Samantha Chase's installment of the 7 Brides for 7 Soldiers series, FORD, is available now! Read a sneak peek below and be sure to grab your copy today!
About FORD
There
are three things Ford Garrison wants more than anything: to build, to report to
no one, and the chance to live his life without the prying eyes of the good
folks of Eagle’s Ridge. Having spent ten years in the Navy as part of their
construction battalion, he was able to live out most of that dream. Two out
three wasn’t bad, right? Now that he’s out of the service, things aren’t
falling into place quite as easily as he hoped and he ends up back home with
all eyes on him.
It
wasn’t as if Callie had gone out of her way to end up in Ford’s path, but
somehow that happened all on its own and the town gossips were having a field
day! Could she help it that she was living in the house Ford had hoped to claim
as his own or that the work on his grandmother’s ranch meant they were living
not fifty-feet away from each other?
Ford
was determined to come home, do a job to help his grandmother and leave. Callie
James is a distraction and she represents everything he has spent years running
away from. Now he’s at odds with his friends, his family and himself about
where his home and future are going to be.
Get a sneak peek of FORD
“What are you working on out
here? More wreaths?”
With a soft laugh, she pulled
back and stepped out of his arms. “I am. Doing something like this is normally
very soothing for me. When I got home, I came right out here rather than going
into the cottage.”
“And did it help?”
Callie shook her head.
“Unfortunately, it was so quiet out here, and I’ve already made four of these
wreaths so I didn’t even have to think about what I was doing.”
“So your mind immediately went
to your mom.”
She nodded. “Exactly.”
Stepping around her, Ford
examined the wreath. It looked exactly like the one she had given him for his
grandmother’s front door, but now he took the time to look at the details. It
seemed so simple at first glance, but when he realized how much time went into
weaving the lights and how tedious that could be, he was more than a little
impressed. The vine was fragile, and he knew he’d more than likely crush some
of it if he tried to do it himself.
Unable to help himself, he
reached for one of Callie’s hands and studied it. It was small and delicate.
Her fingers were slim and smooth. No wonder she could do work like this. He
looked at her face and saw her studying him, her expression serious.
And Callie rarely looked
serious or intense. Her features were always relaxed or smiling. This
was…different.
He brought her hand to his lips
and kissed her palm. “I was just noticing how intricate this work is,” he said
gruffly. “I’m a little in awe of what you do.”
“Me? But…what you do is so much
more—”
Ford placed a finger over her
lips and shook his head. “I’m in awe of you,” he repeated, and slowly pulled
her in close again.
Callie’s lips parted on a soft
gasp as her eyes met his. And those beautiful eyes seemed to have a million
questions in them, and Ford only had one answer.
He kissed her.
Slowly. Sweetly. He savored her
as she melted against him. She hummed as her arms wrapped around him and in
that instant, Ford knew what he had to do.
He lifted his head and looked
down at her. Her lips were wet and her cheeks were flushed and she was the most
beautiful woman he’d ever seen. So many nights over the last week they’d been
like this, and right now, Ford knew he wanted more.
“Come home with me, Callie,” he
murmured against her lips before resting his forehead against hers.
“Yes.”
Never had a single word sounded
sweeter.
About the Author
Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than forty titles under her belt! When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.
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