“You’re not useless,” Maddie said. “Don’t say that. You’ve been so much help with everything.”
“You’re the rock star, love. You amaze me with how you take everything in stride, even twin newborns.”
“Twin newborns with you are easier than single motherhood was with Thomas. Everything is easier when we do it together.”
“I can’t wait until we can do it together again,” he said, waggling his brows as he leaned in to kiss her.
“Not until the snip.”
“Stop talking about that. You’re hurting his feelings.”
Maddie’s laughter disturbed Emma, who wailed indignantly and woke up her sister. “Look what you and your thing have done now.”
“I’m offended on behalf of my thing.” Mac picked up Evie while Maddie tended to Emma.
“You and your thing will be just fine.”
“I’ll be just fine as long as I have you and our kids.”
“I’d say at this point, you’re stuck with us.”
“Thank God for that.” With five of his children sleeping under his roof and a sixth one forever in his heart, Mac McCarthy Jr. considered himself the luckiest man on Gansett Island.
Look for Resilience After Dark, the next book in the Gansett Island Series, out on July 19, 2022!
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Second chances show up when you're not looking for them...
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Cindy Lawry needs a new roommate now that her sister Julia has moved in with her fiancé, Deacon. When she can’t find anyone, she puts up a flyer in the window of the Curl Up & Dye salon where she works as a hair stylist and at other places around town. With the summer season ending, she can’t afford to live alone, and she doesn’t want to move in with her mom and her new husband. So the roommate search is on, but she’s not getting many inquiries. After growing up in an abusive household, she’s anxious about letting a stranger into her home and her life.
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Jace Carson needs to find a new place to live. The employee housing at the Beachcomer is right out of Animal House, and he’s way past the point in life where living like that is fun. All he wants is a quiet place to be in between working as a bartender at the Beachcomber and visits with his young sons, who live on the island. When he sends a text to the number on the flyer he saw at the grocery store, he doesn’t expect the recipient to be Cindy, the woman he’s been flirting with for weeks at the Beachcomber bar. She comes in and orders water because she suffers from migraines and apologizes for taking up a seat at his bar. He loves having her and her sweet smile at his bar, but he’s not sure that living with her would be such a good idea, especially since all he thinks about every time he sees her is how much he’d like to kiss her.
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It’s autumn on Gansett Island, and the residents are settling in for another long winter of cold days and cozy nights. Celebrate the 25th book in the Gansett Island Series, and catch up with some of your favorite characters from past books while Cindy and Jace struggle to overcome demons from the past that threaten their chance at happily ever after.
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Thank you for reading Temptation After Dark! I hope you loved Cooper and Gigi’s story as well as the chance to catch up with some of our other friends on Gansett Island. For those of you who guessed that Jace and Cindy are next up—you are correct! I’m very much looking forward to writing their story and to moving things forward for the rest of the Lawry siblings in book 25, Resilience After Dark. I think that’s the perfect title to sum up two people who’ve survived the rough stuff and are now in a place to reap the rewards of true love. I can’t believe we’re heading for book 25! It’s so exciting to see Gansett Island going strong, ten years after Maid for Love was released—and with no end in sight!
If you’d like to chat about Temptation with other readers, join the reader group at facebook.com/groups/temptationafterdark. You can also join the Gansett Island Reader Group at facebook.com/groups/McCarthySeries to keep up with all the series news.
Thank you to the wonderful team that supports me behind the scenes: Julie Cupp, Lisa Cafferty, Jean Mello, Andrea Buschell and Ashley Lopez. A shoutout to Diane Lugar, the Gansett Island cover designer, and to my beta readers Anne Woodall and Kara Conrad. Thanks to my editors Linda Ingmanson and Joyce Lamb as well as Dan, Emily and Jake.
Huge thanks to my Gansett Island Series beta readers: Judy, Marianne, Mona, Jennifer, Andi, Jennifer, Julianne, Betty, Doreen, Betty, Melanie, Michelle, Jaime, Kelly and Gwen. Once again, you all saved my bacon with your great catches on the final draft of Temptation!
And finally, a huge thanks to the readers who have embraced the Gansett Island for the last decade. Looking forward to much more to come!
Xoxo
Marie
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The Gansett Island Series
Book 1: Maid for Love
(Maddie & Mac)
Book 2: Fool for Love
(Joe & Janey)
Book 3: Ready for Love
(Luke & Sydney)
Book 4: Falling for Love
(Grant & Stephanie)
Book 5: Hoping for Love
(Evan & Grace)
Book 6: Season for Love
(Owen & Laura)
Book 7: Longing for Love
(Blaine & Tiffany)
Book 8: Waiting for Love
(Adam & Abby)
Book 9: Time for Love
(David & Daisy)
Book 10: Meant for Love
(Jenny & Alex)
Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)
Book 11: Gansett After Dark
(Owen & Laura)
Book 12: Kisses After Dark
(Shane & Katie)
Book 13: Love After Dark
(Paul & Hope)
Book 14: Celebration After Dark
(Big Mac & Linda)
Book 15: Desire After Dark
(Slim & Erin)
Book 16: Light After Dark
(Mallory & Quinn)
Book 17: Victoria & Shannon (Episode 1)
Book 18: Kevin & Chelsea (Episode 2)
A Gansett Island Christmas Novella
Book 19: Mine After Dark
(Riley & Nikki)
Book 20: Yours After Dark
(Finn & Chloe)
Book 21: Trouble After Dark
(Deacon & Julia)
Book 22: Rescue After Dark
(Mason & Jordan)
Book 23: Blackout After Dark
(Full Cast)
Book 24: Temptation After Dark
(Gigi & Cooper)
Book 25: Resilience After Dark, Coming July 19, 2022!
(Jace & Cindy)
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Gansett Island Boxed Set, Books 1-3
Gansett Island Boxed Set, Books 4-6
Gansett Island Boxed Set, Books 7-9