Meant to Be (Four Irish Brothers Winery, #2)
by Nan Reinhardt
Published by: Tule Publishing
Publication date: July 18th, 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Can a near-tragedy help two best friends realize they’re meant to be so much more?
Best friends since grade school, high-powered Chicago attorney, Sean Flaherty, and small-town mayor Megan Mackenzie have always shared a special bond. When Sean is shot by a client’s angry ex, Megan rushes to his side, terrified she’s about to lose her long-time confidant.
Upon his return to River’s Edge to recuperate, Sean discovers that his feelings for his pal have taken an undeniable turn for the romantic. While Megan struggles with an unfamiliar longing for Sean, she worries that he may be mistaking a safe place to land for love.
Can Sean help her realize that they are truly meant to be so much more than friends?
Excerpt:
“Stop.” Tossing the cane
on the settee, he grasped her shoulders in his big hands. “Stop now, Meggy,
talk to me.”
They were standing so
close Sean could feel the heat of her blush radiating off her cheeks and even
that set his heart to pounding. He breathed deeply, inhaling the familiar and
yet somehow brand-new scent of Megan Mackenzie.
“What would you like me
to say, Sean?” Megan wasn’t looking at him.
Instead her glance darted
around the room, making her appear like a frightened doe. She grabbed the tea
towel he’d tossed over his shoulder, just like Da always did when he cooked or
was working in the wine cellar. After drying her hands briskly, she shoved the
scrap of terry cloth at him as she twisted out of his grasp and stepped around
him.
“I think I’ve pretty much
reached my humiliation tolerance for one night, so... see ya.” Before he could
catch his breath, her footsteps clicked on the hardwood floor of the foyer.
Geez, that woman moved
fast... and he couldn’t, dammit.
“Megan, wait!” Sean
hopped on his left leg, trying to get turned around in the narrow space between
the settee and the trunk without falling over. She was gone, the front door
shut softly behind her. He hobbled to the door and yanked it open just in time
to see her backing out of the driveway.
Damn.
Damn. Damn.
He sagged against the
doorjamb, watching the little Honda’s red taillights disappear in a cloud of
gravel dust. Suddenly, he was exhausted. When he shut the door, he stopped for
a moment to rest, leaning back on the heavy wood. His right leg ached, as did
other parts southward—something that both delighted and astonished him. How
long had it been since... he tried to recall the last time that kind of desire
had hit him with such force and he couldn’t. He flexed his fingers, remembering
Meg’s soft skin, how she’d shivered when he kissed her, and the hunger that
hadn’t yet fully subsided grew inside him again.
He wanted her. He wanted
his best friend.
It was that simple... and
that complicated.
Author Bio:Nan Reinhardt is a USA Today-bestselling author of romantic fiction for women in their prime. Yeah, women still fall in love and have sex, even after 45! Imagine! She is a wife, a mom, a mother-in-law, and a grandmother. Nan has been a copyeditor and proofreader for over 25 years, and currently works on romantic fiction titles for a variety of clients, including Avon Books, St. Martin’s Press, Kensington Books, and Entangled Publishing, as well as for many indie authors.
Although she loves her life as an editor, writing is Nan’s first and most enduring passion. Her latest novel, Meant to Be, Book 2 in the Four Irish Brothers Winery series from Tule Publishing releases on July 18, 2019. A Small Town Christmas, which is the first book in the Four Irish Brothers Winery series from Tule Publishing, is available now, and she is currently hard at work on Book 3.
Visit Nan’s website at www.nanreinhardt.com, where you’ll find links to all her books as well as blogs about writing, being a Baby Boomer, and aging gracefully…mostly. Nan also blogs every sixth Wednesday at Word Wranglers, sharing the spotlight with five other romance authors and is a frequent contributor the RWA Contemporary Romance blog, and she contributes to the Romance University blog where she writes as Editor Nan.
Thank you for the shout-out, Jen! Sure apreciate it!
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