Welcome to Forever
Hero's Welcome, #1
Hero's Welcome, #1
by Annie Rains
Released December 1st 2015
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“Don’t
miss this sparkling debut full of heart and emotion!”
raves Lori Wilde. The Hero’s Welcome military romance series introduces a small
coastal town where America’s best and brightest risk everything for love.
Blurb
In Seaside, North Carolina, there are two kinds of
people: Marines, and kids of Marines. Then there’s Kat Chandler. Recently hired
as the principal of Seaside Elementary, Kat makes it her mission to turn the
school into a place of peace and calm. That’s not going to be easy with
hard-liner parents like Micah Peterson storming in, telling her how to do her
job—and then kissing her with those gorgeous lips of his and turning her brain
into mush.
As a Marine Sergeant and a single dad, Micah Peterson has just two
priorities: doing his job better than anyone else, and getting the absolute
best for his son, Ben. But when he meets Ben’s beautiful new principal, a
different yearning shifts into focus. He wants her, sure, but he’s also moved
by the connection Kat forges with her students. So after learning that she
refuses to date Marines, Micah sets two more objectives: convincing Kat to give
him a chance . . . and then holding on to her forever.
“Have you thought about that kiss?”
she asked, as he leaned in close to fasten her seatbelt. She couldn’t control
what was coming out of her mouth. “Because I have. A little.” She started
laughing again. Val had warned her that she was a horrible drunk, and
evidently, it was true.
“What have you thought about it?” he
asked, his voice low and bristly. Her buckle snapped into place with a loud
click. He could step back now, but he didn’t.
And she didn’t want him to. What was
the point of being drunk if you couldn’t say and do what you wanted, and then
apologize for it in the morning? No one blamed a drunk, they blamed the drink.
“I thought that I liked it. The kiss. It was amazing.” She held her breath as
he lingered in front of her, his hand still resting on the seat’s buckle.
“I thought the same thing.”
“You did?” She swallowed thickly, as
her heart rode up her throat.
His brow lifted. “You sound
surprised.”
“I’m out of practice.” She nibbled on
her lower lip, drawing his gaze there. Then his gaze flicked back to her ring.
Just the thought squashed the flutterings in her chest, leaving a deep ache
that vibrated with the alcohol. “He’s been gone for two years,” she said.
Micah’s brows pinched together softly.
Explaining about John in her state
wasn’t a good idea, though. She might start crying, which she didn’t do in
front of others anymore, and right now all she wanted to do was forget
everything but their kiss. That she wanted to remember. “You could kiss me
again,” she said softly.
His smile deepened and, damn, he
smelled good.
Leaning in closer to her ear, his hot
breath melted her as he whispered, “Kat, you’ve had too much to drink. I’m
taking you home now.”
Before she could process what he’d
said, he stepped back and shut the Jeep’s door, the sound as offensive as if
someone had crashed cymbals in her ears. A moment later, he reappeared on the
driver’s side and cranked the engine, another sound that made her wince.
She closed her eyes, unsure of what to
do with her drunken emotions.
“If I kiss you again, I want to be one
hundred percent sure it’s what you want. Not because my almost ex is walking up
and you want to help me out. Not because you’ve had too much to drink and want
to escape.”
She suddenly felt very tired, as the
Jeep Cherokee headed out of the parking lot. “So, you are going to kiss me
again?” she asked. Before she could hear his answer, though, her eyes closed
and the sounds of the road and his voice, and the blood thundering in her head,
blurred together. She remembered their kiss, the feel of his stubble roughly
brushing against her cheek, and the way he had smelled like pine and fudge
brownies.
No, wait. His eyes reminded her of
fudge brownies. He didn’t smell like them.
Her eyes fluttered open. Yeah, she was
definitely going to regret tonight in the morning.
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Author Info
Annie Rains is a USA Today
Bestselling contemporary romance author who writes small town love stories set
in fictional towns on the coast of North Carolina. Raised in one of America's
largest military communities, Annie often features heroes who fight for their
countries, while also fighting for a place to call home and a good woman to
love.When Annie isn't writing, she's spending time with her husband and 3 children, or reading a book by one of her three favorite authors.
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