Love Like Forever (Hearts in Hendricks) - D.E. Malone (#RomBks4Chris19)
Love Like Forever
(Hearts in Hendricks #4)
By D.E. Malone
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Paperback &ebook, 234 Pages
October 3rd 2019
Stealing Her Heart Was Not In His
Job Description
Romance is the last thing on Carmen
Navarro’s mind. Up to her neck in student debt, she needs a teaching job, and
she needs one fast. As if that wasn’t stressful enough, she’s also overseeing
her parents’ renovation project—which would be easier if the carpenter on the
job had a little more work ethic and a lot less swagger. She has no time for
his flirty banter and affable charm. So why can’t she get him out of her head?
Matt Stetman is a catch. Everyone in
Hendricks knows he’d give the shirt off his back to help a friend in need. He’s
been told a time or two that he’s pretty delightful to be around too. But for
some reason, the enigmatic Carmen seems immune to his charms.
Just as Matt begins to make
headway—with the project and with Carmen—a secret from his past threatens to
ruin everything. Can Carmen find the courage to trust Matt and take a shot at
love? Or is the foundation of their relationship now broken beyond repair?
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Excerpt
“Wait, is this Carmen Navarro’s
remodel?” Sean asked.
“Who’s Carmen Navarro?”
Sean tipped his chin, looking over
Matt’s shoulder. “The woman walking up the driveway.”
Matt turned to look, but the sun had
moved slightly and the glare on the hood blinded him. He squeezed his eyes
shut, rubbed them, but still saw spots as he tried to focus on the figure coming
toward them. Shoes hit the pavement in clipped measure and then stopped.
Meanwhile, he couldn’t make out anything but a vague outline of this person
with hands planted on her hips.
“Hi, Sean. I didn’t expect to see
you here. Do you know who’s in charge here?” The voice was decidedly feminine,
but it was also demanding, no-nonsense.
“That would be him,” Sean said,
clapping Matt on the back.
There was a hint of humor in Sean’s
voice. Thanks, bro. Throw me to the shark lady.
He wiped more tears from his burning
eyes, hoping for some relief. “Except I can’t see at the moment,” he mumbled.
“You don’t need to see to give me an
update. Also, a timeline for finishing would be appreciated too.”
Gradually, his vision cleared enough
for Carmen Navarro to come into view.
If her eyes weren’t narrowed to
slits and a frown hadn’t turned the corners of her generous lips downward, Matt
would say she was the prettiest female he’d seen in a long time. There was a
messy knot of black hair squeezed into a rubber band at the nape of her neck
like she’d run out of time or patience. His eyes betrayed him again and he
looked down to press his fingers against his eyelids. He noted her shoes while
he did, since they’d announced her arrival so clearly. Those expensive strappy
things that everyone seemed to be wearing. Turquoise toenails too.
Matt blinked, tears watering his
cheeks. Despite the temporary handicap, he grinned. And he wasn’t blind enough
to notice her checking out his current state of shirtlessness.
“I’m waiting,” she said, looking the
other way when he caught her.
Oh, she wasn’t fooling anyone.
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About the Author
D.E. Malone writes sweet contemporary romance and is the author of
the Hearts in Hendricks series. She also writes for middle grade audiences
under Dawn Malone, and is the author of BINGO SUMMER and THE UPSIDE OF DOWN.
Her work has also appeared in Highlights for Children, Pockets, and the Chicken
Soup for the Soul series. She loves traveling to places off the beaten path
which inspire the small-town settings in her stories. When she's not writing,
she enjoys reading, hiking, volunteering with shelter dogs, and continuing her
never-ending quest for the holy grail of bakeries.
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