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It Had To Be You [MultiFormat]
eBook by Julie Skerven
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eBook Category: Romance
eBook Description: It Had To Be You is the story of star crossed lovers. Candy Blake hasn't set foot in Morris Point, WI since she roared past the graduation ceremony on the back of her Harley on her way out of town. She's been lured back for two reasons--to help Ma, her former foster mother--with rehab after heart surgery, and to launch her lingerie catalog, Candy-Wear, with a publishing company in a nearby town. Now she's been pestered into attending her ten-year high school reunion. She isn't looking forward to rubbing shoulders with the snobbish kids who'd made her life difficult. She's moved on since those days, becoming a successful lingerie model and designer, but she still has a chip on her shoulder concerning those who treated her badly, especially the Morris family. Greg Morris watches Candy enter the ballroom and is just as captivated by her beauty as he had been in high school, and again when her business proposal had hit his desk six months ago. If she'd had any inkling that a Morris was at the helm of Pinnacle Publishing, he knew she'd run a mile in the other direction. He knows she won't recognize him as the nerd she'd dubbed "The Toad" and he's counting on one magical night to make her see him in a new light. Will they both come to realize that It Had To Be You--from EPPIE award-winning author of HER HEART'S DESIRE and SERENA'S WEB.
eBook Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press, Published: 2006
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2006
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [852 KB], eReader (PDB) [167 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [139 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [126 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [135 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [185 KB], hiebook (KML) [365 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [182 KB], iSilo (PDB) [116 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [156 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [182 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [185 KB]
Words: 43059
Reading time: 123-172 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 1-59374-431-5
 
Chapter 1 "Look, Greg, that biker chick is here. Remember how she tore through the football field on her Harley, half naked, during graduation? I guess they must have mailed her diploma. Oh, that's right. I guess you were at military school then." Greg Morris smiled as he pictured Candy speeding by the ceremony wearing only a smile and a string bikini as she shook up the crowd. Thanks to his father's interference, Greg had been cooling his heels at St Sebastian's Military Academy at the time. By the time he'd graduated from that penitentiary, Candy was long gone. Greg stepped away from his booze-soaked former classmate while he made a mental note to see about getting him into Morris Papers' treatment program. It was one hour into their ten-year high school reunion and Chad Daly, one of his key employees at his subsidiary company, Pinnacle Publishing, was already soused. Greg's gaze snapped over to the registration table. Candace Blake was sticking a nametag onto her silver evening gown. Sweet Candy with the butterscotch hair and soft, pink lips. Greg had often wondered if she'd taste like butterscotch. Tonight, he hoped to find out. The sight of her made him groan under his breath. After spending the past three months studying her business proposal and photographs, he already knew that her good looks were all that he remembered and more. Her long, long legs inflamed his imagination. She had the body of a Botticelli nude, the face of an angel, and most of all, attitude in spades. He knew that she probably wouldn't recognize him and he was counting on one magical night to make her see him in a new light. The Candy-Wear account would bolster Pinnacle Publishing's bottom line. Pinnacle Publishing was his baby. But Greg didn't just want her business. He wanted her. The proud tilt of her head said don't touch me to any male who might take her sultry appearance as an open invitation. He wasn't deterred by her feisty attitude. On the contrary, he was intrigued by it. This summer he intended to right old wrongs, make a new life for himself, and find out exactly what made Sweet Candy tick. Greg moved to a secluded corner and pulled out his cell phone, ready to set his plan in motion. * * * *Candace Blake took note of surprised expressions on the couple at the registration table as she gave them her name. She recognized Ted Adams and Sandra Burns without having to glance at their nametags. A quick glance at Sandra's nametag told her the two had married. The two were former class officers who'd never given her the time of day back in high school. Not that she cared. Ted's gaze honed in on her cleavage as she bent to sign in. Winking as she straightened she asked, "did you enjoy the view, Ted?" Candace enjoyed the dirty look Sandra threw him as she turned away. She heard him yelp as she walked away toward the ballroom. Served him right, the jerk. She supposed she had to expect that kind of reception. Growing up a dirt-poor foster kid, she'd never fitted in with this crowd. To compensate she'd become a hell-raiser in high school. The fact that she was now a successful lingerie model and designer probably did little to improve her reputation in this morally rigid little town. Well, successful might be putting too good a spin on her designer status. But if everything went well with her negotiations with Pinnacle Publishing, she had hopes of expanding her fledgling catalog operation into a nationwide firm to rival Victoria's Secret. Why had she let Ma pester her into attending this reunion as a birthday treat? Some birthday! She would have been perfectly happy never to see any of these snobs ever again. Little did her curious former classmates know that she was far removed from her wild-child teens. After day-long photo shoots, she went back to her lonely apartment to sketch designs late into the night. All work and no play made Candace a very dull girl indeed. Well, as long as she'd been badgered into coming to this shindig, she might as well try to have fun. Yes sir, it was time for Candace Blake to kick up her heels. And maybe set this little town on its ear again. The thought made her grin. Candace fidgeted with the silver bracelet on her wrist, then took a glass of champagne from a passing waiter. Taking a fortifying sip, she scanned the crowd, looking for any familiar faces. All her former classmates seemed to be paired off. She was probably the only one love had passed by. Her eyes met those of a tall, dark, devastatingly handsome man standing near the bar. He watched her, his interest palpable. He winked at her and a mischievous smile played across his sensual mouth as he raised his glass in a salute. Who in the heck was he? She certainly would have remembered a hunk like this if he'd been in her class. He began to walk her way. Butterflies fluttered in Candace's stomach as he drew near. She bit her lip and stepped back a pace. He stopped in front of her, topping her five foot ten by a good six inches. Who could he be? She scanned the front of his tailored black tux but couldn't find a nametag.
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