EXCERPT and GIVEAWAY
A Kiss and a Dream
(Love's Great War Book 6)
(Love's Great War Book 6)
by Linda Andrews
A Kiss and a Dream is the sixth book in the Love's Great War series by Linda Andrews. Also available: Hearts in Barbed Wire (FREE), Entanglements, Unmask My Heart, A Gift from St Nick, and The Christmas Ship.
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Description
She escapes with a dead woman’s name and finds sanctuary with a widower reeling from his wife’s betrayal. Can a love built on lies survive the truth?
Gretchen Foltz honors her late father’s request and ends up locked in the workhouse by her greedy brother. Dreaming of a home and freedom, she embarks on a dangerous winter journey. She awakes in a stranger’s home. Hiding behind a lie, she discovers a man worthy of her trust.
Kian Bryne is struggling to feed his four children. The last thing he needs is to rescue a woman stranded on the ice and running from her own demons. With his rich in-laws threatening to take custody his children, he’ll make a desperate alliance to keep his family together. When a simple kiss shatters their agreement, he’s left yearning for more.
Can they untangle the lies before someone separates them forever?
Excerpt
In this scene, Gretchen learns that Kian has a secret dream to be a carriage driver on the island. She has a dream of her own and knows the power of them, so she is determined to help him achieve his goal.
“It was a stupid dream. I should sell it, ta pay ya.” Kian jerked the covering into place and turned away.
“Nein. No.” She followed him. “Dream is not stupid. Dream is good.”
She slowed down to hit the correct sound at the end. Just so he understood.
He yanked pieces of oak from the pile near the door and dropped them into her pail.
“I help you vith your dream.” She pulled out the bigger pieces and returned them to the stack before tugging the handle from his grip. Selecting the right size for the cook stove, she filled her bucket. “You see.”
“Why?” He stared at the wood pile and huddled in his jacket.
She didn’t want to think too hard about the why. Instead, she clasped the pail to her chest and hustled for the door.
He beat her there and pushed back the snow, so she could squeeze through the opening. Before she exited, he stayed her with a hand on her arm. “Why?”
“Because I have the dreams, too. And you are helping to make them true.” She ducked under his arm and walked into the cold. More than he knew. Maybe more than was safe for her heart.
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Praise for the Book
"This was a compelling and very interesting read. I loved the setting, both dealing with the effects of the war as well as the small town feel. It was definitely part of a series (one I'd love to read more of) but stood on its own well. Gretchen was a wonderful character, both hard working and strong. Kian is a romantic reluctant hero. They both balance well their selfish motivations for needing the other with their obvious desire for a real relationship. There are several great twists and turns that kept me dying for a happy ending. It was a sweet and lovely romance. Great side characters, obviously borrowed from earlier books, made you feel like you really were there in the small, close-knit community. I must say, I loved it." ~ Clean Romance Reviews
About the Author
Linda Andrews lives with her husband and three children in Phoenix, Arizona. When she announced to her family that her paranormal romance was to be published, her sister pronounce: "What else would she write? She’s never been normal."
All kidding aside, writing has become a surprising passion and she’s followed that passion into history, the future, and beyond. Sometimes, she incorporates her science background and other times, she allows the magic of love to take center stage in sweet historicals.
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