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.