Linda. Her name is Linda. Mac shook hands with all three women and then gave his full attention to the one in the middle, who stood out in the group of women like a shining star. He’d never been so bowled over by a girl—or a woman. She was all woman, but giggled like a girl with her friends as they made their way inside with JoAnn leading the way.

“Easy,” Frank said, his hand on Mac’s arm.

“How do you think Linda would feel about living on Gansett Island with an up-and-coming marina owner?”

Frank tossed his head back and laughed as hard as Mac had ever seen him laugh.

Too bad Mac had been serious.

“You don’t do anything halfway, do you, Mac?”

“What’s the point of doing something halfway?”

“Go easy so you don’t scare her off. She’ll think you’re some sort of ax murderer if you ask her to come live on your remote island five minutes after you meet her.”

“You can laugh all you want, Frankie, but that girl is going to live with me on my island. Mark my words.”

“Good thing you’re going to have a lawyer in the family. You’re going to need me to defend you when she files charges against you.”

Mac laughed at Frank’s joke, but he suspected he’d need his brother to be his best man before he’d ever need his legal services.

Big Mac chuckled at the memory of that long-ago day. It had been ages since he’d thought about how his father had nearly talked him out of buying the marina—and what a mistake that would’ve been. He’d paid off the loan within five years and had gone on to make millions on the place, just as Frankie had predicted it might. Hadn’t happened overnight, but the island had been featured on a TV show on East Coast destinations two years after he bought the marina, and nothing was ever the same after that.

And speaking of never the same… He was never the same after that day at Frank’s house. That was the day his life really began, the day he met Linda.

Celebration After Dark is out on December 1, 2015! Preorder your copy today to read it on release day!

You’ll Be Mine

You’ll Be Mine, Will and Cameron’s Green Mountain novella, is out on October 20!

Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy are finally ready to tie the knot—as long as family, friends and a love-struck moose don’t get in the way.

You’ll Be Mine

By: Marie Force

Along with their parents,

Patrick Murphy & Lincoln and Molly Abbott,

Cameron Murphy and Will Abbott

invite you to attend their wedding

on Saturday, October 24, at 2 P.M.

at their home in Butler, Vermont.

Reception to follow immediately.

Chapter 1