by Jennie Marts
“I’ll be back with something after we take off.” The flight attendant smiled and winked at her. “You want a pillow or a blanket for now, hon?”
“Sure.” It was after midnight, but she was still wired from her last meeting and racing to make the flight. She accepted a lightweight blanket and small pillow from the attendant and tucked them into the seat next to her. This wasn’t her first red-eye flight, and she was thankful for the roomier first-class seat.
She slipped off her high heels and stretched her sore feet, then settled in as the plane’s engines rumbled, and they taxied down the runway. The plane shuddered as it rose in altitude, and her seatmate’s hand brushed hers. His knuckles were turning white as he gripped the armrest between them.
Turning her head, she looked into the gorgeous crystal-blue eyes of the guy sitting next to her. The corners of his lips turned up in an embarrassed grin. “I’m not a huge fan of flying and am even less of an admirer of turbulence.”
She smiled encouragingly. “It should even out when we hit cruising altitude.” Although, it had been snowing as she’d driven across Denver and toward DIA. She hoped they’d fly out of the bad weather, but the forecast had called for snow in St. Louis, too.
Her seatmate sat up, unzipping his sweatshirt and pulling off his hood. He stretched and ran a hand through his dark hair. A light growth of black whiskers covered a strong jaw. He was cute, like really cute. He also looked vaguely familiar, like she recognized him, but didn’t think they’d actually met before.
As a journalist, she crossed paths with a lot of people, even with the small newspaper that she worked for. Plus she had a thing for faces, always thinking she recognized people, who turned out to usually be someone random from her gym or the checker at the grocery store.
“I think the flight attendant will be around shortly with drinks. Maybe that will help,” she told him.
He nodded at the empty bottle. “That first one didn’t. I’m not much of a drinker anyway—that one just made me tired and gave me a headache.”
“Sounds like you’re having a rough night altogether.”
“It’s not all bad. I get to sit next to a gorgeous brunette in a short skirt, so at least I have a good view.” He offered her a flirtatious grin.
Oh, boy. This one was a charmer. Charming and cute.
This flight just got interesting.
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Acknowledgements
As always, my love and thanks goes out to my favorite hockey player, my husband, Todd, for your steadfast love and support in my writing career and in our life together! We make the best team!
Huge thanks to my Entangled sisters, Beth Rhodes and Cindy Skaggs, who helped make this work possible through constant support and lots and lots of writing sprints—whether I wanted to do them or not. Your accountability and support is invaluable!
Special thanks to Kristin Miller for your plotting help. Your friendship and support mean the world to me.
My thanks and credit for this fantastic gorgeous cover goes to Kim Killion and the team at The Killion Group. Thanks to Jennifer Jakes for your formatting—and your friendship. You girls are amazing!
Many thanks to my editor, Alyssa Palmer, for your editing talents.
Special acknowledgement goes out to the women that walk this writing journey with me every day. The ones that make me laugh, who encourage and support, who offer great advice and sometimes just listen. Thank you Michelle Major, Lana Williams, and Anne Eliot. XO
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About the Author
USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Jennie Marts loves to make readers laugh as she weaves stories filled with love, friendship, and intrigue. She writes for Entangled Publishing and reviewers call her books “laugh out loud” funny and full of great characters that are “endearing and relatable.”
She is living her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two sons, two dogs, and a parakeet that loves to tweet to the oldies. She’s addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos, and believes you can’t have too many books, shoes, or friends.
Her books include the contemporary western romance Hearts of Montana series, the romantic comedy/cozy mysteries of The Page Turners series, and her latest hot hockey players series, the Bannister Brothers Books.
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