I’m having a hard enough time understanding the tricks my mind is playing on me. Only a fool wouldn’t notice how attractive Morgan is. I get all the hot-guy notions in my head that have happened since I was old enough to realize boys didn’t have cooties. Anticipating him talking to me has my stomach in knots. Then he says something and I’m flustered. What’s happened to me comes back full force. I’m afraid of what he thinks of me already. Terrified of the change in his opinion if he knew. Realizing the confidence I used to have—or downright girlish stupidity that I had any shot with a guy like him—is gone.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter if Morgan gives me a second glance. He’s nice to me because he has to be. It’s an extension of the kindness he shows to Owen out of respect for Kimber and Trig.
Morgan has to mean something to them or he wouldn’t be staying here. I’ve racked my brain for a logical conclusion. I’ve racked my brain for a logical conclusion. The only thing I’ve come up with is Morgan is Trig’s the way I’m Kimber’s. He’d have mentioned that when he was poking around about Trig being my stepdad, wouldn’t he? I wish someone had the decency to set me straight.
Jody’s husband asked what she’d been doing all day. After five years she finally confessed, “When no one is around, I write.”
Okay, it was more like it was more like a bunch of stammering and trying to get out of saying a thing. Jody’s a writer. You want it pretty. Let’s compromise.
“Just finish one,” he said, challenging her to complete a story and share it. Little did he know that those words of encouragement meant they’d return from a family vacation with a wild and defiant set of quintuplets stumbling their way through life. Wasn’t raising their three sons enough?
A native of nowhere, Jody settled in New England for 17 years before agreeing to uproot her brood of boys and move to North Carolina. She spends most of her time reading, writing, and hoping that her ravenous children haven’t eaten all the ingredients before she cooks dinner.
Aidy has endured a traumatic event that no one should have to experience. Her way of dealing with the aftermath hasn’t allowed her to get closure or heal until Morgan comes into her life and sees a kindred soul.
Morgan has a painful past of his own and all he wants is a fresh start. Morgan can see the pain that Aidy is in and he is determined to show that she can trust him with not only her heart but her past as well.
The strength and resilience of Aidy shines through while Morgan is patient and understanding. This story takes us on an emotion filled journey as they prove that with love and support anything can be overcome.