Campaign For His Heart
The perfect candidate…Former foster kid Lauder Tolson is proud to become a politician, but his bachelor status makes him look less than family oriented. He needs a lady love—just for the campaign. The ideal candidate is childhood nemesis Willow Dawson.But he once broke the beauty’s heart and barely has her vote! Still, to fulfill her own dream, she agrees. Suddenly, they’re a devoted couple in public. But what happens when the campaign is over?
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The Perfect Candidate
Former foster kid Lauder Tolson is running for North Carolina state senate, but his bachelor status makes him look less than family oriented. He needs a lady loveâjust for the campaign. The ideal candidate is childhood nemesis Willow Dawson. But he once broke the beautyâs heart and barely has her vote! Still, to fulfill her own dream, she agrees. Suddenly, theyâre a devoted couple in public. But neither expects how hot it gets in private.
JOY AVERY works as a customer service assistant. By night, the North Carolina native travels to imaginary worldsâcreating characters whose romantic journeys invariably end happily ever after.
Since she was a young girl growing up in Garner, Joy knew she wanted to write. Stumbling onto romance novels, she discovered her passion for love stories; instantly, she knew these were the type of stories she wanted to pen.
Joy is married with one child. When not writing, she enjoys reading, cake decorating, pretending to expertly play the piano, driving her husband insane and playing with her two dogs.
ISBN: 978-1-474-07804-7
CAMPAIGN FOR HIS HEART
© 2018 Joy Avery
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Contents
Lauder Tolson sat on the edge of his desk, tossing a stress ball into the air and listening to his best friend and campaign manager, Chuck Carlisle. The man went on and on about the fact that he needed to appear more family oriented if he wanted to win the senate seat, especially in the great state of North Carolina.
Six months until the election and Lauder still couldnât believe heâd actually decided to run for congress. A bold move, Tolson. A bold move.
Chuckâor Chuckie, as Lauder liked to call himâsnapped his fingers, drawing Lauderâs attention back to the conversation.
âYou with me? You listening?â Chuck said. âThis is serious, L.â
Lauder tossed the ball to Chuck. âThink fast.â
Chuck knocked the blue puff across the room. âI need you to focus.â
Lauder rubbed a hand over his close-shaven head. âCalm down.â
âThese arenât calm times.â Chuck paced. âI know that snake in the grass Edmondson has something up his dingy white sleeve. I can feel it.â
Jeff Edmondson had been a thorn in Chuckâs side since the man had decided to throw his hat into the race some months back. If being a family man was what would win the race, Lauder should drop out now, because Edmondson had him beat in that arena. The man had been married for countless years to his high-school sweetheart and had enough well-mannered children to start their own baseball team. But what the man lacked, in Lauderâs opinion, was passion. Edmondson wanted the win because
