Lies and Solace by Jana Richards

Author:Jana Richards [Richards, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9780995279100
Publisher: Jana Richards
Published: 2018-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Ethan’s truck pulled into the yard and a thrill of anticipation pulsed through Harper’s blood. He’d been away for four days, and she’d missed him desperately. After she’d come home from her shift at Miller’s last week, he’d told her he needed to leave for Minneapolis the next morning. The news disappointed her since he’d only spent three nights at the lodge. She hoped Willy’s sudden appearance hadn’t put him off. He seemed to understand, and was sympathetic to her desire to help her friend, but then a couple of days later he was gone.

Was he going back to Minneapolis for more than work? Was he going back to a woman?

She wanted to believe Ethan would never lie to her. She wanted to banish the seed of doubt that had suddenly taken root in her thoughts. But now that the thought had been planted, it was difficult to dismiss.

For now, she pushed aside her misgivings and opened the front door for him. When he stepped into the front foyer with a smile and swept her into his arms, she forgot all her doubts. Ethan was here and he was hers.

“I missed you,” he whispered against her hair. He stroked her back. “I hate being away from you.”

She leaned back to look into his face. “Then don’t go away. I miss you, too.”

He cupped her face in his hands. “I wish I didn’t have to leave, but I’ve got work responsibilities in the city.”

Maybe if she was a different woman, one confidant in her ability to keep a man, she’d ask him not to leave, even demand it. But she wasn’t that woman. She had no hold on him, sexual or otherwise.

Especially sexual.

He stroked her cheek. “Hey, don’t look so sad. I’m home now.”

Home. She wondered if he realized what he’d said, and what the word implied. She made herself smile. “Yes, you are.”

She wound her arms around his neck and brought his mouth to hers. In a nanosecond, their kiss changed from sweet and chaste to hot and demanding. Harper pressed herself against him, needing to be closer, needing to feel his desire for her. The hard length of his erection pushed against her stomach, and she reveled in the knowledge that he wanted her. She wanted to give herself to him, body and soul. She wanted him inside her.

Where does he really go when he leaves me? Who does he see?

Icy doubt jolted her eyes open. She ended the kiss abruptly and stepped away. If she gave herself to Ethan and he didn’t return her feelings, it would destroy her.

Like it had destroyed her mother.

She’d never shared her thoughts with her sisters, but she believed what had gone wrong with her parents’ marriage had been infidelity. Her father had been away from home so often. Perhaps he’d been seeing someone else.

“I’m sorry. I can’t.” She hated that even though she cared deeply for Ethan, even imagined herself in love with him, she couldn’t bring herself to trust him.

Ethan’s breathing was erratic, his eyes glassy with desire.

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