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I’m continuing with snippets from TOUCH ME, ALINTA Bay Book 4.
Lexie struggles with the challenges of single parenthood, a new job, growing feelings for a park ranger, and her husband’s sudden return. 🌊
Today’s snippet is Lexie’s POV.
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TODAY’S SNIPPET:
Her shoulders slouched. Hadn’t she learnt from her mistakes? She’d just hung up the phone on the man who’d cheated on her many times. There were a whole lot of reasons not to drool over someone new.
Turning off the phone, she stood and went inside to the kitchen, worn out from a long day.
One man had cheated on her, so why did she assume all men were like Eric?
She heaved a sigh. To protect her heart. It was as simple as that.
On the day of her wedding, she had promised Eric to love him through good times and bad. Little had she known then that her promise would be such a farce. But she had loved him and she had been in this marriage for the long haul. Unfortunately, the bad times had been beyond her strength and even though she didn’t like it, leaving the marriage had been the right decision for her and Zoe. Did that mean, though, all men were like Eric? Jesse had been so good to them today and he had cared so much about Zoe when she’d helped him at the animal shelter.
Goddamn. Why couldn’t life be easy?
Placing her cup into the dishwasher, she gave a raw chuckle. She had only recently left her husband behind and was already thinking about another man. Was she that desperate? Didn’t she need some healing first?
Lexie lifted her hands and studied them. They were still red and itchy from the eczema. How she would’ve loved to touch Jesse’s hand, even if just for a short while. And even just for not being rude. After all, he’d stopped for them and had been so kind. But hiding her hands in front of others had become a habit. Just like walking around with gloves, sometimes even in summer. With her shoulders slouched, she headed to her bedroom, glad that her skin disorder was at least getting better. The doctor had diagnosed it as a stress condition, and stressed she had been the last couple of months. And it was such a relief to see how it improved from day to day since moving to Alinta Bay. She picked up her tube of cream and gently messaged it over her hands. Eric had often complained about her hands, and she would’ve loved to blame him for it. Alas, she hadn’t.
It seemed not only her heart needed healing; her body did, too.
BLURB:
She loves the feel of his skin beneath her hands …
Lexie Marshall packs up and moves 3,000 km east with her daughter Zoe, to forget and move on. Now, all that matters is her daughter and her new job. She tries hard to stay focussed, but the sexy and extremely kind park ranger, Jesse, is not making it easy. And when her husband shows up in the small coastal town creating chaos, all she can do is hang on and trust her new friends.
After his last girlfriend walked out on him, Jesse Parker is doing just fine on his own. Until his accidental meeting with single mother Lexie, when he rescues her and her daughter from getting lost in the forest. But when her past catches up with her, he is right in the middle of it all and it might ruin his career.
Will returning to her old life be the only chance to save his career?
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