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Miss Guided
His matchmaking plans are about to backfire.
Running out of time...
Mystery writer Marcus Sullivan is
determined to find someone for his younger brother Liam to love. Playing
matchmaker on vacation in St. Lucia, Marcus tries to interest Liam in
beautiful, local tour guide Crescentia St. Ives. Unfortunately, things don’t go
to plan. And when Marcus and Crescentia are stranded during a thunderstorm, the
plot to match her with his brother incinerates in the flames of desire. No way
can Liam have her when Marcus can’t keep his hands off. Too bad he can’t write
a happier ending to their blossoming romance.
Running away...
Crescentia St. Ives’ career as a public
defender in New York has taken a toll. Following an emotionally devastating
case, she returns to her homeland, St. Lucia. While her uncle is recovering
from a heart attack, she helps out with his floundering tour company. The
product of a holiday affair, Crescy is determined not to follow in her mother’s
footsteps. But her resolve is severely tested when she meets Marcus Sullivan.
Can she convince him that they can have more than a fling? Or will his secret
be too much to overcome?
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This book is Indie and part of the A Guide to Love series, which also includes Played by the Billionaire.
EXCERPT
Excerpt
from Miss Guided by Alexia Adams:
The taxi
arrived within minutes. With a pat on his brother’s back, he let him go. After
a final wave to Liam, Marcus turned around to see Crescentia leaning against
the van, staring at him.
“You’re
very close.” The rest of the group was wandering the market stalls, so it was
only the two of them left.
“He’s
the most important thing in my life,” Marcus said. “I’d do anything for my
little brother.”
“Well,
seems to me he’s pretty self-sufficient.”
“Self-sufficient
and happy are two different things.”
She
pushed away from the van. “Don’t you want to do any shopping?”
“Not
alone. Will you show me the best things to buy?”
A wicked
smile creased her lips. “Of course.”
Twenty
minutes later Marcus couldn’t contain the laughter. He let out a whoop that had
everyone in his vicinity staring at him.
“Shush,
we’ll be stampeded in the rush to get one,” Crescentia said, although her eyes
danced with laughter as well.
“What
the hell am I going to do with a statue of the Pitons made out of volcanic ash?
They look like they were cast in the bra Madonna wore in the early 90s.” He
held it against his chest and gyrated provocatively, much to the disgust of the
elderly woman examining the shell jewelry at the next stall.
Crescentia
had her hand over her mouth, trying to hold back her laughter. “I don’t
remember that. I was just a small child.”
“Good,
then you haven’t been scarred for life. On the other hand, I think this will
make an excellent present for my mother.” He handed over the requested amount
to the stallholder without bargaining. “You have to carry it for me though. My
hands are full with my other purchases.” He’d bought something from nearly
every stall, not because he wanted the items, but because it made her smile
when he proclaimed each ludicrous gift the perfect item for one of his
relatives.
“From
the way you talked with Liam, I thought you two were orphans,” she said as she
carefully placed his pointy Pitons in the back of the van. “Are you actually
brothers? You have different last names?”
“Same
mother, different fathers. Liam has our mother’s maiden name. I have a father
and a mother and step-mother and two half-siblings. But Liam’s the only one I
really consider family.”
She
stared at him for a moment then turned away. “So which of these presents is for
him, then?”
You are.
Except
the conviction with which he said it in his head was refuted by a burning
sensation in his stomach. Crescentia was wonderful. She was warm and witty,
smart and feisty. She was fiercely loyal to her aunt and uncle, and spoke about
them with love. Yet there was an independence that was at odds with a hint of
vulnerability he’d sensed in her. She was a woman who wanted to stand on her
own but probably wouldn’t mind if a strong arm was there to hold on to from
time to time. It would serve her well if she got together with Liam, as he was
often called away at a moment’s notice.
There
were two problems with his plan. The first was finding a time to get Crescentia
and Liam together. The second would be extricating himself from the scene. The
more time he spent with her, the more he wanted to spend. She was an intriguing
woman, and as a mystery writer he loved a good puzzle. He had an intuition that
to learn about this woman would take more than the lifetime he had left. And
that desire had nothing on the raging lust that hammered through his body every
time he looked at her. He wanted her for himself, and this was one area where
he couldn’t lay the groundwork for his brother.
Falling
for the prospective sister-in-law was definitely not part of the plot.
Alexia Adams Author Info:
Short Bio:
Alexia once traveled the world, meeting new people, experiencing new sights and tastes. She’s lived in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, and France, as well as spent time in Panama and Russia. When life demanded that she stay rooted in one place, she took to vicarious voyages through the characters she created in her romance novels. Her stories reflect her love of travel and feature locations as diverse as the wind-swept prairies of Canada to hot and humid cities in Asia.
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