Hot Spell (The Wrong Bed Book 48) by Michelle Rowen

Author:Michelle Rowen [Rowen, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Ghosts, Psychics, Series, Harlequin Blaze
Amazon: B002SVQCH4
Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
Published: 2009-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

THE WOMAN looked so much like an older version of Amanda he would have known it was her mother without being told. After all, he’d memorized every nuance of her daughter’s face. He couldn’t erase it from his mind if he wanted to.

She shared Amanda’s beautiful smile, as well. “You must be David,” she said. “Amanda, he is very handsome.”

Amanda moved toward her mother’s side, carefully avoiding Jacob’s eyes. “No, this isn’t David, actually. This is…uh…Jacob Caine. He’s a coworker of mine. Jacob, this is my mother, Madeleine Harper.”

The smile faded from Madeleine’s face and was replaced with an expression of disapproval. “I see. A coworker, you say?”

Amanda nodded and studied the floor.

“Great to meet you,” Jacob said. “And thanks for calling me handsome.”

Amanda’s lips quirked at that as she repressed a smile.

So this was the woman who didn’t approve of her daughter and had made her feel abnormal because of her abilities, huh? He could barely believe what Amanda had told him last night, that her father had abandoned their family because he couldn’t deal with having a psychically gifted daughter.

The thought made his blood boil. Who would turn their back on their family for a stupid reason like that? No wonder Amanda had major hang-ups about what she could do. She’d never been properly nurtured. Nobody had told her while growing up that there was absolutely nothing wrong or abnormal about her.

Instead she’d grown up feeling like a freak of nature for being psychic, and that was so deeply embedded in her that she couldn’t see any differently now that she was an adult.

She couldn’t see how wonderful and amazing she was. Well, he could see it. He could see it only too clearly.

Amanda’s forehead was furrowed in a frown and she raised her gaze to his.

Shit, she heard me, he thought. Why do I have to think so much?

Madeleine was studying them a bit too intently. “Where is David right now, dear?”

Amanda’s shoulders stiffened. “On his way back to his office in New York.”

“He works on Sundays?”

“He’s very dedicated to his job. He owns the company. He’ll be back for my going-away party on Tuesday night and then he’ll stay to help me move out on Wednesday.”

Madeleine looked satisfied with that answer. “He sounds like a wonderful man.”

Yeah, Jacob thought. Wonderfully, boringly normal. You’d definitely approve of the wonderfully, boringly normal life he plans to give your daughter.

That earned him a sharp glare from Amanda, but he ignored it. It amused him a little that he could still push her buttons without even saying a word out loud.

“You said you came here for a meeting?” Madeleine directed the question at Jacob.

“I did.”

“I’m curious about what kind of a meeting my daughter had planned for a Sunday morning just as her boyfriend has left town.”

Jacob repressed a smile. “It is unusual timing, isn’t it?”

Madeleine wasn’t amused. “I know I’m not a large part of my daughter’s life anymore, but I am fully invested in her happiness. And I’m also a quick study.

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