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Money
Didn't Buy Her Love
by
June Kramin
Contemporary
Romance
Heat
Level:
Sensual
Length:
344
pages
Blurb:
Trying
to get his bearings on an unfamiliar street and not paying attention,
Jeremy slams his breaks to avoid hitting the most beautiful bride he
has ever seen. When Danielle climbs in his truck, he assumes she’s
in a hurry to get to her wedding; he didn’t realize she was
escaping one. He agrees to let her return to his apartment so she can
call for help, only she refuses to leave.
As
the days pass, Jeremy finds it harder to fight off her passes and
claims of falling in love with him. Besides having almost ten years
on her, Jeremy discovers the family secret she had been trying to
hide. How could the daughter of a billionaire settle for a plumber
living paycheck to paycheck?
Despite
every tactic her father throws at her and an ex-fiancé who refuses
to let her go, Dani stakes her claim to the only thing she has ever
truly wanted in her life and fights to make Jeremy hers.
Excerpt
“Exactly
who the hell are you, Dani? Paris Hilton?”
She
walked to a bench then sat down. “We’re doing this sooner than I
hoped.”
“What’s
your last name?”
Again
she sighed. “Houseman.”
“You’re
shitting me.”
“I
wish I was.”
Jeremy
sat down, afraid his knees would give away. “You’re… your dad
is… Dani that’s…” He couldn’t form a proper sentence and
opted to shut up.
“That’s
pretty much how everyone reacts. It was nice while it lasted.” She
went to stand up, but he held her hand and pulled her back down.
“First
of all, nothing about this was nice, so cut the crap. You pretty much
kidnapped and raped me… twice on that second one.”
She
managed a giggle.
“I’m
sorry I was a stammering idiot. I guess I’ve never been in the
presence of a billionairess before. My humble plumbing and heating
ass feels a little put to shame.”
She
rested her cheek to his chest; he wrapped an arm around her. “I
liked that you liked me for me, not who I was.”
“I
don’t like you. What are you talking about?”
She
gave him a playful slap on his chest. “You were starting to like
me. Admit it.”
“Maybe
I finally got to where I could tolerate your two a.m. jumpings.”
Again
she laughed. “What Blake and I had was practically a medieval
arranged marriage. His family is even more loaded than mine. I didn’t
date much before him because I was always under lock and key. I was
damn lucky I didn’t have a chastity belt put on me. If I was out
with family without him, everyone swooned over me like a trophy. They
wanted to date me because of who I was.”
“Don’t
sell yourself short. You’re gorgeous.”
“You
never said you like the way I look.”
“Am
I dead? Come on, Dani. You have to know how beautiful you are.”
“I
don’t think anyone has told me that – not anyone who didn’t
want something from me, anyway.”
“Well
then, I guess you can take my compliment off your list of firsts.”
“Why?
You don’t want anything from me.”
“I
wouldn’t go that far.” He moved her off his chest and stood up.
She
followed him up. “You do
like me. I knew it!”
“You
are certifiable – a total nut job, one of the pickiest eaters I
have ever known… but you drive me crazy.” She tiptoed up to wrap
her arms around his neck, but he stopped her and held her by the
wrists. “Nothing has changed, Dani. No, wait. In fact is has. It’s
worse. We are even more of a mismatch than we’ve ever been. I’m
still too old for you and you still need to wake up and quit your
pouting. I knew I should have stuck to my guns about us. Nothing good
is going to come to me for falling for you. There’s no way your
family will tolerate anything less than this Blake.”
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About
the Author
Wife,
Mother, Writer, Lunatic. Not necessarily in that order.
"There
is a fine line between genius and crazy... I like to use that line as
a jump rope!"
June,
who prefers to go by Bug, was born in Philadelphia but moved to Maui,
Hawaii when she was four. She met her “Prince Charming” on Kauai
and is currently living “Happily Ever After” on a hobby farm in a
small town in Southern Minnesota.
She
enjoys riding her Paint horse, Ringo, around the small ghost town
they are playfully reestablishing with the neighbors and playing in
Photoshop. Her son and daughter are her greatest accomplishments. She
takes pride in embarrassing them every chance she gets.
Being
hopelessly addicted to 80's music is her super power.
Connect with June
Kramin
Website:
http://www.junekramin.com/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/JuneKramin
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/junekramin
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Series:
http://www.beforehappilyeverafter.com/
