by Kait Nolan
“When I followed you out from the dance.”
“No. I saw you from across the lake. Right over there.” He pointed to the trail, where a trio of women walked and talked, their laughter floating on the breeze. “You were taking a walk, probably stretching your legs like today, and I envied you.”
“Why?”
“You looked so contented and peaceful. And I was so…not.” He turned her to face him. “But you gave me that. You pulled me out of myself and taught me that living isn’t just the best way to honor my friends, it’s the brave choice. You always make the brave choice. And that makes you my hero.”
Her eyes were already glimmering with emotion. “Hudson. All I did was love you.”
“It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The past year with you has been the best of my life. That’s why I brought you back up here today. It felt like it had to be here.”
“What does?”
“The beginning of everything.” Hudson took a step back, dropping to one knee and pulling the ring box from his cargo shorts. “I love you, Audrey. I want to make a life, a family with you. To grow old with you. Say you’ll marry me. Be my wife, my everything.”
Audrey pressed a hand to her mouth. The tears spilled over and Hudson’s stomach bottomed out. Maybe it was too soon. Maybe doing it here was a mistake. Maybe—
“Yes.” She dropped her hands and reached for him, her smile beaming like the sun. “Yes, I’ll marry you.”
Relief burst through him, and he surged to his feet, scooping her off hers with a celebratory whoop. Applause and cheers broke out from somewhere behind them. Hudson stopped spinning to see that several dozen people lined the bank. Charlie and Rachel were at the head of the pack.
Charlie cupped a hand around his mouth. “Kiss!”
Rachel picked up the cry, until the entire pack was chanting it.
Audrey laughed and lifted her face to his. “Better give the people what they want.”
“You already gave me what I wanted,” he said, and closed the distance.
A Note From Kait
I hope you’ve enjoyed this visit to Camp Firefly Falls. Be sure to tune in for Book 10 in the series, Falling For The Best Man, by Ally Decker! And if you haven’t checked out the rest of the series, Book 1, Winning Back His Wife by Gwen Hayes and Zoe York is FREE! Check out it and all the other Camp Firefly Falls novels! http://campfireflyfalls.com/
Can’t get enough of camp? Neither can Sam Ferguson, Audrey’s pal from Tennessee. She and her three best friends will be re-opening Hale River Camp and Farm—and finding love along the way. Book 1, Last First Kiss, will be releasing next year! Be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss out! If you’d like to check out her hometown of Eden’s Ridge, be sure to try The Misfit Inn series, beginning with When You Got A Good Thing. Available now!
As a special gift from me, you’ll get a FREE copy of Be Careful, It’s My Heart, Book 2 in my Wishful Romance series. It can totally be read out of order, but if you’d like to start with Book 1, To Get Me To You is permafree everywhere ebooks are sold.
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Other Books By Kait Nolan
Contemporary Romance
The Misfit Inn Series
When You Got A Good Thing (Kennedy and Xander)
Wishful Series
Once Upon A Coffee (Avery and Dillon): Available for FREE!
To Get Me To You (Cam and Norah): Available for FREE!
Be Careful, It’s My Heart (Brody and Tyler)
Know Me Well (Liam and Riley)
Once Upon A Setup (A Meet Cute Romance with Piper and Myles!)
Just For This Moment (Myles and Piper)
Wish I Might (Reed and Cecily)
Turn My World Around (Tucker and Corinne)
Dance Me A Dream (Jace and Tara)
Wishing For a Hero Series (A Wishful Spinoff Series)
If I Didn’t Care (Judd and Autumn)
Meet Cute Romance
Once Upon A Snow Day
Once Upon A New Year’s Eve
Once Upon An Heirloom
Once Upon A Coffee: Available for FREE!
Once Upon A Setup
Meet Cute Romance: Volume 1 (Meet Cutes 1-5)
Paranormal Romance
Mirus Series:
Genesis (an omnibus including, Forsaken By Shadow (Mirus 1.1), Devil’s Eye (Mirus 1.2), and Blindsight )
Riven
Whisper of Shadow(Also available in the Magical Mayhem anthology)
YA:
Red
Whisper of Shadow
Opposites attract... but are they really all that different?
Charlie Amis is having the time of his life. He’s at Camp Firefly Falls for his best friend’s wedding, but there’s also a week of easy, unfiltered fun beforehand. Improv after breakfast, Broadway trivia after lunch, show tunes at the campfire... What more could he want? Apparently, the answer is: Tall, Dark and Handsome who makes a fish-out-of-water impression look sexy as hell.
Kevin Randall shouldn’t be surprised the camp turns into a theater geek heaven, not with so many actors around and the bride’s Broadway obsession. He’s definitely out of his depth, so he’s planning to hide in the cabin—or wherever the wi-fi connection actually works—but Charlie’s dimpled smile is enough to drag Kevin away from his laptop again and again.
Among the crazy wedding preparations and to the tune of Broadway’s greatest hits, the two men fall head-first into a kind of summer romance they could only dream of as kids. But as they become each other’s plus one for the wedding, can they also become something more?
Falling For The Best Man by Ally Decker