Bound By Her Ring (23 page)

Finally she reached his side and the man walking Jasmine down the aisle to him placed her hand in his.

Thomas Anderson laid his hand over Luciano’s and Jasmine’s. “Look after them both, they are my life.”

Luciano appreciated the words. Over the last few months the three of them had worked through their differences and were now at a place where the past was forgotten.

Luciano place his free hand on the gentle swell of Jasmine’s stomach, where a new future for them all lay. “As they are my life too.” He removed his hand from Jasmine’s stomach and shook Thomas’s hand. “You have my word, I will love them for all eternity.”

With a nod Thomas walked away.

“Can we get married now?” Jasmine asked, her eyes glinting with tears as she looked at him.

“Definitely,” he said as he leaned in for a kiss.

A Basic Renovation

by Sandra Antonelli

When it comes down to it, rats in the oven trumps Lesley’s desire to never set eyes on another Brennan family member. So Lesley, a pro at property redevelopment, scrambles to Dominic Brennan’s hardware store for supplies. Dominic knows poison — rat and otherwise — and he sees it in Lesley. The woman ruined his brother’s life. Now that she’s back in town, Dominic’s afraid she’ll drag up the past, the secrets, and the pain. They clash immediately, but mix in a teenage boy, a puppy, some white paint, and some loud music, and what starts as cold fury transforms into a nuclear attraction. This basic renovation becomes a major life refurbishment for them both.

Arranged to Love

by Elizabeth Dunk

All her life, Madhuri Singh was sure she’d make an arranged marriage with an Indian man. But when the opportunity arrives at the same time a past lover returns to her life, Maddie finds herself torn between her culture and her desire.

All his life, Jack Faulkner was obsessed with taking over Faulkner Publications when his father retired. When the company is finally within his grasp, he finds himself face to face with the one woman who can make him forget everything.

What will win out — the dreams they’ve always held for their futures, or the passion that cannot be contained?

Valentine’s Dates

by Rhian Cahill

She’s done with the dating scene. He wants a lifetime of Valentine’s Dates.

Brent isn’t happy standing on the outside of yet another one of Valentine’s dates, except there isn’t a lot he can do when the woman only gives him the time of day to argue. He had his chance with Vee and he blew it. When she calls him in tears Brent’s only choice is to come to her rescue. And now that he’s got her safe in his arms, he’s going to make sure she stays there.

Vee can’t believe she let her frustration and anger with Brent goad her into accepting a date with a man she barely likes. It doesn’t matter how much she tries to convince herself her feelings for Brent were destroyed years ago, he’s still the first person she calls when her date leaves her stranded. Breaking down in his arms wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was kissing him.

Forced to face their past, they must forgive each other and themselves if there’s any hope for the love still burning between them.

ISBN: 9780857990181

Title: Bound by her Ring

Copyright © 2013 by Nicole Flockton

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