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A BETTER MAN
Sunshine Creek Vineyard #1
Candis Terry
Releasing March 29th, 2016
Avon Romance
In Candis Terry’s first novel in her Sunshine Creek Vineyard series, the handsome Kincade brothers convene to rescue their legacy-but the last thing they expect to find is love….
Sooner or later…
Hockey star Jordan Kincade wasted no time ditching Sunshine Creek for the NHL, but his sports career has overshadowed everything else-a truth Jordan confronts
when his parents’ deaths bring him home. Now his little sister Nicki is flunking out of school, and only one teacher can help Jordan save her-the shy but incredibly sexy Lucy Diamond, the same girl whose heart he broke years ago.
But he’s determined not to make the same mistake twice. If only Lucy would give him the time of day.
Love has a way of catching up with you.
Lucy has no intention of drowning in Jordan’s deep blue gaze again, even if he seems to have turned over a new leaf. Still, his devotion to his sister is impossible to ignore. As they team up to salvage Nicki’s future, Lucy soon discovers that Jordan’s sweet caresses and lingering kisses might just be everything she needs.
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Today,
she was a different person. Stronger because of the things she’d lived through.
Smarter because she’d found a way to survive and come out the other side in a
happy place. She knew exactly where she belonged, and that was teaching and
helping students like Nicki. Which was why, right now, she was going to pull on
her big girl panties and face the boy who had disappointed her head on.
Lucy
managed to pull herself together as Jordan removed his sunglasses and slid them
to the top of his head. His smile lifted a masculine pair of lips that somehow
managed to look cruel and sexy at the same time.
The
boy had turned into a man times ten.
Tall
and broad shouldered, his chest looked a mile wide. Judging by the smooth
ripples beneath his snug shirt he was packing muscle, not pounds. Jeans, worn
and frayed at the stress points, accented his long muscular legs and trim
waist. His longish nearly black hair gleamed beneath the overhead lights. And
his sharp blue eyes focused intently on her.
It
was all she could do to keep her heart at a normal pace and her legs solidly
beneath her. If ever a man could be described as delicious, Jordan Kincade
would be a menu’s specialty of the day.
Too
bad he was such a jerk.
“Ms.
Diamond?” He came forward and stretched out his very large hand. “Jordan
Kincade.”
And
clearly he didn’t remember her.
Lucy
smiled as a funny little tickle moved through her chest. Maybe this was going
to be fun after all. Rarely was she ever given the upper hand or the
opportunity to have even the slightest edge.
When
he moved closer his warm palm engulfed hers and her triumph died with a sizzle.
Close
up she got a better look. She inhaled his sexy scent of worn leather and warm
man. Every square inch of her female DNA perked up like it was party time. She
hated to disappoint the little darlings but today was all about helping someone
else.
“Please.”
She kept the handshake brief and formal before she disengaged and motioned
toward the chair in front of her desk. “Have a seat.”
He
glanced at the standard school chair with a you’ve got to be kidding me lift of
his brows. When he sat down, the orange plastic chair creaked and seemed
ridiculously small beneath the scope of his height and muscles.
Lucy
took her own seat and noticed that the difference in chairs made her tower over
him and seemingly give her another advantage. But when he leaned back and
crossed an ankle over a knee, he appeared completely comfortable.
So
much for one-upmanship.
“I
apologize if I seemed taken aback just now.” She opened the folder and pulled
out Nicole’s progress report as well as several exams and the few assignments
Nicole had actually turned in. Late, of course, but complete nonetheless. “I
expected your brother Ryan.”
“He
had business at the vineyard and sends his regrets.”
She
couldn’t help notice how very deep and smooth his voice had become. Like hot
buttered rum on a cold winter night. He had the kind of voice a woman could
imagine whispering sweet nothings in her ear while he caressed her in places
that tingled beneath his touch.
“I
understand.” Snapping out of the fantasy, she imagined the enormous scope of
duties Ryan Kincade must need to tend to after the death of their parents. Her
heart sank a little further for the family. Especially for Nicole, who was so
young and really needed the love and guidance of her mom and dad. “I hope
you’ll accept my condolences. And I sincerely apologize for having you come
down at this sorrowful time to deal with what might seem insignificant but—”
“Anything
regarding my sister is important, Ms. Diamond. Now more than ever.” His brows
dipped in a no nonsense fashion. “So don’t judge me when you don’t even know
me.”
Oh,
she knew him.
Knew
he was the type who’d make a promise then shatter it without ever looking back.
But
that was then, and this was now.
“My
apologies, Mr. Kincade. That was certainly not my intent.”
His
piercing eyes perused her face for a long, uncomfortable moment and she had to
admit that the look did something funny to the beat of her heart.
Especially
when with a slight tilt of his head he asked, “Why do you look so familiar?”
“Do
I?” That erratic heartbeat kicked up another notch as she let go a chuckle to
cover up what was really going on inside. “People say that all the time. I
guess I just have one of those faces.”
She
pushed Nicole’s schoolwork in his direction. “If you’ll take a look at these
projects, you’ll see that even though she didn’t complete the assignment
exactly as it was defined, Nicole has an enormous gift.”
“I’m
pretty sure that’s a lie.”
“Excuse
me?” Irritated, Lucy’s gaze shot up to the slight smile curling his lips. “How
can you say that without even reading anything? I guarantee your sister has a
multitude of talent.”
“I’m
not talking about my sister’s work. I’m talking about you just having one of
those faces.” He uncrossed his long, muscular legs and leaned forward without
even looking at the papers she’d put in front of him. “So now I’m wondering why
you sidestepped my question.”
Good
God the man was intense. There was something in the combination of that nearly
black hair that fell over his ears and his nape in perfect waves and those deep
blue eyes that seemed almost otherworldly. She could imagine how he’d
intimidate an opponent on the ice.
And
it had nothing to do with his size.
But
as far as admitting who she really was? Not going to happen. No need to dredge
up a bad memory when all she really wanted was to help his sister.
“I
apologize.” Her heart beat erratically as she avoided the intensity of his
gaze. “But I would like to stick to the subject of your sister’s grades—or lack
thereof—that may prevent her from graduating with the rest of her class. I
genuinely care about her which is why I noticed a problem way before the loss
of your parents.”
“And
now you won’t even look at me,” he said. “Why is that?”
As
he leaned in, his intoxicating scent came with him. Normally such things didn’t
affect her. Well, at least not with her colleagues who tended to wear either
too much aftershave or worse, too much body odor. Jordan wore his masculine
scent like a sexual promise and Lucy swore he should come with a warning label.
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Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after.
