Excerpt of Road To Serendipity by Jannine Gallant

The shower was running when she pushed open the motel
room door. Setting their dinner on the table, she bent
down to pet Lucy and dropped her purse onto a chair. The
water stopped just as she opened the container holding
her sandwich. The smell of bacon made her stomach growl.
She took a bite and glanced up when the bathroom door
opened. Tyler stood in the doorway wearing nothing but a
thin white towel wrapped around his waist. Toast and
lettuce lodged in her throat, nearly strangling her.

“Hey, are you okay?”

She made an effort to control her coughing fit and wiped
streaming eyes. “Fine.”

Holding the towel in place, he limped out of the
bathroom. “Sorry, I didn’t realize you were back. I’ll
just get something to wear…” He reached into the open
duffel bag, grabbed a handful of clothes and retreated.

Kate stared at the firmly closed bathroom door, gasping
for breath. At her feet, Lucy whined and licked her
ankle. A vision of a broad chest covered with a nice
sprinkling of hair was burned onto her retinas. Tanned
arms hard with muscle, long toned legs, and an
endearingly sexy smile completed the picture. When he’d
bent over to grab his clothes, the towel molded his
backside in a way that increased her heart rate to
dangerous levels. Slowly she let out her breath.

Sharing a room with Tyler North was a huge mistake. The
man was positively lethal.