Harlequin Special Edition March 2025 Box Set by Christine Rimmer Tara Taylor Quinn Michelle Lindo-Rice and Tif Marcelo

Author:Christine Rimmer, Tara Taylor Quinn, Michelle Lindo-Rice and Tif Marcelo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Published: 2025-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Aug. 2

He knew he was being a nuisance but he had to try. Ethan Harrington hadn’t become an Olympic-level swimmer by giving up easy.

Yet it appeared as if that was exactly what Kaylin Sampson wanted him to do. And though he respected her decision to end their fun fling at the close of June, he hadn’t been quite ready for the fun to end yet. Still wasn’t. Their high-energy, off-the-charts chemistry was a first for him and hard to forget. Not that he hadn’t tried.

But he also…cared. And therein was his dilemma.

He had seen those tears in Kaylin’s eyes and had experienced an immediate urge to fix whatever had caused her hurt. But she had disconnected instead of telling him what was wrong. And her sister, Courtney, loyal to a fault, wasn’t providing any answers.

“At least tell me if she’s okay,” Ethan pleaded, running a hand across his five-o’clock shadow. Ethan, Courtney and Brigg were gathered around the table for lunch, which consisted of a salad, grilled chicken and cheesy flatbread.

“I’m sure if she wasn’t, Courtney would be rushing off to see her,” Brigg said as he took a bite of his flatbread, careful not to mess up his uniform. Ethan knew his brother meant to be encouraging. His line of work in law enforcement required Brigg to be practical and reasonable. But Brigg’s words did nothing to reduce the gnaw in the pit of Ethan’s stomach.

“Is she?” he asked Courtney again.

Brigg ran a hand over his head, drawing Ethan’s attention to his tight lineup and fade, and scoffed. “You got it bad, bro.”

He cut his eyes at Brigg. Brigg, who was about to turn thirty in September, along with his twin brother, Caleb, seemed to be having a laugh at Ethan’s expense. Of his blended family of seven brothers, Ethan was dubbed the clown. He was lighthearted, good-natured, the life of the party, and he had developed that same attitude toward dating. Losing his mother at an early age had made him wary of forming lasting relationships and of falling in love. When Ethan and his brother Drake had lost their mother at the hand of a drunk driver as children, he vividly recalled his father, Patrick, mentioning how devastated he had been at that loss.

Though Ethan had been a toddler, Patrick’s stories of how he had curled into himself, unable to provide for Ethan and Drake, unable to help them process their grief, resounded within him. According to his father, it wasn’t until he’d met Tanya, a single mother of a son, Axel, that Patrick returned to his former self. Patrick and Tanya then adopted Hawk and Lynx—two white foster siblings, and the oldest Harringtons—before Tanya gave birth to fraternal twins, Brigg and Caleb.

However, Ethan never forgot his father’s account of how he had been in his grief-stricken state. That left a lasting impression on Ethan and he’d decided that he was never giving his heart to a woman like that. Ever. His motto was Have a Fun Fling and Then Forget About It.

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