The prequel* to this novella, BLAME THE
MISTLETOE, tells the story of Liz falling for Blake over Christmas while her
daughter, Petra, and his son, Ethan, are away. Stuff happens. No spoilers on
that one!
But Liz does mention her brother in that story so I made him the hero of HIS BLUSHING
BRIDE and I thought I’d let Petra tell you about him, since, well,
you’ll see…
Okay, so my Uncle Sea Bass is, like, my favorite uncle. Technically, he’s my
only uncle, because both my mom and dad have sisters, but they’ve all been
married— Wait. Does Uncle Blake count? Because he was married to Aunty Crystal?
Never mind. Uncle Sea Bass was in my life more and Uncle Blake is already my
favorite step-dad and Mom hasn’t even married him yet. Whew. Dodged that bullet.
Anyway. Me and my cousins call him Uncle Sea Bass because, you know, Sebastian.
And, ugh, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but all of my friends say he’s really
hot. Which is gross because he’s my uncle, but I guess he is. He has blond hair
and looks like a surfy dude and he’s got muscles, so, whatever.
He’s coming to Marietta because Mom is marrying Blake. Mom says he’s being
protective, worrying that she’s marrying too fast, which is kind of cute, right?
I mean, he’s thirty-something and Mom is almost forty and he still cares about
his sister.
Anyway, we have to keep the room in the spa open for Meg, in case she needs a
break from Linc, so Uncle Sea Bass can’t stay with us. He’s staying at a house
in town owned by some people he met while traveling.
Here’s the weird part: My music teacher, Ms. Tierney, lives there. He said she
lives over the garage and he’s in the house and they’re just friends, but I’m
seventeen and Not. Stupid.
It’s not like I disapprove or anything. I like Ms. Tierney a lot. She’s super
nice and quite pretty if you don’t look at that birthmark on her face. I totally
caught Mr. Holden at the school checking out her butt, so guys think she’s hot.
I think it would be really cool if Uncle Sea Bass and Ms. Tierney got
together and he moved here to Marietta and they had super-cute babies and I
would have little cousins to babysit. Right?
But Uncle Sea Bass is like, I’m only in town until the wedding. I’m like,
Don’t you like Ms. Tierney? I caught them kissing so I know he does. Mom
says he’s a commitment-phobe and I heard her tell Blake that she told Uncle Sea
Bass not to mess around with her kid’s teacher, but that he never listens and
just does what he wants.
I’m going to keep trying, because if he thinks he can tell me who not to
date, I can tell him who he should.
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*All of my Montana Born books can be read as stand-alones, but if you like to
read a series in order, they go like this:
Book 1: HOMETOWN HERO (Skye & Chase)
Book 2: BLAME THE MISTLETOE (Liz & Blake)
Book 3: THE
BACHELOR'S BABY (Meg & Linc)
HIS BLUSHING
BRIDE is also part of Montana Born Brides Multi-Author Series. Again,
these can all be read as stand-alone, or as a series revolving around a
celebrity wedding that has come to Marietta.
Book 1: THE FAIRY TALE BRIDE by Scarlet Wilson
Book 2: HIS BLUSHING BRIDE by Dani Collins
Book 3: BRIDE BY MISTAKE by Nicole Helm
Book 4: FINALLY HIS BRIDE by Maisey Yates
Book 5: KISS THE BRIDE by Rachael Johns
Book 6: TWO NIGHTS WITH HIS BRIDE by Kat Latham
Wedding fever has hit the little town of Marietta...
Piper Tierney is busy wrapping up the school year and planning the music for
Marietta’s Wedding Of The Century. She does not need one of her parents’
backpacking hippies under foot. Except the guy they let stay in their house is
so much more than the California couch-surfer he resembles. Before she knows it,
she’s making time to make time, even though he’s only in town for a couple of weeks.
Taking a break from working on his doctorate in political science, Sebastian
Bloom wants to reassure himself his sister isn’t making another mistake with her
upcoming wedding to a Marietta rancher. He’s definitely not looking for a bride
for himself. Marriage and family are a trap. But Piper is cute, funny, and wants
to move on from her ex.
They agree to a no strings affair, but will they wind up tying the knot?
About Dani Collins
Award winning author Dani Collins wrote for twenty-five years before selling to
Harlequin Mills & Boon in May of 2012. Since then, she’s turned in more than
a dozen titles to Harlequin Presents and HarlequinE and four sexy, small-town
novellas to Tule’s Montana Born. She has even found homes for some of her
previously rejected manuscripts, including indie-publishing her single title
romantic comedy, Hustled To The Altar and signing with a small press for her
medieval fantasy, The Healer.
Dani doesn’t have any hobbies. She’s too busy writing. Look for SEDUCED INTO
THE GREEK'S WORLD from Harlequin Presents in June and HIS BLUSHING
BRIDE from
Montana Born, which releases as an ebook on all platforms May 11th, 2015.
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