Somebody Like You (31 page)

Lynnette Austin grew up in Pennsylvania’s Alleghany Mountains, moved to New York, then to the Rockies in Wyoming. At present, she and her husband divide their time between Naples, Florida’s, beaches and Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. She has a master’s in educational leadership and taught middle school language arts before leaving to write full-time. A lover of books, Lynnette loves to read and write and loves nothing better than to lose herself in her characters’ world. Besides reading and writing, she loves to travel. She’s visited forty-nine of the fifty United States, Alaska being the exception. She’s traveled extensively throughout Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, and Central America—always on the lookout for new characters or a new story.

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Fed up with her moody teenage daughter, Meg Addams decides what they both need is a good dose of suburban wholesomeness. But when they leave Manhattan behind for Meg’s humble blue-collar hometown, they find it crowded with wealthy strangers and upscale boutiques. Settling into a creaky fixer-upper, Meg finally spots a familiar face right next door—and it belongs to none other than Sam Rooney. The would-be love of Meg’s high school life is now a single dad, her daughter’s new soccer coach—and a neighborly ghost-buster whenever things go bump in the night. With three kids and an undeniable attraction between them, Meg and Sam are in for some heart-racing, wee-hour encounters that have nothing to do with spirits…but everything to do with hearts.

 

Every Saturday night, best friends and neighbors Zada, Jen, Tish, and Alicia heat up their quaint little cul-de-sac with the infamous Housewives Fantasy Club. Everyone has a secret fantasy to share. Some have better ones to hide.

Imagine! Retired baseball star Jake “The Rake” Sims living here—in the flesh! Well, he won’t find Alicia Greene an easy conquest (she does not do bad boys). So what if his chiseled pecs and grand slam physique—displayed nightly in sexy underwear commercials—once made him her “most valuable” fantasy lover. His wild lifestyle squelched that dream. Now Jake swears he’s reformed, Alicia’s not buying it, and their matchmaking neighbors are doing their best to foil the couple’s “good” intentions. They may be onto something. After one fabulous dinner, Jake takes Alicia in his arms and discovers how forbidden passion—more tempting and sweeter than dessert—can fulfill all her secret fantasies.

 

Comic-book heroine Angelina Avenger battles dastardly criminals and alien invasions. But her creator Marlie Montague’s life isn’t as exciting…until Marlie opens the front door and finds the business end of a pistol pointed right at her. Her plan: to channel Angelina fast! Recruiting her new next-door neighbor, who looks like a rock-hard action hero, couldn’t hurt, either…

The last thing Navy secret agent Joel Hunter expected on this surveillance gig was a luscious brunette bursting through his window. Now he and Marlie are blowing the doors off a full-blown conspiracy with more double agents than a Bond flick. But in between shootouts and squealing tires, the mystery that is Marlie is making Joel’s heart go
thump thump thump
. Is she a femme fatale or an endearing bookworm? And how does she leave him both shaken and stirred?

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Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
About the Author
A Preview of “Nearest Thing to Heaven”
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