RECONCILED
FOR EASTER
by
Noelle Adams
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BLURB:
Abigail
has been separated from her husband for almost two years. After a
marriage that brought her only insecurity, she seeks a life now of
peace and independence with their six-year-old daughter. Thomas wants
to put their marriage back together, because he liked the wife he
used to have, but she never wants to be that person again.
She
might need his help with their daughter and start to enjoy his
company again, but she just can't trust him with her heart. Even when
she discovers that her heart still wants him for a husband.
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Excerpt:
She
looked perfectly respectable for dinner and the symphony for a work
function—and nothing like the plain, shy girl she used to be—so
she grabbed her purse and headed to the living room.
“Ooh!”
Mia squealed at her arrival. “Mommy looks beautiful!”
“Thank
you, sweetie.” Abigail ran her hands down her skirt absently,
feeling suddenly self-conscious at Thomas’s steady gaze. His face
showed no expression, but she knew he missed no detail of her
appearance.
“Just
in time,” Thomas said, glancing at his watch. “Seven o’clock. I
didn’t know you took such long showers.”
Abigail
felt her cheeks burning, but she managed not to react in any other
way. There was absolutely no way Thomas could know what she’d been
thinking about in the shower. “Thanks for coming over early to sit
with Mia while I got ready,” she said, pleased when her voice
sounded natural.
“Of
course.”
“I’m
not sure when I’ll be back, but it will be late since we’re going
to Dalton.” She glanced outside and saw headlights turning into the
driveway of her little bungalow. “That’s Jim. He’s picking me
up, and then we’ll pick up the Seymours.”
“I
see.” Thomas’s voice was strange, but she didn’t know why.
“All
right,” Abigail said in a rush, feeling anxious and self-conscious
and at loose ends. “You be good, Mia. Obey your Daddy and go to bed
when he says. Eight o’clock.” She said the words with a certain
significance to remind Thomas of the girl’s bedtime. “And you can
read until nine.”
“I
know, Mommy.”
“There
are snacks in the kitchen,” Abigail went on. “And I’ll have my
phone on vibrate the whole time, so just call me any time if you need
me.”
“I
know, Abigail,” Thomas said, his mouth twitching up a little.
“Okay.”
She glanced down at herself to make sure she had everything she
needed. Then she told Mia, “I’ll give you your goodnight kiss
now, since you’ll be asleep when I get back.”
She
leaned down to kiss Mia, and she was about to leave when Mia said,
“You didn’t give Baxter his kiss!”
Abigail
hurried back over, flustered by the way Thomas’s eyes never left
her face. She kissed Baxter. “All right. You be good and have fun.”
Then she
kissed Mia again. “Mommy loves you.”
“I
love you, Mommy.”
Rushed
and thoughtless, Abigail moved to give Thomas a quick kiss on the
lips in sequence. “I’ll be back after midnight probably.”
With a
last wave, she left the living room. As she was reaching for the
handle of the front door, she heard Mia’s giggle rippling out from
the other room.
She
paused, wondering what had prompted her daughter to laugh like that.
Then
Abigail realized.
She’d
just kissed Thomas. On the lips. Without even thinking about it.
With a
gasp, Abigail whirled around and took a few steps back, with some
sort of half-formed notion to try to explain.
But she
caught sight of Thomas and Mia on the couch.
Mia was
shaking with merriment, her hands covering her mouth. And Thomas had
one finger to his lips as he smiled at his daughter, in the universal
signal to keep quiet.
Overwhelmed
with confusion, Abigail fled.
It was
no big deal. She’d just been in a rush and hadn’t been thinking.
Mia probably thought it was funny. She couldn’t let it bother her
now.
It had
been a really long time since kissing Thomas had been natural.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Noelle
handwrote her first romance novel in a spiral-bound notebook when she
was twelve, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She has lived in
eight different states and currently resides in Virginia, where she
teaches English, reads any book she can get her hands on, and offers
tribute to a very spoiled cocker spaniel.
She
loves travel, art, history, and ice cream. After spending far too
many years of her life in graduate school, she has decided to
reorient her priorities and focus on writing contemporary romances.
Social
Media:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NoelleAdams3
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