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    Someone to Kiss
    Someone to Kiss
    Someone to Kiss
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    Someone to Kiss

    By Scotty Cade

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    Dane McCormick’s job negotiating leases and building out furnished office suites takes him all over the country. He stays until the job is done—and then he moves on. As satisfying as the job is, it leaves him no place to call home and no chance to build a personal life. After arriving in Greenville, South Carolina, for a job, a severe stomach virus knocks Dane for a loop. He finds a local urgent care clinic… and a tall, dark, and handsome doctor who goes well above and beyond his duties to treat Dane. The doctor’s bedside manner makes Dane forget all about his stomach flu.

    Carter Baldridge has dedicated his life to caring for others. Since graduating from medical school, he has spent all his time and energy building his urgent care business. But the morning he steps into his examining room and sees Dane McCormick on the table, he realizes it might be time to devote some attention to a part of life he has neglected. The spark is there, but so is a major obstacle in the form of Dane’s peripatetic lifestyle and a bad experience in Carter’s past. Both have to decide if the risk is worth the reward.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamspinner Press
    Release dateDec 27, 2017
    ISBN9781640801073
    Someone to Kiss
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    Scotty Cade

    Scotty Cade left corporate America and twenty-five years of marketing and public relations in 2004 to buy an inn & restaurant on the island of Martha’s Vineyard with Kell, his husband of over twenty years. He started writing stories as soon as he could read, but only in the last eight years for publication. When not at the inn, you can find him on the bow of his boat writing romance novels with his Shetland sheepdog, Mavis, at his side. Being from the South and a lover of commitment and fidelity, all of his characters find their way to long, healthy relationships, however long it takes them to get there. He believes that, in the end, the boy should always get the boy. Scotty and Kell are avid boaters and spend the summers on Martha’s Vineyard and winters in Greenville, South Carolina. Website: www.scottycade.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/scotty.cade Twitter: @ScottyCade Email: scotty@scottycade.com

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      Someone to Kiss - Scotty Cade

      Table of Contents

      Blurb

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Prologue

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Epilogue

      More from Scotty Cade

      About the Author

      By Scotty Cade

      Visit Dreamspinner Press

      Copyright

      Someone to Kiss

      By Scotty Cade

      Dane McCormick’s job negotiating leases and building out furnished office suites takes him all over the country. He stays until the job is done—and then he moves on. As satisfying as the job is, it leaves him no place to call home and no chance to build a personal life. After arriving in Greenville, South Carolina, for a job, a severe stomach virus knocks Dane for a loop. He finds a local urgent care clinic… and a tall, dark, and handsome doctor who goes well above and beyond his duties to treat Dane. The doctor’s bedside manner makes Dane forget all about his stomach flu.

      Carter Baldridge has dedicated his life to caring for others. Since graduating from medical school, he has spent all his time and energy building his urgent care business. But the morning he steps into his examining room and sees Dane McCormick on the table, he realizes it might be time to devote some attention to a part of life he has neglected. The spark is there, but so is a major obstacle in the form of Dane’s peripatetic lifestyle and a bad experience in Carter’s past. Both have to decide if the risk is worth the reward.

      Every book I’ve ever written has a little bit of me between the pages, and this book is no exception. For many, New Year’s Eve can be a hard time, especially for those who are single or lonely. But for me it’s always been a night that signals new beginnings, with worlds of possibilities. No matter how great or lousy my year might have been, that night always felt like a clean slate, so to speak.

      Someone to Kiss is dedicated to the man to whom I committed on a New Year’s Eve long before we were able to marry—the same man I finally married four years ago—who has stuck with me through thick and thin and has always had my back. He takes on more and more so I can write and never complains. Kell, I love you with all my heart and soul. And I can’t wait to spend the next fifty New Year’s Eves with you.

      Acknowledgments

      AS ALWAYS, a very special thanks to my editor and friend, Andi Byassee, who never fails to bring my stories to life. Without her keen eye, sharp grammar, and total grasp of the English language, I’m pretty sure my stories would fall pretty flat. Thank you for always finding a way to say what I meant to say, but better. I treasure you!

      And one more special thanks to Reese Dante for this magnificent cover. Reese always seems to know what I want, even when I don’t. Her insight and talent speak for themselves in every cover she designs. Thank you for all the years of wonderful covers and, more importantly, your friendship.

      Prologue

      DANE MCCORMICK stood at the freight elevator on the loading dock with his clipboard in hand, checking off load after load of office and conference room furniture, boxes of computer and communications equipment, mirrors and artwork, and seemingly unending cases of decorative accessories.

      It was mid-December and almost four months since the build-out had started. Dane happily hummed along to Blake Shelton singing Jingle Bell Rock and even bounced to the beat a little. Holidays or not, he always seemed to be humming these days because he was, well, happy. Happier than he’d ever been. He and his boyfriend, Carter Baldridge, had been almost inseparable since their first date, and he was sure this was heading in a very good direction. They fit together like a hand and a glove. He was sure life couldn’t get much better.

      Although it was cold and drafty on the dock, Dane was warm to his core and giddy with excitement. The anticipation of the approaching festivities put an endless smile on his face, and he was so looking forward to spending Christmas and New Year’s with Carter. To Dane, this time of year had always represented family, but he and Carter had selfishly decided this was their time, and neither was going home. They would spend the holidays alone together. Their families were none too happy about it, but understood.

      In preparation, he and Carter had decorated two trees, one at each of their places, and shopped together for their families, even though neither had met the other’s. They knew it would happen eventually, so there was no rush.

      And if Carter and Christmas weren’t enough to almost make Dane pee his pants, New Year’s Eve was not far behind. Finally, he could start the new year with someone he loved. Someone to kiss at midnight. Midnight. The signal of new beginnings.

      The past four months had been so filled with joyous hope and endless possibilities that Dane could hardly stand it. But if all that personal happiness wasn’t enough, professionally this was always his favorite day of the entire build-out process. Today he got to start turning sixty empty, uninteresting offices into beautifully furnished office suites of various sizes, complete with ten conference rooms, a dozen secretarial stations, and a half-dozen kitchenettes. He would personally choose furnishings for each office, the common areas, and the conference rooms, hang all the artwork and mirrors, and place all the decorative accessories to finally bring his vision and plan to fruition.

      Blake Shelton’s voice drifted off, and Dane’s phone rang. He looked at the screen and smiled when a familiar face popped up.

      Hey, Bill, he said. It’s awfully early to be hearing from you. It can’t be more than— Dane looked at his watch. —six fifteen on the West Coast?

      Bill Crocker was Dane’s best friend, his boss, and the sole owner of Omni Office Suites. Bill worked out of their San Francisco office and rarely called him this early.

      More importantly, how’s it going there? Bill asked.

      It’s going well. I should have this place shining like a diamond in a goat’s ass by the end of next week. Why?

      There’s been a change of plans, Bill said.

      Dane felt a wave of dread. What kind of change?

      "For starters, the building that houses the Alexandria office was just sold, and the group who bought it is going to demolish it and the one next door to build fucking twin towers. We have six months to vacate. Got the official notice yesterday, and legal is working out all the lease issues. Trust me, we have an ironclad lease, and they will pay big for breaking it. But now we have to find new space, build it out, and get

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