Title: Room for More
Author: Beth Ehemann
Release date February: 20th 2014
Release date February: 20th 2014
Four years ago, my dreams were shattered in an instant.Three months ago, I found something I haven’t had in years.
Hope.
That hope came in the form of a sexy, carefree hockey player named Brody Murphy. He swooped in and won me over with his big heart and the way he cared for me…and my girls. When they look at him, they see the father they’ve never had.
Now, my past and present are colliding and the outcome might just be too much for me to bear. Can I make the right decision when I’ve spent my whole life making the wrong ones?
Excerpt
“Good
morning!” I bounced into the kitchen.
“Hi?”
Mom said, turning to face me from the stove. “What’s with you today? You’re
unusually perky.”
“Nothing.
Just excited to see Brody tonight.” The girls had already finished eating and
were coloring at the island as I walked over and kissed them on the tops of
their heads.
Mom
rolled her eyes and chuckled. “It’s only been a couple days since you two have
seen each other.”
“I
know.” I went over to the stove and scooped up some scrambled eggs on my plate
before I sat with Lucy and Piper at the island. “I’m pathetic.”
“A
little, but it’s sweet.” She winked at me.
“Wait!
Before I get too excited, is there a guest room available tonight?”
Mom
turned back from the stove with a blank look on her face and stared at me.
After a second she pulled her brows in and tilted her head to the side
suspiciously. “Did he not tell you?”
I
was confused. “Tell me what?”
A
slow grin grew on her face and she slowly shook her head. “Oh, that boy. You
better hold on to him, Kacie.”
“What
are you talking about?”
“When
he told me about you being uncomfortable, um—” She glanced at the girls and
back at me. I could tell she was trying to speak in code because of them. “—being
roommates at night, I told him that he was welcome to a guest room anytime he
wanted one. I said I’d save one for him.” She walked over to the island and put
her hand on her hip while I continued shoveling eggs into my mouth. “He
insisted I not be out any money because of all this, so he prepaid for one
guest room for an entire year. Three hundred and sixty-five nights.”
My
mouth fell open as my fork dropped to the plate, making a horrible clanging
noise. “He paid for a whole year?”
She
nodded. “A whole year. He’s crazy about you, Girl,and clearly confident in your
relationship—at least for a year.”
“Be
right back!” I jumped off the stool and ran to my bedroom, grabbing my phone
off the nightstand.
YOU
PAID FOR A WHOLE YEAR?!?!?
My
foot tapped impatiently for two minutes, waiting for his response. Finally, my
phone beeped.
B:
YOU TALKED TO YOUR MOM, HUH?
WHY
DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?
B:
WHAT? AND MISS THIS MOMENT? ARE YOU KIDDING? SURPRISING YOU IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD, KACIE. WELL, THAT AND WATCHING THE LOOK ON YOUR
FACE WHEN YOU COME.
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