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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  54. EPILOGUE
  55. THANK YOU!
  56. MORE FROM VICTORIA WALTERS
  57. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  58. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  59. ALSO BY VICTORIA WALTERS
  60. Boldwood Ever After
  61. About Boldwood Books

That evening, I curled up on my bed to finish Davis Mulberry’s book. As the female main character started to realise who her stalker was, she drew closer to her neighbour who she’d been worried might be the one threatening her. It turned out, he had started to notice what was going on and wanted to help her. As the book got closer to the end, I was shocked to find out the identity of her stalker and the final showdown was epic. The woman she thought was her best friend was the one who had been terrifying her. It was a great twist. And when she told her neighbour she had feelings for him, they had a great love scene that surprised the hell out of me. Davis Mulberry had not only included a touch of romance mixed in with his gripping thrills and twists, but had actually done it well.

I closed the book as the night faded into the early hours of the morning and I felt that not only should this book be published despite Davis’s bad attitude, but it could be his biggest hit. And maybe if everyone knew that Davis not only didn’t actually hate romance but had included it in the book, he would be forgiven for what happened at the conference. I thought about his long-standing feud with Jake. All the times he had belittled the fact Jake wrote romance and questioned how easy it was to write. This was a big turnaround to write it himself. Was it down to the woman Davis had opened his heart to? I had to find out. If Davis Mulberry could believe in love then why was I finding it so hard? Why was Jake finding it so hard?

Rolling over, I turned off my bedside lamp and crawled under the covers, yawning after reading for so long.

I wondered if Jake was awake or asleep. If he ever thought about me at night. I couldn’t help but hope he did even though it seemed impossible. He didn’t trust love any more. Why did I think he’d ever trust me? He thought we were too different to ever work. I had agreed with him. I hadn’t been sure he really liked me. I had walked away from him at the conference. But our time together kept coming back to me regardless. The way he had looked so disappointed after the meeting with his publishers haunted me. It had made me realise I was disappointed in myself.

But that was about to change.

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