Romantic Ideas to spend this spring with your favorite guy…
- Visit an art museum
- Walk on the beach (I know cheesy but it’s what my husband likes to do when we’re bored)
- Go food shopping together and pick out something for each other to add to the cart
- Plan a vacation or a cruise for a year away and talk about what you want to see or do (sometimes the planning is the fun part.)
- Watch a movie together while snuggling
- Take a dance class and use a groupon coupon
- Visit a winery or local agriculture (perhaps apple picking)
- Rent a boat or a canoe or kayak and hit the water (Or water ski if you’re adventurous)
- Picnic in a local park somewhere
Victoria is the author of Favorite Coffee, Favorite Crush
1. Find a place to live.
2. Avoid her gold-digging mother.
3. Reconnect with old high school friends: her best friend Sandra, the dramatic Eva, the dark Michael, her half-brother Wyatt, and her former crush Jay.
Jay may have kept her firmly in the “friend zone”, but that didn’t stop her from wanting more. Her five friends have stood by her through some difficult times and she’ll need their help now to accomplish her first two goals. As soon as Jay sees Penny, he puts his plan into motion. His investors need to see him with a stable woman, one who isn’t all flash and no brains; Penny fits the bill perfectly. There’s just one hitch—he wants more.
Their pretend date sets off a whirlwind of plots. From mothers who want to control their children’s lives to the loss of her exciting new job, Penny’s world turns upside down. She knows she can overcome all obstacles except one—she’s falling for Jay all over again.
About Victoria
Website: http://www.victoriapinder.com
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worked in engineering, after passing many tests proving how easy Math came to her. Then hating
her life at the age of twenty four, she decided to go to law school. Four years later, after passing
the bar and practicing very little, she realized that she hates the practice of law. She refused to
one day turn 50 and realize she had nothing but her career and hours at a desk. After realizing she
needed change, she became a high school teacher. Teaching is rewarding, but writing is a
passion.
During all this time, she always wrote stories to entertain herself or calm down. Her
parents are practical minded people demanding a job, and Victoria spent too many years living
other people’s dreams, but when she sat down to see what skill she had that matched what she
enjoyed doing, writing became so obvious. The middle school year book when someone wrote in
it that one day she’d be a writer made sense when she turned thirty.
She’s always been determined. She is amazing, adventurous and assured on a regular
basis. Her website is www.victoriapinder.com.
Member of Florida Romance Writers, Contemporary Romance, Celtic Hearts and Savvy
Authors.
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Excerpt
Getting out of her car, Penelope brushed her worn jeans to get out a small wrinkle. Not
that it mattered. She smelled the coffee drawing her to the door. The delicious aroma of freshly
brewed java that could wake her up waited inside. Gainesville had coffee shops, but nothing that
held her heart like this place. In high school, this place was her mecca. Her stomach grumbled
for the familiar drink.
The coffee shop looked almost the same as it had years ago, except for the aluminum
tables and wooden chairs with red cushions. She remembered the plaid chairs and brown tables,
but the place still calmed her, like she was coming home.
She stepped up to the counter. “I’ll have a cinnamon dulce nonfat latte, please.”
Leaving Gainesville after college had always been the plan. Just never back to Miami, but
she’d changed. She could live here now.
She checked her lip gloss while she waited for the latte at the counter.
When she accepted the promotion from part-time to full-time, she knew she would have
to face her mother and the catch of the month, Lars, her mother’s plastic surgeon. What that
woman would do for a free tummy tuck.
The job she’d accepted had offered to triple her salary, provided she moved to the Coral
Gables office. Somehow, she’d avoid her mother until necessary. What was the man’s name with
money this week? Penny ignored that last call, knowing the man with the largest wallet always
took precedence over whatever Penelope needed. She watched the barista get the nonfat milk and
finish her latte. She’d succeed here, now. She had to.
She’d call Sandra, Eva, John, and Michael later. Wyatt, her half-brother, was stationed
overseas, so she’d wait for his weekly call. These people were her real family.
The man handed her the latte. The first sip gave her the strength to do this. The tightness
of the ride dissipated while she tasted her liquid savior. Sighing, she tasted heaven, the wake-up
to her day.
“Penelope.”
Though the unmistakable voice was deeper, she knew who it was without even turning.
Her high school crush, who never noticed her beyond her brain. Pulling at her pink tank top, she
wished she’d worn better clothes. “John Jay.”
His steely blue eyes and sandy blond hair were the same color, but his build had grown
more muscular. The leanness of his youth had given way to broad shoulders and hard, muscular
arms. He had a straight, faded scar on his left cheek that was new—probably a bar fight. Rich
boy wore his fancy, perfectly fitted polo and jeans, and was definitely hotter with age. His
million-dollar smile and devastating dimples sparked a warm flush that sped through her all the
way to the tips of her toes.
“I’m going by Jay these days. It’s less formal.” He winked at her, turning off his tablet
and pointing her to his table.
“It’s a good name, but I still prefer Dimples,” she teased. “It’s what I called you on online
whenever I needed you.”
His rich, deep laugh sent that familiar spark through her.
Damn. Rich boy knew his effect on women, including her. He could manipulate her when
she went quiet, but she’d learned a lot in college. She’d not let him weaken her.