Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart
AM Hartnett

New home, new apartment, new neighbours, new love, new dilemma.Widower Seth Axworthy has seen a lot of tenants come through Winsloe Court in ten years. The last time he got personal with his tenants, things went bad and he swore he wouldn’t make that mistake again. He tries to keep his nose out of their business, but every so often he has to step over that line to keep his building and his business in order.Then April moved in. Now he finds himself looking for excuses to bump into her. Even his damn cat can’t seem to stay off her doorstep.He’s not ready for a relationship, but April’s not looking for one. Out from under her parent’s thumb and on her own for the first time, April wants to try out some bad habits, and getting sweaty with her gorgeous tattooed landlord seems like a good way to start.

Bleeding Heart

A. M. HARTNETT

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Contents

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Title Page (#u301c29ce-4eb6-5c98-8b21-93623c93e338)

Copyright (#ub431c23e-c935-56ab-b0f5-6f73a59a82b8)

Chapter One (#u0ed240f8-7e1e-5c01-9ac4-9b0af848b1e3)

Chapter Two (#u65ff1a68-e13d-55cb-93e6-de2a43167f6e)

Chapter Three (#u401c27ad-9479-5de7-bae2-1e0132c3601d)

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Chapter One (#ub1906fb1-8f13-5851-89a7-8aa2dd02f24e)

‘I really wish you weren’t alone.’

Seth Axworthy tried his best not to let his irritation show at Evie’s words. He rarely growled at his friend and soon-to-be-former neighbour as it was, and he didn’t plan to start on a day when she looked like she was going to burst into tears at any minute.

Instead, he sighed inwardly and gave her a smile. Then he said the only thing he could think of that would be convincing. ‘Alone, not lonely.’

What a piss-poor response, he realised as soon as the words were out of his mouth. It wasn’t true, not even a bit, and the feeling was made worse by knowing that she was moving away with her boyfriend.