Hometown Valentine

Hometown Valentine
Lissa Manley

Finding Her FamilyLily Rogers is ready to follow her dreams. Now all she needs is funds. Taking a job as baby Peyton's temporary nanny seems like an easy way to earn cash for her plane ticket to LA. But there's nothing easy about how Lily feels for Peyton's uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine's Day approaches, Lily's head fills with romantic notions of the handsome new daddy. She's falling for a family that isn't hers, and dreaming of a life with the blue-eyed barista and his adorable niece. Will Lily leave Blake and Peyton behind…or make a new future–and family–with them by her side?Moonlight Cove: A beachside town where love and faith blossomLily Rogers is ready to follow her dreams. Now all she needs is funds. Taking a job as baby Peyton's temporary nanny seems like an easy way to earn cash for her plane ticket to LA. But there's nothing easy about how Lily feels for Peyton's uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine's Day approaches, Lily's head fills with romantic notions of the handsome new daddy. She's falling for a family that isn't hers, and dreaming of a life with the blue-eyed barista and his adorable niece. Will Lily leave Blake and Peyton behind…or make a new future–and family–with them by her side?Moonlight Cove: A beachside town where love and faith blossom

Finding Her Family

Lily Rogers is ready to follow her dreams. Now all she needs is funds. Taking a job as baby Peyton’s temporary nanny seems like an easy way to earn cash for her plane ticket to LA. But there’s nothing easy about how Lily feels for Peyton’s uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine’s Day approaches, Lily’s head fills with romantic notions of the handsome new daddy. She’s falling for a family that isn’t hers, and dreaming of a life with the blue-eyed barista and his adorable niece. Will Lily leave Blake and Peyton behind…or make a new future—and family—with them by her side?

Moonlight Cove: A beachside town where love and faith blossom

“I need to focus on my career goals, not falling in love.”

Made perfect sense, though for some reason Lily’s statement had disappointment poking at him. Blake shook the emotion off. “I hear you there,” he replied. “Who has time for romantic relationships?” Or the guts.

“Not me.”

“Not me, either. I have more than I can handle with the store and Peyton.”

“So you aren’t interested in dating either?” she asked in what seemed like a very well-modulated voice.

“No,” he said emphatically. “I don’t have time.” Which was part of his reasoning. The other part was too personal to share.

“Right? Me neither.” She hesitated, her brow creasing. “We’re actually a lot alike, you know.”

“Hmm. You know, you’re right.”

“Maybe that’s why we get along so well.”

“That has to be it,” he said. “We’re on the same page.”

“Right.” She nodded. “Same page is good. Really good.”

“Actually, it’s excellent. We get each other.”

“Yes, we do,” she said, her gaze meeting his. It held. Something passed between them; what, exactly, he couldn’t say, just something odd yet exciting.

LISSA MANLEY decided she wanted to be a published author at twelve. After she read her first romance as a teenager she decided romance was her favorite genre, although she still enjoys a good medical thriller now and then. Lissa lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, a grown daughter and college-aged son, and two bossy poodles. When she’s not reading, she enjoys crafting, bargain hunting, cooking and decorating.

Hometown Valentine

Lissa Manley

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God.

—Philippians 4:6

This book is dedicated to

my bestie and sunset sweats comrade.

Thanks for always being there for me. Tally ho!

Contents

Cover (#u448a1991-f878-568d-8d4d-56aab2a12a51)

Back Cover Text (#u2f7d8064-e2fc-5cd6-a38a-99c16098ae10)

Introduction (#ue2068e19-4163-56b3-b310-88f58165b83a)

About the Author (#u104cfac9-29eb-5afb-8722-9e959958343c)

Title Page (#u44cfb071-b1c0-51d7-96ba-7acf34df557d)

Bible Verse (#uef38aa45-bd52-5cc7-a1ad-2045442b89d7)

Dedication (#ufd1bc44c-59b6-54a5-a942-c07cf0bb199d)

Chapter One (#ulink_6d0468cd-bdcf-5657-ae9b-b8eeb05b302b)

Chapter Two (#ulink_1383af77-84e9-53c9-9d69-f23105a18841)

Chapter Three (#ulink_19a3ca2b-b665-53ca-be0c-c750461115fe)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)