My Beautiful Neighbor (The Greene Family Book 1) by Piper Rayne (android based ebook reader txt) 📗

my chest. She should look in the mirror.

My entire family stands there speechless, a small miracle in itself. I guess it takes a woman with amnesia to silence them. Maybe not the best time for a joke, but I have no idea how to handle this situation. The despair in Lucy’s eyes is killing me. A huge part of me wants to fix it for her, tell her she can have me if she wants. But what would that solve? The damage was done a year ago and there’s no coming back from it.

She points at Alicia. “Are you Adam’s?”

“We need to go. I’m so sorry.” Susan urges Lucy to her side. “Have a good night.”

I open my mouth to say something, though I don’t know what, then shut it, watching them leave. Alicia cuddles up to my side again as though we’re going to carry on with our night as planned. It all feels wrong now.

“I’ll be back,” I say, dislodging myself from Alicia.

“I thought he was just going to stand there.” Cade says it as though that would be the worst thing in the world.

I owe Lucy nothing. She’s the one who broke my heart. So she had an accident and lost her memory. That’s not my business nor my problem anymore. At least I tell myself that as I wind through the crowd, catching up to Susan and Lucy on the cobblestone road outside the brewery. Susan has her arm around Lucy’s shoulders and they’re whispering as more people try to stop them to say hello.

“Lucy!” I yell.

All the hustle and bustle of the celebratory night before tourist season kicks off halts, leaving a deafening silence blanketing the square.

Lucy slowly turns. I slow my steps and narrow the distance.

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Staring a new series is always scary for us. Especially after all the love The Baileys received, so we hope you enjoyed the start of The Greene Family series. We plotted this series out much like we did with The Baileys, trying to find tropes we haven’t used yet, and later storylines we could weave into earlier books.

It’s also exciting to start a new family! Especially when we only have to move over to the neighboring town.

As most of our readers know, we changed the name of this book from My Beautiful Nemesis to My Beautiful Neighbor. Cade just didn’t come on the page like we expected him to. As Rayne wrote the rough draft she kept trying to get them to be enemies but she just wasn’t feeling it. When Piper went through edits she called Rayne to say, “Um, they aren’t enemies”. She was right and so we changed the title to better reflect the story.

It goes to show even the best planning doesn’t always work when you actually sit down to write the character. But if we would’ve reworked the story or changed Cade, it wouldn’t have been authentic. We like our characters to talk to us as we explore them, almost like they’re telling us who they are. So, although we LOVE the enemies-to-lovers trope, that wasn’t Cade and Presley’s story. Don’t worry, it’s someone else’s. ;)

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Bloggers who consistently carve out time to read, review and/or promote us.

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Readers who took the time to read our story when there’s so many choices out there.

Adam’s up next and yeah, we left you on a pretty heavy cliffy there for their story, leaving the question, “Why did Lucy walk out on Adam in the first place?” Good thing you don’t have too long to wait! ;)

Lastly, we want to thank you for coming on this journey with us and being open to loving a new family. We know it takes trust in us to deliver a family you loved as much as the Baileys. So we hope this is a promising start! <3

We’d love for you to let us know who’s story you’re looking forward to in this family. Feel free to reach out to us on social media or via email. We love hearing from readers!

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Piper & Rayne

About Piper & Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they're married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they're both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

Also by Piper Rayne

The Greenes

My Beautiful Neighbor

My Almost Ex

My Vegas Groom

The Baileys

Lessons from a One-Night Stand

Advice from a Jilted Bride

Birth of a Baby Daddy

Operation Bailey Wedding (Novella)

Falling for My Brother’s Best Friend

Demise of a Self-Centered Playboy

Confessions of a Naughty Nanny

Operation Bailey Babies (Novella)

Secrets of the World’s Worst Matchmaker

Winning My Best Friend’s Girl

Rules for Dating your Ex

Operation Bailey Birthday (Novella)

The Modern Love World

Charmed by the Bartender

Hooked by the Boxer

Mad about the Banker

The Single Dad’s Club

Real Deal

Dirty Talker

Sexy Beast

Hollywood Hearts

Mister Mom

Animal Attraction

Domestic Bliss

Bedroom Games

Cold as Ice

On Thin Ice

Break the Ice

Box Set

Charity Case

Manic Monday

Afternoon Delight

Happy Hour

Blue Collar Brothers

Flirting with Fire

Crushing on the Cop

Engaged to the EMT

White Collar Brothers

Sexy Filthy Boss

Dirty Flirty Enemy

Wild Steamy Hook-up

The Rooftop Crew

My Bestie’s Ex

A Royal Mistake

The Rival Roomies

Our Star-Crossed Kiss

The Do-Over

A Co-Workers Crush

Hockey Hotties

My Lucky #13

The Trouble with