Secret under the Stars by Elizabeth Bevarly

Author:Elizabeth Bevarly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-08-07T22:49:59+00:00

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Marcy smiled as Max crooked his elbow, then slid her arm through his. She hoped he couldn’t hear her heart pounding in his ears the way she did as they made their way out to his truck. The sun hung low in the sky, burnishing everything in soft golds and ambers. The wind kicked up softly and blew a strand of her hair over her eyes, and they both reached for it at the same time. Max got there first, though, and gently guided the strand back, tucking it behind her ear. It was an innocent touch that should have barely registered. Somehow, though, it made something inside her that was already wound too tautly cinch tighter still.

He opened the creaky door and helped her inside, then made his way around the front to the driver’s side. She remembered him telling her no one ever rode on this side of the seat, something that suggested he didn’t date much. Or at least hadn’t for a while. Until tonight. This was a date, right? Unless maybe he had only invited her to dinner as a friend and was just being polite for old times’ sake? When he kissed her last night, it had just been a chaste little peck on the cheek, and she had been surprisingly disappointed by that. Maybe she was wrong, thinking there had been something else going on between them over the past few days besides reigniting an old friendship that had never really been that much of a friendship. Maybe he still just wanted to be friends. Maybe she’d been completely misreading him this week.

And why did it bother her so much that that might be the case?

“This is seriously the only vehicle you have to drive?” she asked when he was sitting behind the wheel.

“Yep,” he told her. “This gets me wherever I want to go. I don’t need anything else.”

Meaning he wasn’t concerned about impressing—or even accommodating—a potential romantic interest. So maybe he didn’t see her as a romantic interest. Which, of course, was fine, because, naturally, she didn’t expect—or even want—anything romantic to blossom between them. She still wasn’t positive he wasn’t a thief. How could she possibly want—or even expect—something romantic to blossom between them?

Max made his way down the road that used to be her driveway and headed toward town. His farm, she knew, was on the other side of Endicott, meaning she would get to see many of her old proving grounds as they drove. She hadn’t really done much sightseeing since her return. She hadn’t even gone into town for any length of time since that first day, when she saw Max at the bookstore. Part of the reason for her self-isolation was her hope that she might get some writing done while she was here—hah—and part was due to her wanting to just keep a low profile and avoid seeing people she would have to talk to or, worse, reminisce with.

As she and Max drove through

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