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    For Keeps
    For Keeps
    For Keeps
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    For Keeps

    By Veronica Lynch

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    Meghan Muldoon is at a crossroads: struggling to balance the demands of a high stress vocation as an advocate for victims of violence and her feelings for Keenan Rossi, a man who wants to make their relationship permanent. On Valentine's Day, a series of routine crises force Meg to question staying in a profession which fulfills her both professionally and spiritually--or devoting the rest of her life to the one person who completes her. Which one is For Keeps?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Wild Rose Press
    Release dateFeb 10, 2016
    ISBN9781509205950
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      For Keeps - Veronica Lynch

      Inc.

      He quirked one heavy brow and grinned.

      There’s a half bottle of wine left from dinner the other night. Would you like a glass?

      Meg loved the cool sensation of crisp sheets against her skin as much as the feel of him naked and ready between her thighs. Better not. I’m on first call tonight.

      That response cast an unfortunate pall over the festivities.

      You take call too damn often, he muttered. If you’d quit that job and marry me, like I’ve asked at least a million times, we could—

      Here we go again. She resisted the urge to yawn as he recited from the first chapter of the book Whose Job is More Important, a title they’d revisited more than once after taking the next step in their once strictly professional relationship.

      Ignoring the thorny topic of holy wedlock, again, Meg focused on one of the lesser conflicts that too often reared its ugly head. I’ve told you before, Keenan. Call is taken on a rotating basis among the staff. Tonight is my turn.

      He rose up on one elbow to glower at her, using what she termed his bad cop persona. "Let me remind you of your position at that zoo known as Crime Victim Services. You are the boss. And bosses shouldn’t take call on any night of the week."

      Praise for Veronica Lynch

      The reader doesn’t have to put off witnessing unequivocal humor, intense passion and spot-on characterization. This short story sings its way through a quick fascinating look at two people who, having finally found each other, refuse to compromise their relationship for work. Bravo, Veronica Lynch!

      ~Award-winning author, Kathryn Shay

      For Keeps

      by

      Veronica Lynch

      A Candy Hearts Romance

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

      For Keeps

      COPYRIGHT © 2016 by Veronica Lynch

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press, Inc. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      Contact Information: info@thewildrosepress.com

      Cover Art by RJ Morris

      The Wild Rose Press, Inc.

      PO Box 708

      Adams Basin, NY 14410-0708

      Visit us at www.thewildrosepress.com

      Publishing History

      First Vintage Rose Edition, 2016

      Digital ISBN 978-1-5092-0595-0

      A Candy Hearts Romance

      Published in the United States of America

      Dedication

      To Joe Murphy.

      It began with your voice and ended with your hands.

      In between, you gave me a barrel of laughs.

      The best to you always, my friend.

      February 1986, Western New York State

      Warm lips skimmed the side of Meghan Muldoon’s neck while an even warmer pair of hands worked their way beneath the sweatshirt she’d

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