Took You for Granted

By LM Spangler

She lost him seven years ago. Now he's back in her life…and back in her bed.

April Donovan thought she'd gotten over Grant Carmichael. He broke her heart, took her feelings for granted, and chose a baseball career over her. She moved on with her life and eventually healed. Seven years later, a chance meeting throws that theory asunder, and several passionate moments rekindle the fire. He wants her again—mind, soul, and...body.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
• Release date: Apr 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781509225545

LM Spangler

LM Spangler lives in south central Pennsylvania with her hubby and daughter, along with her furry canine daughters—Natty, Shandy, Harley—and Cali, her furry feline daughter. Her son serves our country in the Navy. Her parents instilled a love of reading in her, and on an off-comment from her hubby, she became a published writer. In her spare time, she enjoys watching baseball, college football, NASCAR (on TV or real life,) documentaries, and any car show. Velocity, DIY, HGTV, Discovery, and Science channels are favorite channels.

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Took You for Granted

Lakeside Love Stories Book One

By

LM Spangler

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are 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.

Took You for Granted

COPYRIGHT © 2019 by LM Spangler

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 Kristian Norris

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Publishing History

First Scarlet Rose Edition, 2019

Digital ISBN 978-1-5092-2554-5

Published in the United States of America

Dedication

I'd like to dedicate this book to an extraordinary group of women who have made my writing journey easier and much more interesting.

Kathy Ferri, Sharil Miller, Zee Monodee, Lacee Hightower, Dania Voss, Laura M. Baird, April Zyon, Alexa Wayne, Iris Blobel, and Lynn Burke.

A huge thanks to The Wild Rose Press, Inc. and the awesome group of professionals and authors!

You all rock!

Took You for Granted

For the tenth time in the last five minutes, April Donovan checked her reflection in the full-length mirror. Nothing had changed. She was still wearing the same suit jacket and matching skirt in the shade of soft peaches. A silk, black tank top peeked from underneath the blazer. The fabric lay cool and light against her porcelain skin. Long, mahogany-brown locks, held at the nape of her neck with a hair tie, fell over her shoulder and cascaded down her ample chest. Black, four-inch heels added to her five-foot, seven-inch frame and complemented her shapely legs.

With a hearty sigh, she turned away from the mirror and paced her office. She glanced down to the floor. Nope, she hadn’t worn a path in the plush, tan carpeting. A nervous laugh bubbled up her throat.

Why am I acting like such a child? At the age of twenty-seven, she was beyond her college days. But those college days had scarred her, destroying her faith in relationships and men in general. Damn Grant Carmichael all to hell! He had been her first—and last—true love. Her heart thudded hard against her breastbone. Any thought of him sent her pulse racing and her stomach somersaulting. No other man had the ability to fluster her so. She had dated in the past, but no one was Grant.

But he had