THE ONE I'M WITH
by J. Lynn
Rowan
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Interior designer Marissa O’Brien has sworn off long-term relationships,
instead protecting herself from a broken heart by following a specific set of
rules when it comes to her many flirtations and first dates. She’s content to
just have fun in the world of romance, but all her rules fly out the window
when she grabs the attention of a sexy, international stranger during her
weekly Girls’ Night Out.
Josh
Mattingly has spent the last two years trying to turn over a new leaf, focusing
on his role in the family corporation and erasing his womanizing reputation. In
Asheville, North Carolina, on business, the last thing he’d planned on was
getting involved with a local girl. But one encounter with Marissa has him
hooked. He soon falls hard for the designer, and now he’s terrified to reveal
his romantic past for fear she’ll bolt.
Marissa
recognizes a playboy when she sees one and tries to keep her attraction to Josh
under wraps–until they share a passionate kiss that leaves both of them singed.
Still, she knows their love affair has an expiration date, and everything is
destined to end once Josh finishes his business in Asheville. Now, along with
showing his family that he’s left his old habits behind, Josh has a new
challenge–proving to Marissa that she can trust him with her heart.
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EXCERPT
After I climb up the three brick steps, I pause and
face him. “Listen, Josh . . .”
Thankfully, my words halt him at the bottom of the
steps. He hooks his thumbs into his jeans pockets and tips his head to one
side, smirking. “Uh, oh. That doesn’t usually precede something a guy wants to
hear after a first date.”
“Oh, no. I wasn’t going to say . . . Let me start
over.” Closing my eyes, I draw a huge breath. Then I release it slowly, willing
my skittishness to go with it, and look at him again. “People who know me—or at
least know of me—will tell you I date. A lot. My friends will even tell you
that, and they give me shit about it all the time.”
“There’s nothing wrong with dating a lot,” he says,
frowning a little.
“No, of course not. But to most people, it seems
like I, well . . .” I pause, thinking how to phrase things. “I don’t exactly
have a reputation, if you know what I mean. But I haven’t dated anyone
seriously in a really long time.”
A perplexed line forms between his brows. “How long
are we talking?”
“Three years.”
He lets out a soft whistle.
“But like I said, I’ve dated. Nothing long term.
Four or five dates at most. I just— I have my reasons.”
Josh gazes at me for a few seconds, then climbs up
the first two steps to my porch. The move brings him within six inches and
manages to knock the air out of me without him even touching me. We aren’t
quite at eye level, but it’s close. He’s still taller.
“So we’ll take it slow,” he murmurs. “You decide
when and where. We get to know each other. We have fun. And if we get past four
or five dates . . .”
I don’t think I’ve breathed in the last sixty
seconds. My head spins. “Then what?”
“Then . . .” He leans forward until his
smooth-shaven cheek brushes mine, his lips drifting close to my ear. Sparks fly
across my skin as his breath tickles my neck. “Let’s just say it’ll be a nice
change of pace for both of us.”
How can a whisper feel like an intimate caress?
A series of twitches flicker down my arms as the
impulse to grab ahold of him and steal a kiss races through my muscles. But
before I do anything, he backs down the steps, a look of satisfaction on his
face.
Neither of us says anything else as he returns to
his car, climbs in, and drives away with a quick triple-beep of the horn.
I can’t move until his taillights disappear from
the end of my driveway.
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AUTHOR Bio and
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Author Bio:
J. Lynn Rowan started writing stories as a small child, usually
starring her favorite cartoon characters. Most of her work through middle and
high school was filled with typical teenage angst and melodrama, and usually
mirrored the books she loved to read. But eventually she found her own author’s
voice and decided to seriously pursue a writing career.
Historical fiction remains J. Lynn’s “first love”, but she has
enjoyed the journey to becoming an author of romance and chick lit. She is a
member of Romance Writers of America, the Central New York Romance Writers, and
the Historical Novel Society. She is also a teacher who tries to instill a love
of learning, reading, and writing in her students.
When she’s not writing, J. Lynn enjoys travelling, gardening
poorly but enthusiastically, studying various topics in American history for
her own expertise, and channeling Julia Child every time she steps into the
kitchen.
A native of Oswego, NY, she now lives in Charlotte, NC, with her
own Romantic Hero of a husband and the most adorable toddler on the planet.
Email: jlynnrowanliterature@gmail.com
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