“It has charm and character, just like you.” She looked down. “What’s this?”
“Sorry. I got out of order. Too churned to think straight.” It happened a lot around her. Brad was nervous. Flustered. But rubbing his cheek on her forehead steadied him. He took the lid off the box, revealing the key inside. “I love you. I love how excited you get about everything from finding a four leaf clover on a picnic to making friends with a Mafioso. I love your commitment to helping people—the battered women at the shelter, the way you just happen to be around every Tuesday morning when that ancient lady next door needs help carrying in her groceries. I love how damn happy you make me. So I want you to move in with me.”
He held his breath. It must’ve been obvious, because Trina tickled him in the ribs to get him to breathe. “My brave cop. You didn’t need to say all of that. You could’ve stopped right after ‘I love you.’ Because I love you right back. And I want to share every minute together that we possibly can, having fun and adventures. Of course I’ll move in with you.”
A loud throat clearing stopped Brad mid-swoop down to Trina’s lips. “Any chance we can set some ground rules about those adventures?” asked Darcy, over a gurgle of laughter. “Because this is the first trip the four of us have been on without any guns being waved around. I’d kind of like to set that as the new bar.”
As Trina’s petal-pink lips curved into the smile that filled his heart, Brad beat her to the punch with her own, adorable signature line. “Where would the fun in that be?” And then he kissed her. Just like he planned to do every night from here on out.
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Love at High Tide
Darcy Trent is lucky Cooper Hudson is on hand to sweep her off her feet—literally—when she nearly drowns while swimming in the ocean. But life-saving aside, Mr. Perfect’s timing stinks: Darcy’s career is about to take her to the complete opposite side of the Atlantic. Still, a little summer loving with the tall, blond and sexy former cop is far too tempting to pass up.
When his plans to enter the Secret Service went south thanks to a bum knee, Coop retreated to the family beach house to mull his future. Romance is the last thing on his mind, until he fishes a curvy brunette out of the sea. Now, spending time in Darcy’s arms seems like the ideal distraction, even if it is just for a week.
But with Darcy’s departure date fast approaching and their careers on the line, can they realize in time that their beach fling might become the real thing?
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Christi Barth earned a Master’s degree in vocal performance and embarked upon a career on the stage. A love of romance then drew her to wedding planning. Ultimately she succumbed to her lifelong love of books and now writes contemporary romance. She is the award-winning author of the Aisle Bound series. Christi is president of the Maryland Romance Writers and lives in Maryland with her husband.
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ISBN-13: 9781426898945
Love on the Boardwalk
Copyright © 2014 by Christi Barth
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