what you do with this, and we’ll talk after the New Year. Merry Christmas, Charli.” Click.
Second Chance Layover Volumes 1 - 4 are available FREE on AllRomance eBooks:
Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4
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