βYou okay?β Derek asked.
She laughed to cover up her embarrassment. βSee? This is exactly why I hate
being in these inflatable things.β
βAt least Iβm not jumping all around you like some mean boys did when you were
twelve years old,β Derek teased.
βI guess. And at least youβre not chanting βwe saw your pink pantiesβ,β she said
dryly.
Derek helped her up, not giving an indication if heβd had an eyeful of herβ¦
well⦠pink undies.
Frankly, she wouldnβt have minded if he had. In fact, sheβd love it if Derek saw
her nakedβas long as he was naked with her in a room with a bed. Ugh, how bad
did she still have it?
Captured by
Love
How can Derek be with the woman he loves when he has to stay with the one
he doesnβt?
Derek McCarthy wonβt rest until he proves that his cunning uncle was
responsible for his fatherβs death. But due to their frosty relationship, the
only way he could get into his uncleβs properties to search for the evidence
that could expose his well-respected uncleβs crimes is to keep pretending that
he and the daughter of his uncleβs business partner are in love. But his
feelings for his friend Bernadette Luna keep getting stronger, so when an
arrangement with his girlfriend-in-name-only enables him to date Bernadette, he
grabs it with both hands. Unfortunately, he is soon faced with a heart-breaking
choice: risk his uncle discovering his ruse and destroying the evidence, or risk
losing Bernadette forever.
Should Bernadette follow her heart or listen to her head?
Bernadette Luna has been secretly in love with Derek McCarthy for ages. When
Derek finally shows his attraction to her, she is ecstatic. He is truly the man
of her dreams. But when she discovers that Derek might be keeping secrets from
her, she has to make a decision: follow her heart or listen to her head. Problem
is, her heart has misled her many times before, especially when it comes to
Derek.
Romance Suspense
[Author Self-Published, On Sale: November 30, 2017,
e-Book, ISBN: 2940154875995 / eISBN: 9781540189219]
Miranda P. Charles is the author of more than eighteen steamy and stirring
contemporary romance novels.
She prefers to spend her time in front of her
laptop, putting into words the love stories that play in her head. Don't get her
started with reading a great book, though, because she has the tendency to not
put it down until she gets to the last page.
She does have a life outside
of books. Mostly, that consists of bonding with family and friends or going on
romantic trips with her awesome husband (who, thankfully, puts up with her
hermit-like daily routine). Oh, yeah, there's also the housework. But she really
wishes someone else could do that for her so she could get back to her
books!
She lives in the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia.
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