One Kiss

By Misty Simon

The last place Lorena Weber wants to be on Valentine's Day is a singles party thrown by her newlywed best friend. But how can she say no? She'll give it an hour—two, tops—and then she's heading back to her normal life. But she didn't plan on seeing the one man who had turned her world on its side New Year's Eve with one kiss that opened doors she had firmly locked. Caleb Manning got coerced into attending this ridiculous party by a co-worker. He'll stay for an hour at most and then he'll head home. That was the plan until he recognized Lorena across the room and had to see if that kiss was only New Year's Eve magic or something more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
• Release date: Jan 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781509203406

Misty Simon

Misty Simon is the author of the Tallie Graver Mystery series. She loves a good story and decided one day that she would try her hand at it. Eventually she got it right. There’s nothing better in the world than making someone laugh, and she hopes everyone at least snickers in the right places when reading her books. She lives with her husband, daughter and three insane dogs in Central Pennsylvania where she is hard at work on her next novel or three. She loves to hear from readers so drop her a line at [e-mail].

Book preview

Inc.

Are you sure I can’t help you with anything? He wasn’t above offering himself for kitchen duty to get out of playing games with a roomful of single people. Knowing Melanie, it would probably be something like Spin the Bottle.

No, you can’t. She grabbed his elbow, and he let her lead him out into the living room. Mingle. And I can find you if you try to sneak away, so don’t.

With that, she walked away in her four-inch heels like a drill sergeant on a mission, to greet more people coming through the door.

He made no eye contact as he headed for the buffet set up in the spacious dining room. He’d promised Melanie he’d come to her party to get her off his back about finding someone, but he had not agreed to participate in party games. An hour tops and he was leaving.

A woman laughed at the front of the line with a bunch of other women. The husky sound shot like one of Cupid’s arrows down his spine and landed in his gut. Where had he heard that laugh before?

He didn’t place it for a moment. But it all zinged into place when she turned toward him and he caught a full-faced glimpse of her mismatched eyes.

Praise for Misty Simon and…

THE WRONG DRAWERS:

...a sass filled, one-two punch of delightfully quirky humor and intriguing mystery.

~Jacki King, bestselling author

POISON IVY:

A fun romp, and the mystery isn’t really difficult to solve. The characters are fun and Ivy’s perspective on them lets the reader learn more about Ivy as well as the other characters.

~Cyclamen, Long and Short Reviews (3 Stars)

I loved this book. I was laughing during most of it. I enjoyed the characters and I like how they seem like people you would want to be friends with.

~Rae, My Book Addiction and More (4.5 rating)

WHAT’S LIFE WITHOUT THE SPRINKLES?:

Ms Simon’s writing has warmth, her characters seem like real people, and her plotting drew me in…. Misty Simon approaches the emotional element so well…. Put this one on your TO READ list because you won’t be disappointed.

~Angie Just Read, The Romance Reviews

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Other Books by Misty Simon

at The Wild Rose Press, Inc.

What’s Life Without the Sprinkles? (Kissinger Kisses 1)

Making Room at the Inn (Kissinger Kisses 2)

Go Ahead, Make My Bouquet (Kissinger Kisses 3)

Poison Ivy (Ivy Morris Mysteries, Book 1)

The Wrong Drawers (Ivy Morris, Book 2)

Something Old, Something Dead (Ivy Morris, Book 3)

Frame and Fortune (Ivy Morris, Book 4)

One Kiss

by

Misty Simon

A Candy Hearts Romance

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

One Kiss

COPYRIGHT © 2016 by Misty Simon

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press, Inc. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

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Cover Art by RJ Morris

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Publishing History

First Champagne Rose Edition, 2016

Digital ISBN 978-1-5092-0340-6

A Candy Hearts Romance

Published in the United States of America

Dedication

To Daniel — the one kiss that started it all

Chapter One

Just inside the doorway of her friend’s house, a spacious dwelling—Melanie Allenson née Brockwell did nothing by halves—Lorena Weber hesitated. Did she really have to take her coat off after the chilly February evening air? Couldn’t she sneak back out into the frost, tell her best friend later she’d been here amongst the throng and they just hadn’t seen each other?

Yeah, there was no way Melanie would believe that, and then Lore would never hear the end of it. Better to take her coat off, do minimal mingling, and then leave. Because it was her oldest and best friend, that friendship bought Melanie an hour, two at the most. Guilt could sway Lore but not persuade her to stay longer than two hours, max, in what was essentially an upscale meat market.

Melanie had gotten married ten days ago, and suddenly she wanted everyone else she knew to be in a relationship. Hence what she