Release date: July 19, 2022
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Najla Qamber, Qamber
Designs (https://www.qamberdesignsmedia.com/)
Audiobook Narrators: Erin Mallon
and Teddy Hamilton
Tropes/Themes: Small Town,
Second Chance, Single Dad/Nanny, Slow Burn
An unexpected rescue rekindles an old romance between a single
dad widower and a woman caught in a small town scandal that made her flee the
one place where she belongs. Can a second chance at first love end in a happily
ever after?
Luke Luview has given up on love. Finally
ready to let go of his late wife’s clothes, the grieving small-town police
officer and single dad thinks he’s hearing things when he opens the charity box
door. Who knocks from the inside of a donation bin?
The raccoon he
assumes is in there turns out to be way prettier – and very familiar. Rescuing
the first girl he ever kissed means life has dealt him a wild card with Kylie
Hood, his late wife’s best friend who left town suddenly fifteen years ago
under a cloud of scandal.
Kylie Hood will never depend on a man again. Dumped by
her boyfriend and fired by his parents from her children’s programming job at
their ski resort in rural Maine, she hits rock bottom while throwing out her
ex’s clothes — along with her phone and car keys.
Being rescued by
Luke Luview, of all people, is a gift and a curse. The boy she once loved is
now all grown up, everything her ex wasn’t – and absolutely off limits.
Accepting his
offer to be his temporary nanny while she job searches in New York City, Kylie
falls hard for his sweet daughter, and even harder for Luke. A clause in her
employment contract means they can’t fraternize, but fate has other plans, and
forbidden fruit is twice as sweet.
As the town she
reluctantly left years ago accepts her more and more, and Luke makes it clear
he wants ta second chance with her in their close-knit community, Kylie has to
decide: an exciting new career in Manhattan on her own, or an instant family
and a sense of belonging in her small hometown?
And as Luke
wrestles with the pain of being left behind by his wife’s accidental death, he
has to balance his responsibilities to his daughter with his own needs. Needs
he’s ignored for far too long.
Needs only Kylie
can meet.
But not if she leaves.
Can Luke and Kylie rekindle their first love and find a new
future together in a place where love conquers all?
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Author Bio:
New
York Times and USA
Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge.
Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times
bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller
list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with
more titles releasing in the future.
From
billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy
in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a
Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's
room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
She
lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only
person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper
rolls.
She
loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter
@jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit
her at http://jkentauthor.com
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Excerpt:
A white puff of air filled the space between him and the steering wheel,
and he realized he’d sighed. How long had he been sitting here, mind and memory
in the past? Shoving his hands into gloves, he opened the rear door, grabbed
the white plastic bag, and made his way to the front of the bin.
Determined, focused, and grim: That was Luke Luview these days. A bad
match for a town that existed to make people feel good about love.
Living in Love You, Maine–heck, being a Luview–was
never harder than when you had a broken heart.
Time to let go of some of the pain.
“AAAAAAooooooooo,” called out a band of coyotes in the distance, making
Luke jolt. His personal weapon was at home. He didn’t carry it in the glove
compartment or on his body when he was off duty, but as the coyote population
grew in the area, maybe he should.
A few feet from the donation bin’s front, he looked at the lever to pull
down, squeezing the bag slightly. A whiff of Amber’s perfume caught his nose,
so faint he almost imagined it.
Colleen had washed all the clothes a few weeks ago, so he knew he
imagined Amber’s scent. Didn’t matter. He’d take the illusion. That was how
much he hurt.
A skitter inside the box made him frown.
Damn animals. They got in those bins all the time. He felt sorry for the
poor sap who emptied these metal boxes, carting all the goods to the warehouse
in Manchester where they cleaned and sorted, getting it all ready for the second-hand
retail stores.
Just do this, he thought, swallowing
hard as the coyotes mated in the distance. The sound was violent and creepy,
but for whatever reason, it felt fitting.
Throwing the tangible reminders of that terrible day into the donation
box felt dangerous, too.
“I love you, Amber,” he murmured. “But I have to let you go. Have to let
that day go. Harriet needs a daddy who isn’t tied down by grief. Just because
I’m doing this doesn’t mean I love you any less, though.”
Tears pricked his eyes. “Why is this so hard? Because it’s hard,” he
said with a huff. “That’s what you would say if you were here. You’d hug me and
comfort me and tell me feelings are meant to be felt or they’d be called
something else. You’d have all the right words. I don’t have any. I just have a
big hole in my life, Amber. And you’re never going to fill it. Colleen says I can’t
feel guilty for moving on. I don’t. But I sure do feel weird.”
And then he reached for the handle, pulled it down, and threw the bag in
while calling out loudly, “I love you.”
To his utter shock, she replied from the darkness of the box, “I’m in
here!”
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