It feel like our hearts are drumming in sync, beating out a rhythm they wrote together? She’s the only woman who’s ever made it seem worth it to fight my demons, just so I could come out on the other side and see the smile on her face. It’s like someone sets free a hummingbird in my chest. With her standing in front of me, staring up at me like this. That same kindness that had my heart trying to beat its way out of its cage the night I met her. Grinning, I reach down and pinch her chin right back. I don’t know why my heart goes at tight as it does at the sight of her snotty face. The most beautiful little thing I’ve seen. The baby girl on Sophia’s chest reaches up and grabs at my stubbly chin. Instead, I want to run toward her with my arms stretched out to catch her broken fragments before they hit the ground.Įven when the world burns down all around you, you can always find a way to pull a little magic from the ashes. I don't care who's ring was on your finger or who you showed up in that white dress to meet. From the first moment I saw you, you were mine. 'From the first moment I saw you, I knew you. Thinking about you is what got me through those endless nights when I was out there in the jungle, terrified for my life. I didn't forget anything about that night. I want it so bad it makes me forget I’m broken myself. I want to hold her and find a way to make everything better. It is the much-anticipated conclusion to the Blue Collar Bachelors series. This is going to be a nightmare.so why is he watching me like I'm his dream come true?ĭream Boy is a steamy, laugh-out-loud, secret baby second chance romance set in small town Illinois. The charming tower of a man has his secrets and I've got mine. But at night, he's in my bed and he's calling all the shots. I must be dreaming because there's no way he's attracted to me.Īgreeing to let him work at my daycare is a terrible idea. He's staring at me, his dark, compelling eyes raking my rumpled figure like I just stepped off a runway. Plus, I have a business to run and I'm determined to prove that I can do it on my own.īut he's a distraction.

Overworked, sleep deprived and running on an empty tank. Meanwhile, I've got green pea puree in my hair, dark circles around my eyes and I can't remember the last time I changed out of these yoga pants. But two years later, he's here-in Copper Heights, Illinois-just as tall, rugged and charming as the night we met. I wanted those rough hands and those soft lips and that sculpted body on me. It was wrong to accept the handsome soldier's offer. The invitation came in a deep, husky voice as I was sobbing into my floral arrangement and consuming all the alcohol during the lowest night of my life. It was supposed to be one night.Fate had other plans. I was the jilted bride sobbing into the train of my wedding dress.

Dream Boy by Ann Reit