Loving Tessa

Book 2: January Cove

by Rachel Hanna

Genres: Family Life; Clean & Wholesome Romance; Small Town & Rural; Southern; Women's Fiction; Contemporary Romance; American Romance; Small-town Romance

Synopsis

She’s hiding from a dangerous threat. He’s hiding from women altogether. When life puts them right next door to each other, will he have any idea what he’s gotten himself into? Tessa and her three-year-old son can’t seem to escape a dark past, but will Aaron give them a brighter future? Or will her past finally catch up with her?

Release date: July 12, 2013

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Print pages: 126

Sample

Aaron loved the constant chaos of running such a bustling campground. It kept his mind occupied, especially during the busy season. While others might need to sit quietly to relax, working was his form of relaxation. His hope was that one day the business in his mind would finally push Natalie out of there for good. Until then, he'd run his business and put up that mental barricade himself.

He pulled into the cabin, which was adjacent to some of the smaller RV spaces at the campground, and held a duffel bag over his head for protection from the pounding rain as he yanked on his bigger suitcase in the back of the SUV. Suddenly, without warning, a big dog jumped up behind him and pushed against his legs causing him to collide with the back of the SUV. Grasping at the tailgate, he caught himself before hitting the pavement.

“Dang it!" he yelled over the rain as he watched his bags fall to the ground in a heap. The dog, a boxer it seemed, continued to jump up as it excitedly licked him in the face and barked.

"I'm so sorry!" He heard a woman's frantic voice behind him and watched as she attached a leash to her unruly dog and pulled him back. Reaching out a hand, she attempted to offer assistance to Aaron as he ambled up from the ground. He didn't take her hand, and he barely looked at her at first. "He slipped out the door. I'm so sorry," she said. For the first time, he looked at her. Her brown hair was soaking wet and sticking to her face. With her tanned skin and crystal clear blue eyes, she was a beautiful woman but there was a hint of fear - or was it sadness - in her voice and in her eyes.

"It's okay. You'd better get back inside with him, though. This storm seems to be really kicking up."

"At least let me help you get your stuff inside. I can put him up..."

"No, really. It's okay. Save yourself," Aaron said with a laugh as he pointed back at her camper. She returned his smile, although timidly, and then turned back to the small camper.

Aaron stood in the rain for a moment, no longer caring about the droplets pounding on his head, and wondered about the beautiful, wet woman in the small, dilapidated camper next to his house. One thing was for sure - he would find out more about her as soon as he possibly could.