Dominican Stars: Resort Romance, #3

By Elle Rush

All Julie Beresford wants is some time away to make the most important decision of her teaching career. What she finds in the Dominican Republic is a man who not only makes her laugh but gives her the confidence to face her fears.

Contractor Dennis Wilson is supposed to be on a father-son bonding trip, but after that turns into a solo vacation at the last minute, Julie is a delightful distraction from the disappointment.

When his son arrives unexpectedly, Dennis is torn between moving forward with Julie and trying to salvage his relationship with his son. Can they find a way to be together when both their futures are up in the air? 

 

Resort Romances:

1. Cuban Moon

2. Mexican Sunsets

3. Dominican Stars

4. Mayan Midnights

• Language: English
• Publisher: SBD Entertainment
• Release date: Feb 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781988792330

Book preview

DOMINICAN STARS

A Resort Romance

By

Elle Rush

Copyright © 2017

Copyright by Deidre Gould

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

Published by Deidre Gould.

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except in the case of brief quotations used in articles or reviews.

This is a work of fiction. The characters, names, places, incidents and dialogues in this book are of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is completely coincidental.

Blurb

All Julie Beresford wanted was a vacation fling, something to distract her from the most important decision of her teaching career. What she gets is a man who not only captures her heart but pushes her to face her fears.

Contractor Dennis Wilson is supposed to be on a father-son bonding trip, but after that turns into a solo vacation at the last minute, Julie is an intoxicating distraction from the disappointment.

When his son arrives unexpectedly, Julie’s presence throws a spanner into an already tense situation. Can Dennis salvage both relationships, or is one doomed to break?

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Chapter 1

The downpour was so intense it thoroughly drenched Dennis Wilson in the thirty seconds it took to lift his hard-sided suitcase from the cobblestone driveway onto the sidewalk and pull it into the open-air lobby of Club Sol Cabarete.

The signs telling him to stay home began appearing almost a month ago. Three weeks prior to his departure date, Dennis discovered his long-unused passport was about to expire. He’d had to pay extra to rush his renewal through the system. The day before he left, his twenty-four-year-old son called to let him know that he wouldn’t be able to make the flight for their winter trip to the Dominican Republic. He said he’d try to arrive a couple of days later, but he didn’t make any promises.

Dennis decided to go anyway. Then, at the literal last minute, his great escape had been delayed and almost canceled because a day-after-Christmas blizzard hit Winnipeg with a vengeance. His plane managed to take off before the airport shut down, but the storm followed him south. He’d suffered four hours of horrendous turbulence as they flew into what should have been sunny climes.

He’d like to say it couldn’t get worse, but he wasn’t about to tempt fate.

He gratefully accepted a glass from the hotel employee who was offering complimentary drinks to everyone waiting to check in. It was five in the afternoon and he’d been on the go since four o’clock that morning. Then he prepared to wait some more.

The same jerk who’d harassed the flight attendant because of the late departure, and who’d nearly gotten himself strip-searched at the Puerto Plata airport after being rude to the customs officer, was now complaining to everyone in earshot that he needed to get his room first. Call up the reservation for Ash. Michael-Vincent Ash. I can’t stand around in wet clothes for hours. I have a medical condition, he bellowed at the concierge after he’d cut in front of six other guests to get to the desk.

Yeah, you have a raging case of asshole, Dennis muttered.

A pretty, honey-blonde woman relaxing on the sofa in the center of the lobby burst into laughter.

His bad mood evaporated at her contagious glee.

Ash-hole’s offended gasp set him laughing too. The pasty tourist glared at everybody in line, quelling no one’s amusement. The concierge processed him quickly, and once he was gone from the lobby, the other new