By hero, I mean pretending it’s our wedding.

At least that’s his plan until he finds himself playing hero trying to help me save my sister’s secret Christmas Eve wedding. So much so, Patrick would just as soon skip Christmas. Patrick Abbott isn’t alone-he comes with two beautiful kids and the memory of his dead wife, who seems to haunt all their lives. The kind of kiss that whispered to my soul and told me things I wasn’t ready to hear. The man who 20 years ago administered the kiss of all kisses. So, what if she did find her own unlikely happily ever after here with one of the most famous men alive? That doesn’t mean I’m meant for such a destiny.īut what happens when the implausible happens? When a man I thought I would never see again walks into my inn. My sister, of course, would tell me I’m dead wrong and that the very inn we own calls to such lovers. But soul mates? It seems highly implausible there is that one person, your person, meant only for you. I even own an inn with my sister where each room is named after our favorite romantic couples. Now Samantha must decide if she should get back on the field or if she prefers the sidelines.With a name like Isabelle Valentine, one would think I was destined to find true love and believe in the ridiculous notion of soul mates. While Samantha is doing her best to learn the rules of single life and being a semi-celebrity, Reed comes in and changes the game. But, Samantha isn’t keen on dating anyone, much less a younger man who used to booby trap her bedroom with firecrackers. Reed has harbored a crush for his old babysitter all these years.

Then her younger brother’s best friend, Reed Cassidy, who she used to babysit, moves back to town as the new head football coach for her son’s high school team. When the post goes viral, she finds herself with a new title, The Sidelined Wife, and an unbelievable following. While trying to figure out who Samantha Decker is, she writes what she thinks is one final post on her blog, announcing her divorce. But one conversation later, heard through his Bluetooth, and Samantha is changing her last name. Samantha Higgins never thought driving her husband’s car would forever change her life.

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The Sidelined Wife by Jennifer Peel