Book description
Chocolatier Lanie Heaven has good friends, a booming business, and
the adoration of the citizens of Merritt, Alabama. But she also has a
secret. After the devastating breakup with her long time college
boyfriend, she lost a baby and the hope of ever having a child - the
thing she desires above all else.
Though still grief-stricken eighteen months after the accident that
killed his wife and best friend, Judge Luke Avery is lonely for the
company of someone other than his three-year-old daughter, Emma.
When Luke moves into the apartment above Lanie's candy shop, Lanie
and Emma fall in love at first sight and Luke finds himself along for
the ride. It's so easy for the three of them to slip into a life as
sweet as the candy in Lanie's shop.
But when Emma calls Lanie “Mommy,” Luke realizes things have gone too
far; he has to propose to Lanie or walk away. He isn't ready for
marriage, but engaged isn't married. Lanie eagerly accepts but as the
evidence stacks up, she must accept that Luke's love is not equal to
her own.
Can Luke find a way to slay his demons before the sweet life they
have created goes completely south?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
Alicia Hunter Pace is the pen name for the author team
Stephanie Jones and Jean Hovey. Stephanie teaches third grade and
wishes for a bigger bookstore in her small town. She likes civil war
history, and people who follow the rules. She is happy to provide a
list of said rules to anyone who needs them. Jean is a former public
librarian who lives with her husband in a hundred-year-old house that
always wants something from her. She likes to cook but has discovered
the joy of Mrs. Paul's fish fillets since becoming a writer.
Learn more about them at www. aliciahunterpace. com.
