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    My One and Always: Love in a Small Town, #8
    My One and Always: Love in a Small Town, #8
    My One and Always: Love in a Small Town, #8
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    My One and Always: Love in a Small Town, #8

    By Tawdra Kandle

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    Welcome to Burton, a small town just west of Savannah where the men are sexy, the women are sassy and happily-ever-afters are a specialty of the house.

    Sydney

    I moved back to the small town of Burton, Georgia to run my aunt's bakery. At least, that's my excuse. I don't exactly want to broadcast the fact that my own restaurant went belly-up, my boyfriend ditched me, and my life is in shambles. And the cute newspaper guy who keeps pestering me for a date with his Danish? Yeah, that's not happening.

    Will

    I'm pretty sure I'm a glutton for punishment. After all, Sydney's made it clear she's not interested, but I just can't seem to stay away, no matter how hard I try.

    Now, though, I've got a secret weapon--the four-legged kind. Can a down-on-his-luck dog be the key to toppling the walls keeping me from Sydney's heart?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTawdra Kandle
    Release dateJul 10, 2016
    ISBN9781536571059
    My One and Always: Love in a Small Town, #8
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    Tawdra Kandle

    Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books run from YA paranormal romance through NA paranormal and contemporary romance to adult contemporary and paramystery romance. She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair.

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      My One and Always - Tawdra Kandle

      1

      Sydney

      No.

      I slid the tray of cupcakes into the case and shut the back. Over the top of the glass display, Will Garth scowled at me. I offered him a sunny smile in return.

      Why?

      Why what? Why are the cupcakes today Dutch cocoa with mocha frosting? So glad you asked. You see, I had a dream last night about—

      Why won’t you go out to dinner with me? I don’t think you hate me or find me repulsive. We’re both adults, single and heterosexual. There’s no good reason for you to tell me no four hundred times.

      Someone’s a little prone to exaggeration. I rolled my eyes. I’ve only been back here in Burton for about four months. That’s a hundred and twenty days. Even if you’d asked me out three times a day, every day, that’s only . . . I cast my gaze to the ceiling, thinking. Three hundred and sixty. Add to that the fact that you haven’t known me that entire four months, and it’s clear your counting is way off.

      He shrugged. You’re only including the times I actually asked you, out loud and in person. If you factor in every time I practiced and imagined, the number would be much higher, actually.

      That’s pretty sad. I checked the cookies and the scones, making sure both shelves were full. A sane person would get over it and move on.

      Then I guess I’m not sane. He folded his arms over his chest and pinned me with a stare.

      I swallowed a sigh. The thing was, Will Garth was cute. There wasn’t any denying that. He was tall and slightly rangy, with dirty-blond hair that he wore a little on the long side. His eyes were dark brown, framed with ridiculously long lashes. Yeah, the boy was easy on the eyes. But I had to remember that he wasn’t for me.

      Give me one good reason why you won’t go to dinner with me. He was like a dog with a bone.

      I held up one hand and ticked off my fingers. I’ll give you five of them. One, you’re not my type. Two, I’m not your type. Three, you don’t even really know me. Four, I’m a bad bet. Five, I’m on a man-fast. No men. No dates.

      One side of Will’s mouth—that tempting mouth—curled up. I didn’t ask you on a date, Sydney. I asked you to have dinner with me. It’s not a date. It’s a meal.

      Oh, yeah? I rested my hands on my hips and tilted my head. So just two people, eating at the same table?

      Yup. His cheek twitched. I’d learned that Will had a tell, and that tiny movement just to the left of his mouth was it.

      And you wouldn’t expect, say . . . a good-night kiss at the end of the night?

      The tic appeared again. No.

      Hmmm. I dropped my hands, clasping them behind my back, and took a step around the case, closer to Will. He watched me without saying a word. I slid a little nearer to him, stopping just before the front of my Keds hit the toes of his boots. Lifting my face, I smiled.

      So you’re not interested in kissing me at all? Not even one little bit?

      He looked a little less sure. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed and shook his head. Nope.

      The whispered word slid over my lips on his breath. I straightened, and my boobs brushed against his folded arms. Surprise and want flared in his eyes. Raising my mouth, I paused once more.

      Are you sure about that? I was less than an inch from him, so close that my eyes couldn’t focus on his face anymore. I waited a beat, ignoring how my own heart stuttered as I focused instead on the way Will’s breath hitched and the rapid rise and fall of his broad chest. An unexpected part of me wanted him to drop his lips that last fraction and make his move.

      But he didn’t, at least not fast enough. I stepped backward, thrust my hands into the pockets of my apron, and cocked an eyebrow.

      Glad to see you’re immune to me and my charms. I turned my back on him just in case my cheeks were as flushed as I felt. But I’m still not going to dinner with you.

      He didn’t answer me immediately. I busied myself with wiping down the back of the display, not looking up until I felt steadier.

      Then how about lunch? There was an added timber to his voice, like I’d just upped the ante. Shit. I knew better than to mess around like that, but there was just something about Will Garth . . .

      I don’t take lunch. I’m running the bakery, in case you didn’t notice. Aunt Kiki trusts me to keep things going here, while she’s off touring the world with Troy.

      Have you heard anything from her? Will gripped the back of one of our small chairs, leaning into it.

      Yeah, I get a postcard every now and then, and a few texts a week. They’re in northern California, and she loves it. Troy played a big show in Napa Valley, so now Aunt Kiki thinks she should look into opening a winery outside Burton.

      Will laughed. I’m not sure how that would go over around here, but if anyone could make it happen, it’d be Kiki.

      You’re not wrong. I tossed the rag over my shoulder. Still, I’d rather she came back and took over her bakery again. Being responsible for this place all the time, all by myself, is exhausting.

      I could help. He made the offer in his typical off-hand way. I mean, I’m not a baker, for sure, but I can clean and carry stuff. All you have to do is ask.

      Warmth spread over my chest. Will acted as though it wasn’t a big deal, but I knew he had his hands full with running the town’s newspaper and only printing press. He didn’t need to worry about me, too.

      The truth was, I liked Will. He’d been nice to me since the minute we’d met, right before Aunt Kiki had left. But it was for the same reason—how much I’d liked him—that I kept

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