The Marine Makes His Match
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Was this the way things would always be between them from now on? Perhaps it would be easy if she could just walk away from the McKinnels, once and for all, but due to the friendship of their moms and the small size of Jewell Rock, that was unlikely. She could always move to Bend, the nearby town where she worked at one of the best hotels. It might only be a short drive away, but Bend was like a metropolis compared to small-town Jewell Rock, and she and Quinn would be far less likely to run into each other.
The problem was, she’d realized over the last few painful weeks, she didn’t want to walk away from Quinn McKinnel. What had happened between them against a whiskey barrel had been explosive. Mind-blowing. Frenzied. Until then, she honestly hadn’t understood all the hype about sex.
It was the thought of never experiencing that kind of sex again that had compelled her to swallow her fear and doubts and come here to face him today. To find out if he’d felt it, too. That earth-shattering, soul-changing connection, that shift inside when they’d climaxed together and she’d opened her eyes and seen him looking right into hers.
But now, looking into his eyes for one final moment, Bailey could see it had meant nothing at all to Quinn. It was clear that she was just another notch on his bedpost (or rather his whiskey barrel), and even if he wasn’t such a jerk, the idea of them together was laughable. Unable to stand another moment in his presence, she turned and fled in the direction he’d pointed. She’d never felt more mortified in her life. And if she never saw Quinn McKinnel again, it would be too soon.
Copyright © 2017 by Rachael Johns
ISBN-13: 9781488014086
The Marine Makes His Match
Copyright © 2017 by Victoria Pade
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