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Dear Reader,
The Maine coast is probably e ocean tides, the rugged rocky shores and thrilling wildlife—it always inspires me And while I’ve never fallen in love there, it seems to me one of the most romantic places around
My heroine, Addie Sewell, finds it roood friend A creature of habit and routine, she is deter an old crush Instead, she is blasted out of her coht of sexy charter yacht captain Derek Bates, whose life spent wandering fro she could ever stomach
I hope you enjoy reading about Addie’s “wrong bed” adventures as she gets a whole lot more excitement than she expected…and maybe more than she can handle
Cheers,
Isabel Sharpe
isabelsharpecom
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THE SOUND OF the ocean swelled through Addie Sewell’s bedroom She stirred in the soft cotton sheets and listened, picturing waves tu lacy patterns that rushed in, then retreated across soft white sand Soull called
Addie groaned and threw off the covers on her twin bed “Alarm off”
The ocean stopped Or rather, the ocean sound stopped,alarm clock, which she’d affectionately nicknamed Tick The real ocean would have to wait until the folloeek, when she flew north to attend her friend Paul Bosson’s wedding on his family’s island in Maine
She should be looking forward to this vacation a lot more Been a while since she’d been anywhere except her parents’ new house in Florida, and it would be great to see high school friends again But honestly, she could use the tih boxes of old fareat-aunt Grace had left behind, and to get serious about looking for a condo
By living with her elderly aunt for two years before Grace’s death, Addie had inherited this rent-controlled apartment a block from Central Park on Manhattan’s E 97th Street With her actuary’s salary, she’d saved enough for a down payht condo She just couldn’t seem to find time or enthusiasm for the search
To be honest, she was not a big fan of life changes, and the apartreat location, but held lovely memories of Great-Aunt Grace
Yawning, she stretched and blinked blearily at the freshly painted ceiling, a nice change froressed for years Desperate pleas to the landlord had finally been answered