#MFRWhooks Blog Hop - An Excerpt from TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - If I Had a Million Dollars
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Happy Book Hooks Wednesday! I have an excerpt from TAKE A CHANCE ON ME in which architect Nick Cumming muses about his first meeting with his new tenent Darcy. He also daydreams about what the old Victorian Mansion could be. I hope you enjoy the excerpt!
Excerpt:
For a few moments, Nick let himself dream about restoring the house and living in it himself. He’d play up the high ceilings and the fabulous mouldings. You couldn’t get crown mouldings and baseboards like that anymore, not without paying a fortune to a master carpenter to create them. He’d turn the place back into a single-family home, bring it back to its former glory—
Stop.
That wasn’t going to happen. Nick had bought this property, and the two neighboring houses, so he could help his dad. He’d designed a multi-family building that fit seamlessly with the existing architecture on the street. One of the houses was ready to collapse on its own. He was simply putting it out of its misery.
He had nothing to apologize for. He was doing the neighborhood a favor by getting rid of the decay and creating a building everyone could be proud of.
So, why did he feel the need to tell Darcy Ferris he was sorry?
Maybe because he’d been so drawn to her from the moment he’d first seen her. He’d never experienced anything like it before—instant attraction, total captivation. But it was more than that. He got her, understood her right down to her marrow. She was warm and sweet and caring.
Had she experienced the same weird sensation? If she had, she certainly got over it quickly. She’d sensed he wasn’t telling her the whole truth.
He hated not being honest with her, but he’d been thrown off guard by learning she’d lived there as a child. Obviously, she was nostalgic about the house, but until all his plans were in place, there was no need to upset her by telling her the Victorian was going to be demolished.
The thought of tearing down this house and the two others made his chest ache.
Damn.
Blurb:
Teacher Darcy Ferris loves two things: traveling the world and coming right back home to her slightly crumbling Toronto Victorian—the same house filled with memories, charm, and at least a few questionable wiring decisions. Unfortunately, her beloved home is about to be demolished, a decision Darcy is determined to fight.
Enter Nick Cummings: architect and new owner of Darcy’s soon-to-be-doomed house. Hoping to drag his father out of a prolonged slump, Nick hatches a brilliant plan—tear down the old mansion and replace it with a shiny “Victorian-inspired” condo. Because nothing says “healing” like demolition.
What he doesn’t plan for is Darcy—his very determined tenant, who is absolutely not on board with his vision (or his wrecking ball). What he also doesn’t plan for is falling for her, which complicates things just a little.
Now Nick and Darcy have to sort through family baggage, clashing blueprints, and their growing feelings—while figuring out if love can survive a difference of opinion… especially when one of those opinions involves a bulldozer. Are they ready to take a chance on love?
Universal Buy Link: https://books2read.com/Take-a-Chance-on-Me
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