Editor's Choice Volume I - Slow summer Kisses, Kilts & kraken, Negotiating point (28 page)

He didn’t know a lot about it, but he didn’t think a New Hampshire address would be as prestigious as New York City or Boston. “When will you hear from them?”

“They offered me a job on the spot. I have a pretty impressive resumé, you know.”

He slid his hands up her back, which arched her breasts out of the water. “I don’t know about your resumé, but your assets are impressive.”

Her laughter echoed across the water. “I accepted their offer. Not nearly as much money of course, but it’s enough. And it’s a long commute but I only have to be in the office three days a week and I can work from home the other two and my weekends are free. That leaves plenty of time for watching leaves floating around in the lake. And for you.”

She was staying. Thoughts and questions ricocheted through his mind, but that was the thing that stuck—she was staying. “I love you, Anna.”

“I bet you didn’t see that coming.”

“You got that right.” He pulled her upright so her arms wrapped around his neck again. “Forget your bathing suit?”

“Saving on laundry.”

“I like it. But, speaking of laundry, we still have to talk about the Yankees shirt.”

“What if I only wear it to bed?”

“God, no. You
especially
can’t wear it to bed.”

“My grandmother said the secret to a long and happy relationship is compromise.”

“Okay. You don’t wear the Yankees shirt to bed and I won’t burn it in the backyard.” She laughed and Cam fought the urge to continue disrobing her where she’d left off. They weren’t done talking yet. “Is that on our to-do list? A long and happy relationship?”

“That’s what I want, Cam. I love you and I’ll make compromises and lists and do whatever it takes to make this work.”

“If it gets to be too much of a commute, maybe we could get an apartment near your work and split the week between the two places. I could do that.”

“Now who’s moving fast? Let’s see how this works out. I do love to drive, you know.”

He kissed her and then it hit him that he was going to get to kiss this woman for the rest of his life. “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“Just being neighborly,” she said, and then she showed him just how neighborly she could be.

* * * * *

About the Author

New York Times
and
USA TODAY
bestselling author Shannon Stacey lives with her husband and two sons in New England, where her two favorite activities are writing stories of happily ever after and riding her four-wheeler. From May to November, the Stacey family spends their weekends on their ATVs, making loads of muddy laundry to keep Shannon busy when she’s not at her computer. She prefers writing to laundry, however, and considers herself lucky she got to be an author when she grew up.

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ISBN: 978-14268-9383-4
Copyright © 2012 by Harlequin Books S.A.

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Kilts & Kraken
ISBN: 978-14268-9384-1
Copyright © 2012 by Cindy Spencer Pape

Negotiating Point
ISBN: 978-14268-9385-8
Copyright © 2012 by Adrienne Giordano-Maynard

Slow Summer Kisses
ISBN: 978-14268-9386-5
Copyright © 2012 by Shannon Stacey

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