Facing the past could change his future.
Excerpt
Neal came out of his garage with a tool kit in one hand and a box of cans and towels in the other. After a short wave to Tessa, he set down the items and popped the hood on his snazzy blue convertible. A month off and a fancy car to tinker with—the man’s life couldn’t be more different from her daily scramble. Her life was a boring, used-SUV existence.
Tessa hoped Mari didn’t take too much notice of the way Neal filled out the dark shirt he wore, or the don’t even realize how good I look way he moved around the vehicle.
“You need to make sure you have something fun to do on Greg’s birthday. You know, a distraction?” Mari waggled her eyes on the last word, nodding in Neal’s direction. “And I don’t mean kittens.”
Tessa had to admit, her new neighbor was a distraction. And a rather nice one at that. She’d sincerely meant her offer to help him find his birth mother—it seemed like such a compelling puzzle to solve. Tessa was warming to the idea that it was no accident this man in search of information moved in next to a woman whose favorite thing to do was to find things out. “I hadn’t thought about it. I just sort of planned to muddle through. Maybe with a pint of ice cream and a sappy movie.” The words sounded embarrassingly pathetic as she said them aloud. She’d once been known as a woman with admirable spunk. Where was all that spunk now?
Excerpted from Secrets of Their Past by Allie Pleiter, Copyright © 2022 by Allie Pleiter. Published by Love Inspired.
About the Author
An avid knitter, coffee junkie and firm believer that “pie makes everything better,” Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four novels at a time. The bestselling author of over fifty books, Allie has enjoyed a twenty-year career with over 1.5 million books sold. In addition to writing, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on the creative process, publishing, and her very favorite topic—The Chunky Method of time management for writers. Visit her website at www.alliepleiter.com to learn more.
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