One Night With the Best Man

By Sara Daniel

Alejandro “Alex” Cortez vowed never to return to the family farm, but when his sister makes it the destination for her wedding, he has no choice. The farm’s new owner, sexy agricultural professor Dr. Susan Gundersen, is his only hope for a diversion from the haunting memories.

Susan knows better than to count on people sticking around for her. The farm gives her the roots and permanence she’s craved her entire life. As she helps Alex clear out his family’s mementos from the house, Susan is drawn to the raw and vulnerable man under his carefree exterior. A few kisses later, she falls hard and fast.

Despite their mutual attraction, Susan will never leave the farm and Alex will never consider staying. Will one passionate night with the best man give them the courage to face what they each fear most or drive them apart forever?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Apr 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781613338407

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One Night With The Best Man

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Copyright © 2015 by Sara Daniel

ISBN: 978-1-61333-840-7

Cover art by Mina Carter

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Dedication

In memory of John and Naomi—proud farmers, loving grandparents, extraordinary role models.

One Night with the Best Man

A 1Night Stand Story

By

Sara Daniel

Chapter One

Hell yeah, Alex Cortez wanted to be the best man at his sister’s destination wedding. A party in Jamaica or maybe Bora Bora. Bring it on, baby.

Then Luciana had hit him with the real destination: the dilapidated farm in Iowa where they’d grown up.

Hell. No.

Except he couldn’t decline, not after she’d waited a full year while he completed his last tour with the Marines so he could attend.

Maneuvering his sports car onto the rutted gravel road, he pulled to the side before the farm came into view over the hill. When the sale had gone through the previous year, he’d considered it the best day of his life, despite a round of enemy fire and a dinner of MREs.

Why Luciana wanted to have her big day at the place that had stolen their father’s life and mother’s health then tried to kill her soul, he had no freaking idea. The filtered, air-conditioned air did nothing to disguise the scent of manure, livestock, and fresh-cut hay from outside. He sneezed twice and cursed several more times.

One more mile. He’d survived the deserts of the Middle East and warring factions in Africa. He could suck up his abhorrence of the farm for two days.

Keeping his gaze glued to the road, Alex gritted his teeth as gravel dust and rocks slapped the paint job of the car that, up until a few months ago, he’d only been able to fantasize about buying. But the investment in his buddy Luke’s identity theft app had paid off so big, paying cash for his sweet ride hadn’t dented his bank account.

But, all the money in the world couldn’t help him avoid the upcoming weekend. He steered into the driveway, lifting his gaze just enough to take in the parking situation, but not enough to check out the sad state of the house or the barn. Adding his car to the row designated for the rehearsal guests, he inhaled and exhaled several times before exiting.

An excellent landscaping service, giant white tent, and flowered archway had transformed the normally overgrown grass lot into a manicured lawn ready to host a classy, outdoor wedding. By focusing on the nuptials, he’d ignore the real setting and maybe come through the weekend unscathed.

Alejandro, you arrived. Luciana waved and beamed at him, her smile too relieved for him not to feel guilty for giving her reason to worry he might not show.

He joined his sister in the open-sided tent, hugging her. Family members and friends milled around, doing a fabulous job of pretending they preferred the manure-scented air over the ocean breeze of a tropical island.

You look gorgeous. Not carrying the weight of a two-hundred-acre dairy farm on her shoulders had done wonders for her. Beyond radiating happiness, she managed to project an image of utter relaxation, on the eve of the biggest day of her life, no less.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to have my two favorite men in the same room together. Her smile carried an extra-special sparkle as she faced her fiancé, Blake Remington.

Alex offered his hand to the other man. I’m in your debt. Literally.

Blake had solved the family’s insurmountable money troubles when Alex hadn’t had a cent to contribute and then Blake had refused his every effort to repay him from his newly-flush bank account.