The perfect reason to stay?
Kate Hebertâs fling with Jackson Boone wasnât supposed to be anything more than good fun. When she got pregnant, they married to please her dying grandmother, and Boone headed home to Peru. Now heâs in Comeback Cove to arrange their divorce and meet his baby son. But when Kate injures her ankle, Boone is forced to stick aroundâand step up his dad game.
A little hands-on healing makes Kate realize how great a real marriage with Boone could be. But family had never been Booneâs priority, and as far as heâs concerned, Kate deserves the life sheâs always dreamed of. Seems theyâve done everything backward, and now Boone faces the toughest choice heâs ever made...
KRIS FLETCHER would like you to believe that her childrenâs science-fair volcanoes were all perfectly sculpted from papier-mâché, but the truth is that the mashed-potato episode of this book just might have a basis in fact. Ahem.
Kris grew up in Southern Ontario, went to school in Nova Scotia, married a man from Maine and now lives in central New York. She shares her very messy home with her husband, some of their many kids, two Facebook-fodder cats and a growing population of dust bunnies.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08110-8
FIRST CAME BABY
© 2018 Christine Fletcher
Published in Great Britain 2018
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For Piya Campana. For five years, you soothed my nerves, calmed my fears and guided my thoughts and words to the place where I became proud to share them with the world. Most of all, you made me laugh, always in the very best of ways. I was truly blessed to begin my career with such a gifted and compassionate editor, and will forever raise my Iced Capp in your honor.
âI wasnât trying to get away from you.â
It took Boone a second. It wasnât until he let that slightly emphasized you sink in that he got the message. And even then, he didnât want to believe it.
Kate shifted on the sofa, digging into her pocket. âJamieâs sleeping longer than I thought,â she said, pulling out her phone. âWhy donât you peek on him. Iâll see if Allie can come...â
Her voice trailed off.
He reached for her phone and plucked it from her fingers. She made a sound of protest, but her grip didnât tighten.
âBoone,â she whispered. âThis isnât a good idea.â
She was right. Totally and completely right.
But that didnât stop him from sliding off the footstool and onto the sofa. Once he was at her side, hip bumping against hip, he wondered why the hell he had resisted before. Because nothing felt as right as being close to Kate.
Except, maybe, being closer.
Dear Reader,
Building a family is always a challenge. Imagine, though, trying to build one when the baby was a surprise...and Daddy isnât sure he can be the kind of parent his child deserves...and by the way, Mommy and Daddy live on separate continents. Thatâs the situation Kate and Boone find themselves facing in this story. Believe me, it was a challenge and then, ultimately, the greatest treat to be able to face this dilemma with them!