EXCERPT REVEAL
 A Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel     Â
NY Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope WardÂ
RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2019Â
EXCERPT:Â
Noah stood up and walked off the porch to put his cigar out on the cement. When he returned, he remained standing across from me. I was reminded of just how tall he was as he towered over me. A breeze blew his scentâa mix of cigar and cologneâin my direction. The same smell saturated the shirt I was wearing. I couldâve breathed it in all night. His nearness was doing things to my body I hadnât ever felt.
Noah looked around. âYou mentioned some stuff around here needs to be repaired. What specifically?â
I blew out a breath. Even thinking about it was exhausting. âSo much. Iâd have to make a list.â
âWhy donât you do that? Make a list. Iâm pretty good with my hands. Iâll see if thereâs anything I can help with while Iâm here.â
Heâd lost me at pretty good with my hands. My imagination was running wild. Shit. I imagined those hands doing a lot of thingsâmostly to me.
âI canât let you do that.â
âYouâd be stupid not to take me up on it. I came for a change of pace, but the truth is, too much quiet isnât good. I like to keep busy.â
Biting my bottom lip, I shook my head. âI donât knowâŚâ
âMake the list,â he insisted.
Noah was right. It would be dumb not to take him up on his offer. It wasnât like there was anyone else knocking down our door to help.
I tilted my head. âWhat would be in it for you?â
His expression turned dark. âPeople donât always have to have ulterior motives.â
Suddenly feeling bold, I said, âI thought maybe you would want me to go out with you in exchange.â
Did you hear that? It was a record screeching.
I admit, that was ballsy, but being around him brought out my flirtatious side. Maybe his cologne and cigar smoke were going to my head.
âYouâre joking, right?â
Okay. I shouldnât have asked.
âActually, Iââ
âIâm practically old enough to be your father.â
Really? Thatâs how he saw me? I knew he was older than meâŚbut he didnât seem that old. No way. Iâd pegged him as early thirties, though I truly had no idea how old he was.
I shook my head. âNo, youâre not. Thatâs a lie. An older brother, maybe. How old are you?â
Instead of answering, he took two steps forward. âLet me make something clear.â
âOkayâŚâ
âI was not insinuating anything by offering to help. And I will not be asking you out, propositioning you, or going anywhere near you, for that matter. We clear on that?â
Okay, then.
I swallowed. Disappointment washed over me as I cleared my throat. âYes.â
âGood.â He made his way toward the door, turning around one last time. âYouâd better go. It was nice chatting. Get me the list tomorrow.â
He disappeared into the house, leaving me on the porch to wallow in his lingering smell and feeling like a complete and utter idiot.
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Synopsis:
What do you do when a sexy, older man moves into your familyâs summer rental?
Well, apparently, you make a fool of yourselfâover and over. Things didnât exactly get off on the right foot with Noah Cavallari. Our first encounter was embarrassing, to say the least.
But despite that, I found myself waking up every day with a newfound energy. Nothing exciting ever happened on the lakeânot until Noah moved into the small boathouse on our property. Heâd booked it for the entire summerâŚand I was still trying to figure out why.
When my mother became ill, I inherited the responsibility of making sure our guests were well taken care of. I should have been in college. Instead, I was living my best lifeâŚas a maid.
Dark, handsome, and mysterious, everything about Noah screamed forbidden.
I knew he was just passing through town for the summer.
I knew he was probably too old for me.
Yet, I was drawn to him.
Not to mention, he tried to save my life when he mistakenly thought I was drowning.
I wanted him and made no secret of it.
His own attempts to warn me away soon gave way to late-night moonlight chats by the lake. We were slowly easing into a friendship that was gearing up to explode into something I might not recover from.
Because heâs leaving at the end of the summer.
And I have no idea what Iâll do when August ends.
About the Author:Â
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor.
Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.Â
With over one-point-five million books sold, she is a twenty-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.Â
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WHEN AUGUST ENDS – RELEASING FEBRUARY 25, 2019
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Iâm so excited for this one!!!!
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