Sweet Serenade (Riverbend Romance 3) by Valerie Comer

Author:Valerie Comer [Comer, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Novella, Series, Christian, Religious, Faith, Inspirational, Spirituality, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Riverbend, Canadian Town, River Guide, Canoe Builder, Bonfire, Water-Sport, Competition, Cedar Strip Canoe, Painful Past, Running Rapids, Summertime
Goodreads: 25864211
Publisher: GreenWords Media
Published: 2015-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

~*~

Carly felt like a brazen woman as a flush stole up Reed’s tanned neck. So many guys wouldn’t think twice about holding a woman’s hand, but, to Reed, it obviously was a big deal. He’d apologized for kissing her yesterday, but hadn’t made it sound like a negative, even so.

“Thanks for coming by after work. I wasn’t looking forward to a lonely evening at the apartment watching so-called reality TV with Brittany.” She swung their joined hands a little, just to catch a glimpse of them in her peripheral.

“Me either. I mean I don’t like to watch TV when I could be outside. I didn’t mean I watched it with your cousin.”

How cute was his blundering? Carly nudged his arm with her shoulder. “No?”

He met her gaze, and his fingers tightened around hers. Those deep brown eyes held untold mysteries.

For a second Carly forgot to breathe. Then a drop of ice cream dribbled onto her hand. She sucked in a deep breath and ran her tongue around the edge of the cone.

Reed’s eyes watched as though mesmerized.

She nudged him again. “Yours is dripping, too.”

He seemed startled as he lifted his cone and looked at it. “You’re right.”

“Of course I’m right. Don’t forget.”

“I’ll keep it in mind.” His grin returned, and so did that dimple. He turned his attention to his ice cream.

Right. They’d been walking. Carly tugged him into motion again. A few minutes later they wandered onto a paved walkway in Riverside Park. Rose bushes bloomed all around the crisp white gazebo, and well-tended flowerbeds lined the walkways with petunias, marigolds, and alyssum.

Shouts of happy children sounded from nearer the river. Carly pointed. “What’s going on over there?”

“Riverbend’s newest attraction. Swimming ponds.”

“You mean outdoor pools?”

Reed pulled her in that direction. “Not exactly. These aren’t chlorinated and pristine.” He grinned. “You could say the river runs through them.”

“This I have to see.”

And a few minutes later, she did. A little waterfall tumbled into a large round pond, a sandy beach reaching well beyond the water level. Another manmade stream tumbled into a second pond and from there into a third, where the water returned to the river beyond.

“Amazing.”

Reed leaned closer, pointing. “The top one is the shallowest, and the bottom one the deepest.”

Which would explain why the top level was full of parents knee-deep in water pulling toddlers on floatie toys. And why the pond farthest away had tween boys engaged in a battle of epic proportions with water guns. She narrowed her eyes as she scanned more closely. “No lifeguards?”

“Didn’t you see the posted sign? Use at your own risk. Riverbend assumes no liability for anyone using these ponds.”

“I think I’d rather swim in the river, myself.”

Reed’s grip on her hand tightened. “That could be arranged.”

Carly nestled against him, pulling their joint hands behind her. By the surprise on Reed’s face, he hadn’t expected her ploy. They stared at each other from mere centimeters apart. “Want to?” she whispered at last.

He swallowed hard. “Maybe not tonight.”

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