Lana Biel's has one goal in her life, and that is to see
the world. One thing after another has kept her in
Vermont, but she has a plan now, and can see the end of the
tunnel. She helps her sister, Karin, at the Wildflower
Barn, a nursery that specializes in nature's beautiful
flora. Lana's best friend is Eli Ward, and they decided
in high school that they were better friends than lovers.
Eli is an astrophysicist, specializing in finding
meteorites, and does travel the world. Tomorrow he
returns home after being gone for ten months, and he has
decided that he is going to ask Lana to marry him.
Lana has been seeing a mountain biker named Ron for the
last few months. Eli arrives home a day early to surprise
Lana on her birthday, but he gets the surprise when he
walks in on Lana in bed with Ron. Even though Eli and
Lana don't have a sexual relationship, Eli still feels
betrayed. He comes to grips with the fact that Lana will
never be his, and begins dating someone else.
Two months later Ron is gone, Eli is seriously involved
with someone, and Lana finds herself pregnant. Her sister
and husband have been trying to have a baby for years with
no luck, so Lana's guilt keeps piling up. She needs Eli's
quiet presence, but doesn't feel she has the right to ask
him to be her friend again.
Lisa Dale has a powerful voice and the ability to create
strong characters that are truly real. IT HAPPENED ONE
NIGHT is a beautiful, elegantly written story that will
more than likely find a special place in the reader's heart.
Lana Biel has always wanted to shake the dust of Vermont off
her feet and see the world, one exotic country after
another. But when a lighthearted spring fling changes her
life forever, she turns to the one man whose strong
shoulders can lighten any burden: her best friend, Eli Ward.
Eli has always been there for Lana--after all, that's what
best friends do. But Lana isn't the only one hiding
something. Eli is keeping secrets of his own that threaten
their relationship. Yet as summer turns to fall, new desires
awaken between them, even as old fears tear them apart.
Then, when another Vermont winter fills the valleys with
snow, Eli and Lana are given the chance for an adventure
greater than they ever dreamed possible...and a love that
will last for all time.
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