Resisting Samantha (Hope Parish Novels Book 10) (27 page)
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Authors: Zoe Dawson
Tags: #Sexy NA, #New Adult, #contemporary romance, #College Romance
His eyes shining,
and there it was: joy that I would get to spend my days with him,
committed and content, the passion and the mundane equally beautiful.
I stroked his cheek.
“My life is now more rich and vibrant and full, not despite my
loss but
because
of it.”
He caught my face in
his hands, tipping my head back, wiping at the wetness on my cheeks
with his thumbs. I hadn’t even known I was crying. He leaned
down and kissed me with such immeasurable care that more tears
spilled over. Tightening his hold on my face, he slowly withdrew,
then trailed his knuckles down my cheek.
“Let’s
go outside and watch the stars come out.”
We sat on the porch
swing Boone installed when he landscaped the front and back of our
beautiful home. The pergola he’d built was already green with
new growth from the wisteria vines, wild roses, and jasmine. In fact,
I could already smell jasmine in the air.
“You have to
agree that my furniture looks great in your house.”
“Our house,”
I murmured. “I will admit I coveted it.”
“So, was it
that I came with the furniture…or that the furniture came with
me?”
I didn’t say
anything for a second, and he laughed and dragged me against him. I
laughed, too, the joy intense. “I would have taken you without
furniture,” I said, deadpan.
He shook his head.
“Nice save, copper.”
“Want to go
for a walk and get some pie and coffee? I baked key lime today.”
“In a minute,”
he said, turning to me. “I’m not going to challenge
ghosts or voodoo or protection amulets,” he said. “Objects
have great meaning.” He reached down and pulled something
sparkly up to the light. My breath caught. It was an exquisite
diamond.
He slipped off the
swing and knelt down, taking my hand. “In the end, we all found
peace. So, let me add to that joy you described, because mine knows
no bounds now I have found you. I have truly come home, to my family,
to my own true heart, and...to you. Will you marry me, Samantha?”
With the moon on the
water and the fireflies lighting up the night, I said, “Yes,
I’ll marry you.” The amulet I still wore around my neck
flared for a brief moment.
He rose and pulled
me up, slipping the ring on my finger. “I love you. Forever and
ever.”
As we walked towards
Imogene’s, Suttontowne was quiet and at peace, every ghost for
us laid to rest. There would be no more apparitions to haunt us, only
the future to live and enjoy…together.
********
Look for
Handling
Skylar
, the next book in the Hope Parish Novels coming in October. Jake
Sutton: In the middle between Chase and River Pearl and caught
between his own hopes and dreams and his family obligations. He’s
arrogant, privileged, and chafes at buckling under his father’s
yoke. He’s six feet of danger with dark blonde hair and green
eyes. He’s more hot-headed than Chase, and less diplomatic than
River. He struggles with his resentment of Chase who he feels
betrayed not only him, but his family when he lost it and
disappeared. His inability at finding balance is only eclipsed by the
love he has for his family. It’ll take a strong, no-nonsense
woman to tame the middle Sutton sibling. What happens when Jake falls
for a woman that’s nowhere near his social status?
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Resisting Samantha
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the tenth book in the Hope Parish Novels and the first book in the Resisting the
Fall series. See where it all began in
A Perfect Mess
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Zoe Dawson is the
alter ego of multi-published, bestselling author Karen Anders. Karen
started her career because her grandmother gave her a book to read.
That book made her fall in love with romance and started her on the
trek to get published. She achieved that goal in 1996 with the
publication of Jennifer's Outlaw for Silhouette. Even with many books
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