Twist of Fate by Louise, Tia (free ebook reader for ipad .txt) 📗

“We might have to consummate again. I think we missed a spot.”

That makes her laugh, and I love the sound of her happiness. “Hey, Daisy… I’ve been thinking. I really love this place, but it’s kind of small. When we have another baby, where will we put him?”

“So we’re having a boy next?”

“Chad says we’re outnumbered.”

Her nose wrinkles, and she shakes her head. “Well, I do love this place, but it’s not really mine. It’s included in the store lease, and Wyatt didn’t mind if Emberly used hers for a residence. I just followed her lead.”

“How would you feel if I bought your aunt’s bed and breakfast?”

She sits up fast, pulling the sheet around her. “You’d do that?”

The smile on her face is so big, my decision is made. “I’ll talk to her tomorrow. I wish I’d brought it up sooner so I could give it to you as a wedding gift.”

Leaning down, she kisses me again, slower this time. “You’ve given me the best gifts.”

And we take this time to do a bit more consummating.

Aunt Regina turns out to be very open to the idea of selling the old house. According to her, she’d only converted it to an inn because she couldn’t bear to sell it, but she’s also grown tired of running it. We’re able to reach an agreement by the end of the week, and Daisy and I take possession at the end of the month.

We’re postponing the honeymoon until the summer, when Daisy can find someone to run the store, and two weeks later, my brother, Hope, Sly, Gran, and the gang from the Village all pack into the theater to watch my big comeback, my breakthrough role.

I walk through the door on screen, deliver my one line, fire the gun, and immediately I’m shot dead.

The group bursts into applause, and J.R. shouts out, “Way to take that bullet, bro!”

I’m trying to decide if that’s a Rammin Rod joke…

Gran declares it the “E-all, bend-all” of death scenes, which I explain means the “Be-all, end-all.” She says that’s what she said, and my brother says it’s a good thing I speak her language.

With the movie in cinemas, I’m approached by a community theater in Charleston to direct a production of Macbeth–to which I say yes.

So we’ve come full circle. I’m acting more than I ever did in Hollywood, and Daisy’s even getting to go out on road shows with Spencer occasionally.

We’re settled in the old house where our love affair started. I’m in that yellow chair in Melody’s room reading to her about Eloise when I realize I’ve made it. I’m no longer the misunderstood character, and I’m not acting so I can be somebody else.

My little girl puts her hand on my cheek and says she loves me. Daisy puts her hand in mine and says I’ve made her dreams come true.

That’s better than getting the devil to church any day.

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Thank you for reading Scout and Daisy’s love story!

I hope you fell in love with these two as much as I did. The audiobook version is coming in March, narrated by Sebastian York and Samantha Brentmoor. Stay tuned…

What’s Next?

Find out what happens when bossy, arrogant Spencer hires Joselyn “Sly” Winthrop to be his massage therapist.

TROUBLE (link) is a super-hot, super sexy enemies-to-lovers, boss romance coming to Kindle Unlimited and audio June 14, 2021!

What to read NOW?

THIS MUCH IS TRUE (link) is J.R. and Hope’s opposites-attract romance. It’s a road trip of revenge that turns into so much more…

It’s FREE in Kindle Unlimited and available on Audio, narrated by Jason Clarke & Samantha Brentmoor.

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Get more Daisy and Melody in WHEN WE KISS (link), a small-town rom-com where “hot cop” Chad Tucker falls hard for the town “bad girl” Tabby Green.

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This Much is True By Tia Louise

Hope

I blame the alcohol.

I lost my restaurant business, was forced to sell my dad’s cherished 1967 Chevy Impala, and I got a little drunk.

Now I’m waking up with the hottest, angriest guy I’ve ever seen, speeding down the highway like a bat out of hell.

Ice-blue eyes hit mine with stomach-clenching force…

And he swerves onto the shoulder, ready to kick me out.

Needless to say, our romance doesn’t start out sweet.

J.R.

Two years ago, I hugged my little boy goodbye and told him I’d be right back.

Next thing I knew, I was arrested and sent to prison for a crime I didn’t commit.

Until they let me out early…

Now I’m headed home to confront the man who put me away.

A lie put me behind bars, and I’m ready to find the truth.

I don’t have time for a sexy girl with pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes stowed away on the backseat of my new car.

My mission is to get my son back and clear my name.

Love is not on the agenda.

It never is, though, is it?

(THIS MUCH IS TRUE is a single-dad, opposites attract, stand-alone romance. No cheating. No cliffhangers.)

Prologue

JR

With my back to the San Francisco traffic, I hold the railing of the iconic, vermillion bridge and watch the sun set over the Pacific Ocean.

Two hundred and forty-five feet below me, the frigid water of the bay swirls past, and behind me is the building where I spent the last eighteen months of my life, paying for a crime I didn’t commit.

My hair is long to my collar. My body is lean and ripped with muscle to intimidate anyone who thought he’d get the best of me.

I’ve lived with the funk of brown Lysol, body odor, and urine so long, I forgot fresh air could smell so sweet.

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