Embracing You — Daphne Elliot

She offered me a deal I couldn't refuse.
A little summer fling. Casual, no expectation... and a firm expiration date.

Samantha Sullivan and I have been best friends since childhood. Totally platonic. We had never crossed the line, not even once.

Until now.

Sam has been running away from our small town for nearly twenty years, but after receiving a life-changing diagnosis, she craves the comfort of home ... and my arms.

She doesn't want things to change, but I have loved her every day I've known her, and now I'm addicted to her curves, her taste and the feel of her skin.

She's too used to running, and this fling may have a deadline, but we didn't just cross the line, we smashed it to pieces.

She is my past, present and future. And I'm not going anywhere.

Author's Note: Embracing You is a full-length, standalone, later in life, small town romance. The heroine is dealing with a non-terminal breast cancer diagnosis and she gets a well-deserved (and steamy!) HEA. This book features a pining hero who is a gentleman in the streets and a beast in the sheets, and a plucky heroine and her three-legged dog. If this is your first visit to Havenport, welcome and get ready to stay a while...