A Brush with the Past: Love in Cedar Valley novella

Victoria fled a broken heart twenty years ago, putting an entire country between her and the man she'd loved. She got married, had a son, and life was good. Except good can become bitter in a heartbeat. The marriage ended in a nasty divorce, and a horrific accident changed her life forever. Now she's come back home to Mission City to start fresh. To give her son the best childhood she can. To reconnect with her mother. To put the pieces of her shattered future back together. That's the plan, at least. Until she discovers who lives next door. Douglas will always regret breaking up with Victoria. He was young and reckless and had big plans, made bad choices. After she left, he found a quieter life, married a woman he loved, and grieved when he lost her. When he decided to return to Mission City, the house he liked best happened to be next door to Victoria's mother. A bit masochistic, perhaps, but at least he might get news of her now and then. Until the day Victoria returns to her mother's house with a young son, a broken marriage, and a whole lot of pain in her past. Douglas wants nothing more than to make Victoria happy again, but how can he prove this grumpy middle-aged man is worthy of a second chance? A Brush with the Past is a 25k grumpy/sunshine, interracial, sensual second-chance romance with a man who's tortured by his past, a woman looking for a fresh start, an interfering mother, and a precocious seven-year-old boy. The story is part of the Love in Cedar Valley world.

Pagina's: 110, Paperback, Gabbi Grey