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Hotshot CEO Landon Connor knows his way around the boardroom. Ever since he lost his wife, Landon is all work and no play. But after he seals the biggest deal of his career, he decides to take a trip to his hometown. Nothing spells vacation like a little time with his boisterous family in the LA sun.
But the tempting landscape designer working for his sister spells a whole lot more than fun. Maddie Jennings is everything Landon didn't think he wanted anymore. He can't get enough of her sweetness, or her sensual curves.
Despite fanning herself every time Landon comes near her, Maddie tries to ignore their attraction. It’s the smart thing to do. But when Landon romances her with late night walks and bouquets of flowers, she can’t help giving in to his sexy charm.
But can Landon open up his heart for longer than a summer?
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Excerpt
I
spent half the day with my ass up in the air, walking along the horizontal base
the guys dug for the timber pole, checking it was the right width and depth.
The smell of freshly turned earth filled my nostrils. I stopped and took out my
earbuds around midday, when Sevi and Jacob went on their lunch break. My ears
popped a little. In the eerie silence, Landon’s voice echoed through the yard.
“No,
we agreed on the KPI targets already. There’s no negotiating now.”
I
groaned. It was my second day on my spy job, and I was already failing. How
long had he been working?
I
laid down my hand trowel and skittered to the porch to police Landon. He was
sitting at the wooden picnic table, deep lines marring his forehead, his jaw
set. I moved until I was right in front of him, placed my hands on my hips, and
narrowed my eyes, giving him my most stern, no-nonsense look, which had the
unexpected effect of making him grin.
“I’ll
call you back later,” he said into the phone, then clicked off.
“What
do you mean, I’ll call you later? I believe you meant ‘I will not be calling
you over the next two weeks. Forget I exist.’”
Landon
shrugged, his grin still in place. “I relaxed all morning. I thought I’d take a
break from taking a break during lunch.”
“Val
was right. You really don’t know how to vacation, do you?”
“I’m
out of practice, that’s all. I have a competent team, and an acting CEO I’d
trust with my life, but it’s hard to disconnect.”
“Well,
I suppose business empires aren’t built by taking vacations often. When’s the
last time you had a proper vacation?”
“Four
years ago.”
His
answer tugged at a memory. Val had told me Landon’s wife died four years ago.
Now I understood Val’s determination to make sure he relaxed. I was determined
not to fail at my spy job again.
“Are
you eating lunch with your crew?” he asked.
“No,
I don’t eat lunch.”
He
drummed his finger on the wooden table. “Why not?”
“I
mostly forget. It’s inconvenient eating on site. My hands are dirty, and
packing lunch is a drag.”
My
stomach churned loudly at that exact moment.
“Your
stomach seems to disagree,” he said.
“It
usually does.”
“Have
lunch with me today. Come on, you’re starving.”
“The
work won’t finish itself.”
“Maddie,
you need to have lunch. And I’d love your company.”
Ah,
his tone held that polite bossiness from the first day again, and poof, my
resolve vanished.
“Oh,
I don’t know. Even though, if I do eat with you, I might distract you from
calling back your business partner.”
The
corners of his lips twitched, as if he were laughing at a private joke.
Landon
rose from the bench and motioned with his head toward the house. “By all means,
go ahead and... distract me.”
The
way he said it, in a lower, huskier tone, made it sound dirty. I parted my
lips, exhaling. Was Landon flirting with me? Or was my mind playing tricks on
me because I’d been perving at him since he arrived? That look he gave me
earlier, though... I thought he’d been doing some perving too. In any case, the
smart course of action was to remain outside, work through lunch.
Instead,
I wanted to follow him inside. Everything about him beckoned to me; the pull I
felt toward him was almost magnetic.
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Layla Hagen is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She fell in love with books when she was nine years old, and her love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
She writes steamy and romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
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