Encircled in his arms, Frankie lifted the sunglasses so she could stare deeply into those brooding blue eyes she’d grown to love. “This way I can see for myself that I’m the only woman you’re looking at.”
Logan scoffed. The mischievous set to his jaw and sparkle in his eyes brought that familiar, yet exciting, flutter to her insides. “Even when you were trying to set me up with Brooke and Tess, you were the only one I wanted to see.”
She rolled her eyes, used to his lines. “Shouldn’t you be getting ready?” She stepped back, panic tingeing the edge of her excitement. This was their wedding day, the day she, Logan, and Harper had been planning for months, but what if she’d forgotten something? “Or Harper? Who’s doing her hair?” Hopefully not Logan. Why hadn’t she thought of that?
Logan placed two calming hands on her shoulders. “Kathy’s got it taken care of. Best possible job for a grandmother—letting her take over the primping and prepping of our junior bridesmaid.”
“Maid of honor,” Frankie corrected.
“Whatever you want to call her, Harper and Kathy are in their element. I had to leave the house because I couldn’t take any more of Harper’s exuberant chatter.” Frankie knew he didn’t really mean that. Having Harper all in for their wedding made it that much easier for them to take that next step. “Now I need to make sure the best man has the rings, and all that.”
Frankie’s eyes flicked to the shared wall between his office and her shop. “Darren’s next door at Frank & Signs, waiting to walk me over.” She fidgeted with her engagement ring. “What else are we forgetting?”
Logan took her hands in his, lifting them and placing a tender kiss on the back of one. “Nothing, my love.” He paused, and she tried to let that settle her worries. “Everything is in place except the bride and groom.” He dropped her hands and caught her about the waist. He took a long moment looking at her. “And I thought Harper looked beautiful.” He kissed her tenderly. “You are absolutely stunning.”
“Thank you.” She sighed in pleasure. She really was a lucky woman. To have a man she truly loved and who truly loved her. A man who lifted her up in every way. A man who made her excited about their future.
He leaned forward, about to kiss her again, but she lifted a finger to his lips, stopping him halfway to her. “I love you, Logan Wells, and I’ll let you do that again in about an hour. In front of all our family and friends.”
She turned around and fished out the brass pocket watch she’d been going to leave with the letter. She placed it in his hand, nervous for him to understand the significance of the project she’d worked hard on over the past couple of weeks. “Thank you for finding me.”
“Thank you for seeing me.” He hit the spring button with his thumb, and the cover popped open to reveal a compass face with working clock arms to tell time. Frankie had made the special gift, melding her love of timepieces and his fascination with geocaching. He carefully closed the lid before looking longingly into her eyes with a smile. “I will treasure this.” Closing his fingers around it, he rested his fist on his chest for a moment. “I’m so ready for this next adventure, as long as it’s with you.” He slipped the watch into his pocket and then held out his hand. “How about you? Are you ready?”
“Completely.” Together they walked out of Logan’s office and toward their future.
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Available October 5, 2017
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Available October 19, 2017
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Also By Maria Hoagland
The {Re}Model Marriage
This Romance Renovations novel is a 2016 Whitney Award Finalist and was awarded a Crowned Heart in the InD’Tale Magazine.
From the outside, Kirk and Jamie appear to have a beautiful home and the perfect marriage. Inside, the aging craftsman is falling apart, their marriage is crumbling from neglect, and Jamie Royce wants out! Kirk, on the other hand, isn’t ready to give up on either the house or their relationship.
With their divorce scheduled for the day after their daughter’s high school graduation, Jamie and Kirk have to fix the home’s problems to lift their selling price out of the basement. Working to renovate the home together, they discover secrets—in the home, in their marriage, and in the fertility clinic that helped give them their daughter—and find themselves questioning what true love really is.
Kayaks & Kisses
Hallmark movies meets HGTV in this Romance Renovations sweet novella.
Brynn Caley is about to start her dream career running an outdoor sporting goods store when an out-of-town business guru makes his own offer on the property. Coerced into forming a temporary partnership, Brynn, with her ski experience, finds she has to work with fishing expert Gage to run the year-round shop. Through a series of innocent misconceptions and a few blatant lies, Brynn doesn’t realize that the handsome single guy on the construction crew is her new partner, and he doesn’t want to set her straight until he can gain her favor. She, on the other hand, would do anything not to work with the stuffy businessman she’s only met through email.
Inspired by the movies You’ve Got Mail and The Shop around the Corner, Kayaks & Kisses is a heartwarming tale of finding love in autumn leaves, outdoor activities, and new friendships.
Home for the Holidays
A Romance Renovations Novella
Spending Christmas vacation with her father is part of Avery Baumann’s plan—right between graduating with her MBA and starting her first real job alongside her successful boyfriend, Hayden. But it’s a plan she’s beginning to second-guess.
Architect Keenan Perry wants to design a plan of his own—one that includes Avery. If only it wasn’t for their rocky history, secrets buried in his past, and that pesky boyfriend of hers.
As Avery and Keenan work side by side to rebuild a friend’s home by Christmas, it may take more than a miracle for them to patch the past and build the future of their dreams … even if it isn’t what they had planned.
About the Author
When Maria Hoagland is not working at her computer, she can be found combing used-furniture stores, remodeling houses with her husband, or sitting on the sideline of a son’s soccer game. She loves crunching leaves in the fall, stealing cookie dough from the mixing bowl, and listening to musicals on her iPod.
While she appreciates the home office she shares with her husband, Maria’s favorite writing places are outdoors where there is sunlight and no internet. She and her husband and their children have lived in Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, Utah, and in six Texas cities.
Maria Hoagland has several published works including two Whitney Award finalists and 2017 RONE Award finalist, The {Re}Model Marriage and Still Time, as well as other works, including Kayaks & Kisses, Home for the Holidays, Nourish & Strengthen, and Family Size.
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