“You had a date this evening?”
“I was helping Jazmine. The house is coming along nicely and I told her I’d stop by after school.”
He groaned and then laughed softly before rewarding her with another long series of kisses.
“I should have explained,” she admitted, “but I wanted you to tell me why you’d come and you didn’t and then I wasn’t sure what to think.” After all these weeks when she’d hungered for word from him, she’d needed him to explain, to give her something more than simply showing up at the school.
“When you said you had a date…”
“I said ‘appointment,’ ” she corrected.
“That seemed like just another word for date, and I immediately assumed I was too late and I’d lost you.”
Beth pressed her forehead against his chest. “Guess I have another car accident to thank for bringing us together.”
He chuckled, holding her close. “I hope you know how much I love you.”
She nodded. “I hope you know…”
“I do,” he whispered, and kissed the top of her head.
This felt right, Beth mused, snuggling against Sam’s warmth, her palm against his chest and his arms around her. She felt the even beat of his heart.
This was what it felt like to be loved.
Warning label or not, she was lost.
To Cherie and Robert Thalheimer,
Seahawks lovers and the dearest of friends
BALLANTINE BOOKS FROM DEBBIE MACOMBER
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Silver Linings
Love Letters
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The Inn at Rose Harbor
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Starting Now
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Twelve Days of Christmas
Dashing Through the Snow
Mr. Miracle
Starry Night
Angels at the Table
NEW BEGINNINGS
If Not for You
A Girl’s Guide to Moving On
Last One Home
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DEBBIE MACOMBER, the author of A Girl’s Guide to Moving On, Last One Home, Silver Linings, Love Letters, Mr. Miracle, Blossom Street Brides, and Rose Harbor in Bloom, is a leading voice in women’s fiction. Ten of her novels have reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller lists, and five of her beloved Christmas novels have been hit movies on the Hallmark Channel, including Mrs. Miracle and Mr. Miracle. Hallmark Channel also produced the original series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove, based on Macomber’s Cedar Cove books. She has more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide.
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