Title: Who I Am
With You
Author:
M. Lynne
Cunning
Release Date: Feb
19, 2016
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People only reveal what they
want you to see…
Chad Kirkwood has a secret. One
he’s determined to keep buried until he’s ready to divulge
it. So when he shows up on Katie’s doorstep in answer to a job
posting, he stretches the truth and tells her only what she needs to
know.
Katie
Wicken is broken. Left to pick up the pieces of a called-off engagement and a
failing farm after the death of her father, she’s determined not to
let anyone else into her heart. Then she hires Chad, and Katie finds herself
glancing in his direction, watching him work, and thinking about him after the
sun goes down.
Something begins to awaken
within Chad, too. It’s been forever since he’s felt such a
genuine connection and been able to fully enjoy his life. Hell, live his life.
But when Chad’s lie catches up with him, he’s forced to
come clean.
And the truth could break
Katie’s heart once again.
Grief and pain can make people
do crazy things… but so can
love.
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“Don’t
speak about something you don’t understand, all right? Whatever Katie
has told you, that’s all it is...a piece of a much bigger pie. You
don’t know me, and no matter what you think, you don’t know
her either.”
Chad crossed his arms in front
of his chest, not sure what to say next. From the corner of his eye, he could
see Katie stomping through the tall grass towards them. The dust from
Jay’s car had finally billowed into the garden where she’d
been working.
“Are you warning me
about her...Jay?” Chad locked eyes with him, his gaze never wavering
even though Katie was getting closer with each
step.
Jay slammed the car door,
wearing a muted grin as he matched Chad’s pose, crossing his own arms
and pulling himself up to his full height, at least three inches taller than
Chad’s five feet and eleven inches. “She used to be
different, that’s all. Calm yourself, will you? I’m just
telling you, you don’t know the real Katie. To be honest, you
probably never will. The real Katie we all knew and loved died along with her
father. My Katie is gone, so like I said, don’t talk about things you
only think you understand.”
Thankfully, Chad
didn’t have to form a response, not that he knew what he would say to
that, anyway. Katie’s feet hit the gravel just as Chad had opened his
mouth to speak; however, the look on her face evoked enough uncertainty in him
that he swiftly closed it
again.
“You said you were
picking Mason up at five thirty. It’s only a few minutes past
five.” Katie consulted her watch as though to confirm it, lifting her
head to glare at Jay again.
“I’m a few
minutes early. I wanted to see how everything was going.”
“Everything is just
fine, Jay. You can come back in twenty seven minutes.” Katie
didn’t look at Chad as she brushed past the two men and headed for
the house, where Chad knew Mason was currently packing up his clothes and
Nintendo DS to take with
him.
“Katie,
wait...” Jay’s pleas went unanswered, the screen door
banging closed abruptly behind her. Only a defeated sigh sounded in the thick
silence between them, and Chad uneasily turned away from the other man, intent
on cleaning up his mess near the barn wall and getting the hell out of dodge
before this situation got any more heated. Jay, on the other hand,
didn’t have the same intentions.
“See?
What’d I tell you? She’s impossible.”
“No. She’s
hurt. There’s a difference.” Chad didn’t look at
him. Instead, he plucked the hammer and tin can full of nails from the ground
and pretended to admire his handiwork on the barn
wall.
“You seem to know a
lot about my girlfriend and
her—“
“Ex.”
“What?”
“She’s
your
ex-girlfriend.”
Jay stared at him, seeming to
mull over how to react. Chad couldn’t be sure whether it was
humiliation or anger that clouded the man’s clean shaven face, maybe
a bit of both. Either way, Chad didn’t fear him, and he stared back,
unblinking.
“Good to meet you,
Chad.” Jay’s tone was condescending and gruff.
“See you in twenty
four minutes,” Chad replied, and the hint of a smirk crossed his face
the moment he broke eye contact and turned away.
M. Lynne Cunning has
always wanted to be an author, but it wasn’t until she discovered
National Novel Writing Month and all the insanity that goes along with it that
she began to truly realize her love for writing stories. While she
doesn’t limit herself to writing only specific genres, her first two
published novels, Until I'm Found and Blurred Lines, are considered
Romantic Suspense. Her new book, Who I Am With You (to be released February
2016), will be the first in a contemporary romance series. She also
doesn’t believe that the traditional typical “happily ever
after” is always the way to go. You’ve been
forewarned.
She is almost always reading or writing, but also enjoys
spending time and traveling with her husband/best friend, Dennis, and is the
proud dog-mom of two brindle boxers. She’s also a too-far-gone coffee
addict and a lifelong country music fan.
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