“Good luck with that,” Autumn said. “But yes—rest as much as you can. The restaurant will be there when you’re ready.”
“It really is a beautiful view,” Fila said. “I could sit out here all day.”
Sunshine agreed as she shifted Sienna to a better position and reached down to pat Duke’s head. He’d turned out to be a loyal dog who was never far from her side. She, Sienna and Duke often spent much of the day out here. Cole had bought comfortable deck furniture and he always made sure she had everything she might need before he went out to work in the barns. He checked back on them as often as he could, too. Sometimes he took Sienna and held her while Sunshine napped. She’d wake to find him watching her, a fond smile on his face.
When the women left, Cole brought her dinner and sat beside her, a plate in each hand. “You look happy,” he said. “Did you have a good visit?”
“I did. I love it—it’s like being in a flock of babies when everyone comes over.” They’d been doing so several times a week. She shifted Sienna into her bouncer seat on the deck in front of them. The baby gurgled, but settled in, almost asleep already.
“I’m glad you have company. But I also like it when they go home and I get you to myself.”
“You don’t think I’m lazy spending my days lounging while you work?”
“Are you kidding?” He speared a slice of melon off of her plate and ate it. “I love knowing exactly where you are. It makes my day to come visit my girls.”
“It won’t always be like this.”
“That’s okay. I’ll love that, too.”
Sunshine snuggled against his arm and popped a strawberry into her mouth. “You are the best husband ever, you know that?”
“I don’t know about that, but I do know you are the best wife.”
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Unbreak My Heart
Melanie Shawn
Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!
LUNA
For ten long years, Luna Dobrevsi has managed to avoid setting foot back in Valentine Bay, the gorgeous Oregon Coast town where she was raised by her Grandma Grace and Grandpa Serge. The reason for that absence was easy to pinpoint: Connor Adams. Her first love. She was so afraid that if she saw him again, she'd never be able to leave.
When her grandfather has a heart attack at Christmastime, though, she has to come back. Now the only question is...will she leave again? Or maybe it's...why did she ever want to in the first place?
CONNOR
When Connor Adams watched his first love Luna drive off to college, he knew they were breaking up. That part was very clear. What he hadn't known, though, was that it would be the last time he'd ever see her.
Until now, anyway. She came back to help take care of her grandfather after his heart attack, and when he sees her, all the old feelings rush back. In fact, he realizes they never really left. Now he just has to wonder...does she feel the same?
Can the magic of Christmas in Valentine Bay give a pair of brokenhearted high school sweethearts a second chance at love?
Unbreak My Heart
by
Melanie Shawn
Melanie Shawn © 2019
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Chapter 1
Luna
Driving through the dark and listening to random Christmas music on the radio, Luna couldn’t help but feel like Meg Ryan at the beginning of Sleepless in Seattle. That movie was one of her favorites in a genre of her own creation - namely, movies that weren’t technically Christmas movies but that took place, at least partly, at Christmastime.
Sure, it was tough to boil that down to a snappy one-word descriptor like “Drama” or “Action,” but that didn’t make it any less valid.
Christmas had always been one of Luna’s favorite holidays but she’d never been able to stomach the saccharine sweetness of so-called “Christmas Movies.” So, as a compromise, she’d watch movies that happened at the holidays but weren’t about them. Die Hard. Gremlins. Lethal Weapon. Home Alone. And, yes. Sleepless in Seattle.
There was just something about watching people onscreen going about their business with holiday lights and carols in the background that always put her in the holiday spirit.
That Christmas spirit was tough to find as she sped toward her grandparents’ house that night. It felt more like a nightmare than a dream. Just that morning, she’d been cheerfully preparing for their arrival at her apartment in San Francisco, with Marc Broussard’s Magnolias & Mistletoe album on her speakers as she put the finishing touches on her tree decorations.
When Grandma Grace had called her cell phone, she hadn’t been immediately worried. She’d just figured that maybe their flight had gotten in early. But, no. She’d been calling to tell Luna that she and Grandpa Serge had to cancel their annual Christmas weekend trip to San Francisco. He’d had some chest pains and was in the hospital.