A PERFECT TRADE
by Anna
Sugden
BLURB:
Truman
"Tru" Jelinek's life is pretty much off the rails. With his
professional hockey career on thin ice, and his personal life falling apart,
he's ready to implement some serious changes. Helping Jenny Martin—the only
girl he's ever loved—make her dreams a reality is a good place to start.
There's just one
problem: Jenny doesn't want his help. She barely wants to speak to him. But Tru
is prepared to negotiate a deal that even Jenny can't refuse. As trading favors
turns into sharing passion, he has to face the truth that when it comes to
Jenny, the game is far from over.
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EXCERPT:
Jenny damned the way her pulse hitched. When would her
traitorous body learn that she was no longer interested in the good-looking
defenseman? Hadn’t been for thirteen years. Other women might drool over the
way his broad shoulders filled out his black, long-sleeved shirt and how his
faded jeans fit his muscular thighs, but she’d learned the hard way not to
trust his pretty packaging. She could resist those high, Slavic cheekbones and
that rugged jaw, too. Her mom had always said “handsome is, as handsome does.”
That made Tru as ugly as sin.
“I saw the news about…him,” Tru said quietly. “Are you
okay?”
For a moment, the protective concern in his green eyes
touched her. Warmed her. As it had the day they’d met in first grade. He’d had
her back when she’d squared off against the class bully over her lunch money.
He’d always had her back. Until the night he hadn’t.
The warmth vanished, leaving frost in its place. “I’m fine.”
“If you need anything…”
She cut him off. “You’ve done more than enough.”
“I’m sorry.” Red tinged his cheeks and rose up his neck.
“More than you’ll ever know.”
“So you’ve said.” But an apology couldn’t fix the damage
he’d done.
Ordinarily, she’d have left it at that. Perhaps it was the
news about her uncle. Perhaps it was the shock of the past reaching into the
present to smack her in the face. Either way, a door she usually kept locked
burst open. “It was too damn little, too damn late, the first time. And it sure
as hell doesn’t change anything now.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Harlequin
SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading and writing happy endings as
much as hockey! When not reading or watching hockey, she loves football, good
food & wine, making simple cross-stitch projects, and collecting
memorabilia, penguins and fab shoes!
A former
marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with
her husband and two bossy black cats. Learn more about Anna, her heart-warming
romances and her shoes at:
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