Tides of Desire_A Christmas Romance by Tracy Sumner

Author:Tracy Sumner [Sumner, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 48411789
Published: 2019-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

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Macy paced the length of Caleb’s workroom, flipping the telegram from one hand to the other like it would singe her skin if she held it for more than a second.

She licked her lips and halted in the center of the room. Unfolded the sheet, bent back the corner over the word accepted. Took a deep breath that delivered his intoxicating scent and a dozen sensual recollections. Practice, Mouse. Don’t think about his wondrous hands. His talented lips. How thoughtful he is. How generous. How the ground drops away the moment you see him. Not right now. “Caleb. Cale. I received a…I mean to say, with regard to the residency program, I would like to propose—” She swore beneath her breath and continued her march to the wall and back. Not propose. Men got nervous when a woman used that word. And she wasn’t expecting marriage, although most women would at this point.

The details were immaterial. Love wasn’t.

I don’t want the position in Philadelphia.

I want more. Longer. Forever.

Here. With you.

“I will even help decorate your house, which currently looks like your eight-year-old nephew did the job.” Because I, Elinor Macy Dallas, love you, Caleb Eli Garrett. Laughing, she spun in a wild circle until she got so dizzy, she had to catch her balance on the hull of his unfinished skiff. The wood was smooth beneath her fingers. Slick, cool. Molten brown in the muted light thrown from the sconce.

Oh, how she appreciated his talent.

It wasn’t only boats he was good with, she thought with a wicked smile. If he touched her with so much as his pinky, ownership of her body shifted like a draft deposited in his bank, no longer hers in any way.

Now, it was time to shift ownership of her heart.

She sighed and thrust the telegram in her pocket. How to tell him?

But when he arrived, bringing a wintry chill with him, it was obvious someone already had.

She smoothed her hand over wood still serrated in places and tried to suppress a memory that would only complicate the discussion. Two nights ago, holding on to this very section of the boat with Caleb standing behind her, thrusting in the most leisurely motion he was able to maintain, or so he’d whispered against her shoulder, deliberateness she’d begged for release from. It had been the most erotic night of her life. Beyond anything she’d ever dreamed she would share with a man. Beyond who she thought she could be. “Let me guess. Someone read my telegram.” She gave the hull a soft tap when she felt like racing to him. Unexpectedly, and for one of the first times, he looked unapproachable. “Small town charms.”

He closed the door and leaned against it. Crossed his ankles and his arms, closing himself off. Slipping away like fog over the inlet. “You want to hear something I now find pretty damn amusing?” He ran his hand over the stubble dotting his jaw. The man shaved in the morning and by noon, needed to shave again.

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