Praise for the novels of
STEPHANIE BOND
âThe perfect summer read.â
âRomance Reviews Today on Sand, Sunâ¦Seduction!
â[My Favorite Mistake] illustrates the authorâs gift for weaving original, brilliant romance that readers find impossible to put down.â
âWordweaving.com on My Favorite Mistake
âThis book is so hot it sizzles.â
âOnce Upon a Romance on She Did a Bad, Bad Thing
âAn author who has remained on my âmust-buyâ list for years.â
âRomance Reviews Today
âTrue-to-life, romantic and witty, as weâve come to expect from Ms. Bond.â
âThe Best Reviews
âStephanie Bond never fails to entertain me and deserves to be an auto-buy.â
âRomance Reviews Today
Marcus Armstrong gaped at his two younger brothers sitting on the other side of his desk, unable to believe his ears. âIs this a joke? The last thing we need in this town is women!â
Middle brother, Kendall, averted his gaze and wiped his hand over his mouth. But their younger brother, Porter, always the hothead, leaped from his chair.
âThis isnât a joke, Marcus, and youâre being an idiot!â
Marcus planted his hands on his desk, then pushed to his feet. âWatch your mouth, little brother. I can still pin your ears back if I have a mind to.â
Porterâs chin went up. âIâd like to see you try that.â
Kendall stood and positioned himself between them, hands up. âThatâs enough, you two. Letâs sit down and discuss this like businessmenâand brothers.â
At Kendallâs calming tone, some of Marcusâs anger defused, replaced by a twinge of guilt. Kendall had been playing referee all of their lives. Marcus conceded it was the only way the three of them had gotten as far as they had rebuilding their hometown of Sweetness, Georgia, which had been leveled by an F-5 tornado ten years ago.
By the grace of God, no lives had been lost. But with the infrastructure of the dying, remote mountain town obliterated, residents had abandoned their property and fled to safer and more prosperous ground. Of the three of them, only Porter had been around when the tornado had struck. After seeing their widowed mother settled in with her sister near Atlanta, heâd returned to the Armed Forces, like his older brothers. Scattered to far ends of the world, they each had fulfilled stints of active duty in different branches, then, fortuitously, their tours had ended within a few months of each other and theyâd returned to civilian life.
While working in the Air Force on reconstruction projects after natural disasters, Kendall had learned of the U.S. governmentâs interest in âgreen-townâ experiments. He proposed they apply to the program to rebuild the town of Sweetness on the burgeoning industries of alternative energy and recycling. The recycling had made sense because there was a ton of debris to clear before they could lay out roads and set the boundaries of the new town. They were given a grant and a two-year window to meet minimum requirementsâotherwise the land designated as the city limits of Sweetness would revert to the government. Three months into the enormous undertaking, they were making progress and Marcus was pleased by the fact he and his brothers were seeing eye to eye on the reconstruction effortsâ¦except, apparently, on one critical topic.
âKendall,â Marcus said, âsurely you donât support Porterâs cockamamie idea of bringing women here.â
Kendall looked pained, then lifted his shoulders in a shrug. âThe men are getting restless, Marcus. Theyâre young andâ¦â
âHorny,â Porter supplied.
âRight.â Kendall sighed. âThey want some female companionship, or at least some feminine scenery.â
âThereâs Molly at the dining hall,â Marcus said.