Marnie Priceâs guide to surviving the bridesmaid bluesâ¦
1. Get a new man
2. Find a new job
3. When in doubt, drink wine!
Having watched her three closest friends all find love, Southern belle Marnie Price feels as if sheâs the only single girl left. Luckily sheâs found a solutionâone sizzling night with Dylan Brookes. This man wears a wedding tux better than anyone, but all Marnie wants to do is get beneath it!
Dylan is all about making the sensible choice, and a fling with his exâs friend Marnie is about as far from sensible as he can get! Marnie might prove to him that taking risks is worth it, but that doesnât mean heâs ready to give up his bachelor status quite yet, does itâ¦?
Marnie had forgotten about Dylan, who seemed to also be finishing off a drinkâsomething dark in a glass, on the rocks. âTough day?â
âI lost my job this morning.â
âThat does suck. I think I should buy you a drink.â
She could well afford to buy her own drinks, even without a job, and she didnât really need his company, either. Dylan Brookes wouldnât have been her first choice of drinking partners, but it did beat a total stranger, and he didnât seem in a hurry to leave, making her wonder if maybe he had a few woes to drown, as well.
âAll right, then.â
âAnother chardonnay? Or perhaps something stronger?â
She waved over a server. âIâd like a shot of Patrón, two limes, with a Dos Equis back, please.â She turned to Dylan and shot him an innocent smile. âAnd for you?â
Dylan shot her a smile that said there was some sign of life in there. âSame.â
The server returned with their drinks, and Dylan lifted his shot glass in a toast.
She lifted her own glass and nodded. Then Dylan licked the salt off the rim of the glass and she nearly fell off her chair in shock.
Things were looking up.
Dear Reader,
I was so excited to be asked to be part of the first MODERN TEMPTED⢠continuityâespecially when I found out that Iâd be lined up with Aimee Carson, Amy Andrews and Heidi Rice. We had so much fun creating the characters and the concept, and it was just an awesome experience working with such talented writers.
But the downside to working with such talented writers is that theyâre so darn good. Like utterly intimidatingly good. And my book would come last in the line-up. Talk about pressure! (Picture me hyperventilating into a bag of jelly beans when I read their fabulous books.)
In the end, though, I couldnât be more pleased with what we did. While I love Marnie and Dylan to pieces, I also love Gina and Carter, Cassie and Tuck, and Reese and Mason. Marnie and Dylan may be âmine,â but Iâm quite invested in the others, as wellâvery much like a doting auntie. I hope you come to love them as much as we do.
So big kisses to Aimee, Amy and Heidiâthanks for making this experience an amazing one. You ladies (and your books) rock!
And, as always, Iâd love to hear from you, dear reader. You can find me on Facebook and Twitter or on my website at www.booksbykimberly.com.
Kimberly
THE WEDDING SEASON
Look out for Ginaâs story this month in Maid of Dishonour by Heidi Rice!
Donât miss Reeseâs and Cassieâs stories, out last month!
Itâs a reunion to rememberâwith sizzling, scandalous, andverysurprising consequences â¦
KIMBERLY LANG hid romance novels behind her textbooks in junior high, and even a masterâs program in English couldnât break her obsession with dashing heroes and happily ever after. A ballet dancer turned English teacher, Kimberly married an electrical engineer and turned her life into an ongoing episode of When Dilbert Met Frasier. She and her Darling Geek live in beautiful north Alabama with their one Amazing Childâwho, unfortunately, shows an aptitude for sports.
Visit Kimberly at www.booksbykimberly.com for the latest newsâand donât forget to say hi while youâre there!
This and other titles by Kimberly Lang are available in eBook formatâcheck out www.millsandboon.co.uk
To my aunt Lou Ann, who introduced hundreds of children to the magic of books and the joy of reading. I hope some of them are reading this now. ~Grin~
(And a quick shout-out to Janeâagainâsince your dedication didnât make it into the last book!)
PROLOGUE
Ten years ago, Hillbrook University campus, upstate New York...
âShe had s-sex with Carter.â
Marnie Price stumbled over the wordâsex wasnât something she was overly comfortable talking about, and ironically it was Ginaâs influence over the past year that had gotten her to the point where she could even talk about it at all.
She didnât know who was more in the wrong: Gina, who was supposedly her friend, or her brother, Carter, who had succumbed to Ginaâs wiles even though he was engaged to another woman. The betrayal cut deep for Marnie, and she couldnât quite make sense of it.