SUPERROMANCES: DUNDEE, IDAHO
 A
Husband Of Her Own
Dundee, Idaho #2
Thirty-two-year-old Rebecca Wells is desperately trying to overcome
her reputation for being high-strung and unpredictable. She wants
to marry and settle down, start over with a clean slate and –
deep down – hopes to finally gain the approval of her father.
As a token of her good will, her father thinks now is the perfect
time for her and Josh Hill, the boy who grew up across the street,
to put an end to their twenty-four-year rivalry and become friends.
Only she and Josh have quite a past, and Rebecca doesn't want
to let go of her resentment because, as much as she refuses to
admit or acknowledge it, she feels more for him than she's ever
let on –
And the guy she's always loved to hate is the one guy she'd most
hate to love.
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Excerpt
Maybe Josh wouldn't show, Rebecca thought hopefully,
noting the dearth of traffic. If he stood her up, she could shrug
when she next saw her father and say, "I was perfectly willing
to make peace, Dad, but he never arrived." And then she'd
look innocent for a change.
Perfect. She smiled as she began readying her station
with rods and tissues for the permanent wave she'd be giving at
eleven, imagining the look of disappointment on her father's face
if for once Josh failed him. This whole truce thing could end
up working in her favor. She could feign disappointment in his
stubborn refusal to put the past behind them and--
The bell rang over the door, causing Rebecca's daydream
to dissipate. She knew without turning that Josh had arrived.
The murmur that ran from Katie, the other stylist, to Mona, the
manicurist, to Nancy Shepherd, who was having her nails done,
would have told Rebecca even if her sixth sense did not.
But her sixth sense was working just fine. Somehow
she could always tell when Josh was around. He made her feel clumsy,
nervous, unattractive.
No wonder she didn't like him. Anyway, despite her
wishful thinking, she'd known all along that he'd appear. He'd
never been one to back down from a challenge.
Rebecca cleaned her combs and scissors before looking
up. She needed a moment to gather her nerve. These days Josh was
so much easier to hate when he wasn't within ten feet of her.
Ever since she'd made the mistake of going home with him last
summer, something had changed. She wasn't sure exactly what it
was, but it made their relationship, or absence of a relationship,
very complex. She supposed kissing a man the way she'd kissed
him, as though she longed to climb inside his skin and live there
the rest of her life, had a way of confusing the issues.
Reviews
ARomanceReview.com
I have been sort of in reading slump this past month
but reading A Husband of Her Own has brought me out. Do you remember
when your mother told that the boy who picked on you in school
secretly liked you? Rebecca and Josh`s situation will have readers
laughing out loud. If you like your hero and heroine to be at
odds with one another before they give in to that wonderful feeling
called love, then this is the book for you. I’m eagerly
anticipating the next installment from the town of Dundee, Idaho.
--Ronica, 5 roses
Writers Unlimited Reviewer
A powerful author, Ms. Novak is an expert at creating
emotionally driven romances full of heat, sensual tension and
conflict that not only satisfies her characters, but her readers
as well. Spirited, yet humanly flawed, Rebecca and the tough yet
tender Josh are two wonderfully written characters who manage
to successfully grab readers’ hearts and refuse to let them
go... From the first page to the last in A Husband of Her Own,
the reader is captured by the tender passion, the emotional depth,
powerful sexual tension and true-to-life flaws and characteristics
of all the characters.
--Diana Tidlund
Old Book Barn Gazette
Ms. Novak always writes a wonderful story, whether
it’s her Superromances or her single-title books. I know
when I pick up something she’s written that I’ll be
totally satisfied. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed with
this one.
--Allyn Pogue, Reviewer
Escapetoromance.com
A HUSBAND OF HER OWN is Brenda Novak at her best.
Rebecca's emotional journey to love and self-acceptance was both
moving and captivating. For readers in search of a romance with
heart, A HUSBAND OF HER OWN is the only choice.
--Julie Shininger
Romance Reviews Today
"The warm and engaging A HUSBAND OF HER OWN
will capture your attention and keep your sympathy way past the
last page. Don't miss it.
--Jane Bowers
Heartstrings
"A satisfying journey of the heart."
--C.L. Jeffries
Awards
Dorothy Parker Award Nominee
Finalist in the More Than Magic
Finalist in the Golden Quill
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