LAURA STRICKLAND( Cont.) Forged by Love: A Lobster Cove Story
LAURA STRICKLAND( Cont.) Forged by Love: A Lobster Cove Story
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Newly returned home to Lobster Cove from the War Between the States, blacksmith Douglas Grier can’ t forget the horrors he’ s witnessed or the beautiful young woman he helped break free from her shackles one dark night after her master’ s plantation burned. He wishes he had at least asked her name, even though she and her family disappeared into the darkness and Douglas has no expectation of seeing her again.
Josie Freeman can’ t remember the last time she felt safe. Even though she and her family are freed, they’ re being pursued by slave hunters hired by their former owner. When their ship is damaged on the way to Nova Scotia, Josie is thrown into contact with the one man she never expected … the very man she had wanted to see. But will her past catch up with her before Douglas can free her heart?
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EXCERPT
Hello, folks. Sir, I don’ t suppose you remember me.”
Josie stared at the man who spoke, afraid to believe her eyes. Tall and with bare shoulders that gleamed in the sun, he had a crop of wavy black hair and skin almost as dark as her own. Though he spoke to Daniel, his brown eyes sought hers and held them, his wonder evident to see.
Not remember him? From the instant he stepped onto the wharf, Josie’ s attention had been snagged— and not just because he was a good-looking man. No, for the pull she’ d felt from the first they sighted this place heightened almost unbearably, every one of her inner instincts sitting up and howling.
Not remember him? Had there been a moment since that night he hadn’ t been, somehow, with her?
Her lips parted, but she didn’ t speak. Daniel’ s deep voice sounded instead.
“ Of course, of course we remember you, sir. How could we forget?”
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