What A Girl Wants is book two in my Brookhollow Series and this one is about Bailey Sheppard and Ethan Bishop-the local mechanic and hockey coach/firefighter from book one-The Trouble With Mistletoe. If you loved Luke and Victoria from the first story-rest assured, they do make appearances in this next book, and I'm hoping you will enjoy Bailey and Ethan's story just as much. Here is a short, fun excerpt:)
At Victoria's bridal shower...
“Okay, well, if you aren’t seeing
anyone, who have you been texting all night?” Rachel asked. “I saw those
smiles, and it definitely wasn’t a female friend.”
Wow, these women were observant.
Bailey waved a hand. “Oh, that was just Ethan.”
“Ethan, huh?” Lindsay pulled out
the chair next to her and sat, leaning her elbows on the table and resting her
chin in her hands. “Tell us more about that dreamboat.”
“You two are awfully close,”
Victoria said, then added quickly, “Not judging.”
No, just interested in gossip
like everyone else in town. “There’s really not much to tell. We’re friends…and
lately I’ve served as a shoulder to cry on,” she said wryly.
“He has to be getting over Emily
by now.” Lindsay refilled her glass, emptying the bottle.
“I don’t know about that, but he’s
not moping around town as much anymore.”
Silence filled the room as all
three women stared at her expectantly.
“What?”
Victoria finally spoke for the
three of them. “We’re just wondering
when you plan on asking him out yourself.”
Bailey hesitated. It wasn’t that
she hadn’t thought of it since Emily had left town, but to hear it suggested by
others…
“Didn’t you just say you wanted a
guy with similar interests?” Victoria asked. “Personally, I think you two would
be perfect together.”
“Don’t say you haven’t thought
about it,” Lindsay insisted.
These women were relentless. “Ethan’s
a great guy and I like him…as a…”
“If you say brother, I’ll die,”
Victoria interrupted. “I’ve met your brothers. Ethan couldn’t be more different
than Brandon and Jordan. Those two are big and burly and tough.…”
“Hot in their own way,” Lindsay
chimed in.
“But not Ethan hot,” Rachel
interjected.
“Agreed,” Lindsay said with a
nod.
These women were insane and they
wouldn’t ease up until she confessed. “Fine, I’m attracted to him, but who in
this room isn’t?” Bailey countered.
Victoria’s lone hand shot up,
then she slowly lowered it. “He’s a firefighter, it’s the uniform. I may be
getting married, but I’m not blind.” She took another sip of her coffee, then
added, “Don’t tell Luke I said that. Poor guy is terrified that I’m going to
back out of this wedding again and take off to New York while he’s out of town.
As if I’d be that stupid again.” Her eyes took on a faraway, dreamy look.
“Anyway, I think you should make
a play for him,” Rachel said with a definitive nod.
“No way.” Bailey stood. She had
to get out of there, before they suggested that they call him right now and ask
him out for her. A little too much wine had been consumed that evening.
“Why not?” Lindsay asked.
“He’d never go for it.” There. The
truth was out. The main reason she would never gather the courage to ask Ethan
out was her fear of being rejected. The same reason she hadn’t approached him
years before and had stood by while Emily had asked him to prom. It didn’t
matter though. Ethan had only ever seen her
as a friend, and with or without Emily, that didn’t seem to change.
