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For Jake Landry, Erin Shaw was always off-limits–too young, too innocent, and his kid sister’s best friend. Home now after a decade of military service, Jake finds Erin all grown up…but she’s still off-limits. War has left him with scars invisible to anyone but him, and a relationship is the last thing he’s looking for.

As a teenager, Erin had a hopeless crush on her friend’s big brother. Now that she’s an adult, she thinks she’s put all that behind her. But when she sees Jake again, she discovers her old feelings are alive and well…and blossoming into something new.

Jake doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after. And since he can’t give Erin what she deserves, he tries to stay away from her. But when the attraction between them turns explosive, his resistance starts to crumble. Will Erin find a way past Jake’s armor all the way to his heart?

Waiting for You is a contemporary romance novel of 56,000 words. It’s the third book about the Landry family, and follows Cross My Heart (Jenna and Michael’s story) and The Millionaire’s Wish (Allison and Rick’s story).

EXCERPT

Erin glanced out the window as a sudden gust of wind rattled the panes. The snow was coming down harder, and the wind was rising. She hated the idea of Jake going back out into that.

“You should stay,” she said. “The storm’s getting worse. You can sleep on my couch,” she added, to make it clear she wasn’t propositioning him or anything like that.

“I can’t stay.” His voice was harsh, and there was a flicker of something in his eyes, there and then gone.

“Jake, what’s wrong? What happened in the last five minutes?”

He shook his head. “Nothing. What time should I pick you up tomorrow?”

She took a half step closer. She wanted so badly to touch him, to ease the tension in him somehow, that she couldn’t stop herself from laying a hand on his arm. Underneath his suit jacket, his muscles went rigid.

He pulled away from her and reached behind him for the doorknob. “I’ll come back at eight in the morning. Good night, Erin.”

She should let him go. Everything about him was telling her to back off, his body language as clear as an animal’s with its hackles raised and a low growl in its throat.

Instead she stepped close again, although she didn’t touch him this time. “Stay,” she said.

For a moment he was still. She heard the rasp of his breath, the voice of the wind outside.

Then, slowly, he reached up a hand to cup the side of her face.

The feel of his rough palm on her skin awoke something inside her. Up until this moment, she would have sworn her only desire was to comfort him, to be a friend, to give him shelter from the storm outside.

Now she knew better.

For Jake Landry, Erin Shaw was always off-limits–too young, too innocent, and his kid sister’s best friend. Home now after a decade of military service, Jake finds Erin all grown up…but she’s still off-limits. War has left him with scars invisible to anyone but him, and a relationship is the last thing he’s looking for.

As a teenager, Erin had a hopeless crush on her friend’s big brother. Now that she’s an adult, she thinks she’s put all that behind her. But when she sees Jake again, she discovers her old feelings are alive and well…and blossoming into something new.

Jake doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after. And since he can’t give Erin what she deserves, he tries to stay away from her. But when the attraction between them turns explosive, his resistance starts to crumble. Will Erin find a way past Jake’s armor all the way to his heart?

Waiting for You is a contemporary romance novel of 56,000 words. It’s the third book about the Landry family, and follows Cross My Heart (Jenna and Michael’s story) and The Millionaire’s Wish (Allison and Rick’s story).

EXCERPT

Erin glanced out the window as a sudden gust of wind rattled the panes. The snow was coming down harder, and the wind was rising. She hated the idea of Jake going back out into that.

“You should stay,” she said. “The storm’s getting worse. You can sleep on my couch,” she added, to make it clear she wasn’t propositioning him or anything like that.

“I can’t stay.” His voice was harsh, and there was a flicker of something in his eyes, there and then gone.

“Jake, what’s wrong? What happened in the last five minutes?”

He shook his head. “Nothing. What time should I pick you up tomorrow?”

She took a half step closer. She wanted so badly to touch him, to ease the tension in him somehow, that she couldn’t stop herself from laying a hand on his arm. Underneath his suit jacket, his muscles went rigid.

He pulled away from her and reached behind him for the doorknob. “I’ll come back at eight in the morning. Good night, Erin.”

She should let him go. Everything about him was telling her to back off, his body language as clear as an animal’s with its hackles raised and a low growl in its throat.

Instead she stepped close again, although she didn’t touch him this time. “Stay,” she said.

For a moment he was still. She heard the rasp of his breath, the voice of the wind outside.

Then, slowly, he reached up a hand to cup the side of her face.

The feel of his rough palm on her skin awoke something inside her. Up until this moment, she would have sworn her only desire was to comfort him, to be a friend, to give him shelter from the storm outside.

Now she knew better.

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