In This Moment
Reeks: Heart of Vallantine
Kelly Moran
- It’s
- been
- ten
- years
- since
- Rebecca
- Moore
- left
- idyllic
- small
- town
- Vallantine
- for
- the
- big
- city
- and
- even
- bigger
- dreams
- of
- becoming
- an
- award-winning
- journalist.
- Her
- career
- a
- puff
- of
- smoke
- in
- her
- wake,
- she
- returns
- home
- for
- her
- grandmother’s
- funeral,
- grieving
- and
- with
- her
- life
- at
- a
- standstill.
- But
- her
- two
- childhood
- besties
- have
- a
- plan
- to
- restore
- the
- historic
- library
- to
- its
- former
- glory
- and
- convert
- part
- of
- it
- into
- a
- bookstore.
- It
- seems
- like
- so
- long
- ago
- residents
- had
- named
- their
- trio
- the
- “Bookish
- Belles,”
- yet
- nothing
- cures
- troubles
- like
- good
- friends
- and
- a
- purpose.
- The
- problem
- is,
- she
- needs
- a
- job
- until
- the
- renovations
- are
- complete,
- and
- just
- her
- luck,
- the
- new
- editor
- of
- the
- local
- newspaper
- is
- a
- Yankee.
- He’s
- also
- sullen,
- sanctimonious,
- and
- sexy.
- And
- with
- the
- gossip
- mill
- a-buzzin,’
- how
- is
- she
- supposed
- to
- keep
- her
- cool
- amid
- all
- the
- southern
- Georgia
- heat?
Graham
- Roberts
- hasn’t
- exactly
- acclimated
- to
- the
- south.
- Yet,
- he
- moved
- for
- a
- purpose,
- and
- there’s
- no
- reason
- why
- he
- can’t
- help
- an
- old
- friend
- with
- a
- favor
- by
- hiring
- someone
- who
- is
- more
- than
- qualified.
- They
- could
- work
- side-by-side
- without
- complications.
- Right?
- Wrong.
- Bless
- her
- heart,
- Rebecca
- is
- the
- feistiest
- female
- on
- two
- legs
- with
- an
- innate
- ability
- to
- crawl
- under
- his
- skin
- faster
- than
- a
- hot
- knife
- through
- butter.
- Not
- to
- mention,
- she’s
- gorgeous
- as
- all
- get-out.
- Beneath
- her
- sass,
- though,
- is
- a
- girl
- who’s
- striving
- for
- acceptance
- and
- love.
- He’s
- just
- not
- certain
- he’s
- the
- right
- man.
- Plus,
- she’s
- given
- no
- promises
- to
- stick
- around.
- Worse,
- he’s
- starting
- to
- think
- falling
- for
- her
- may
- not
- even
- be
- a
- conscious
- choice.
- The
- heart
- wants
- what
- the
- heart
- wants.
- And
- between
- all
- of
- Vallantine
- gunning
- for
- their
- ever-after
- and
- Rebecca’s
- alluring
- charm
- sucking
- him
- in—again…and
- again—what
- chance
- does
- a
- guy stand?
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