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    Miss Guided: A Guide to Love Novella
    Miss Guided: A Guide to Love Novella
    Miss Guided: A Guide to Love Novella
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    Miss Guided: A Guide to Love Novella

    By Alexia Adams

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    His matchmaking plans are about to backfire.

    Running out of time...
    Mystery writer Marcus Sullivan is determined to find someone for his younger brother Liam to love. Playing matchmaker on vacation in St. Lucia, Marcus tries to interest Liam in beautiful, local tour guide Crescentia St. Ives. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan. And when Marcus and Crescentia are stranded during a thunderstorm, the plot to match her with his brother incinerates in the flames of desire. No way can Liam have her when Marcus can’t keep his hands off. Too bad he can’t write a happier ending to their blossoming romance.

    Running away...
    Crescentia St. Ives’ career as a public defender in New York has taken a toll. Following an emotionally devastating case, she returns to her homeland, St. Lucia. While her uncle is recovering from a heart attack, she helps out with his floundering tour company. The product of a holiday affair, Crescy is determined not to follow in her mother’s footsteps. But her resolve is severely tested when she meets Marcus Sullivan. Can she convince him that they can have more than a fling? Or will his secret be too much to overcome?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexia Adams
    Release dateMar 11, 2015
    ISBN9780993912603
    Miss Guided: A Guide to Love Novella

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      Miss Guided - Alexia Adams

      His matchmaking plans are about to backfire.

      Running out of time…

      Mystery writer Marcus Sullivan is determined to find someone for his younger brother Liam to love. Playing matchmaker on vacation in St. Lucia, Marcus tries to interest Liam in beautiful, local tour guide Crescentia St. Ives. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan. And when Marcus and Crescentia are stranded during a thunderstorm, the plot to match her with his brother incinerates in the flames of desire. No way can Liam have her when Marcus can’t keep his hands off. Too bad he can’t write a happier ending to their blossoming romance.

      Running away…

      Crescentia St. Ives’ career as a public defender in New York has taken a toll. Following an emotionally devastating case, she returns to her homeland, St. Lucia. While her uncle is recovering from a heart attack, she helps out with his floundering tour company. The product of a holiday affair, Crescy is determined not to follow in her mother’s footsteps. But her resolve is severely tested when she meets Marcus Sullivan. Can she convince him that they can have more than a fling? Or will his secret be too much to overcome?

      Miss Guided – a Guide to Love novella

      By Alexia Adams

      Copyright 2014 by Alexia Adams

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, corporations, institutions, organizations, events, or locales in this novel are either the product of the author's imagination or, if real, used fictitiously. The resemblance of any character to actual persons (living or dead) is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce, distribute, or transmit in any form or by any means. Exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews.

      Published by:

      Alexia Adams

      Suite 377

      255 Newport Drive

      Port Moody, BC V3H 5H1

      Canada

      Contact: Alexia@alexia-adams.com

      www.alexia-adams.com

      Edited by Alethea Spiridon Hopson

      Cover design by Steven Novak

      ISBN 978-0-9939126-0-3

      First Edition September 2014

      Product of Canada

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Also in the Guide to Love Series

      Played by the Billionaire

      His Billion-Dollar Dilemma

      Masquerading with the Billionaire

      Thank You

      About the Author

      Other Books by Alexia

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to the memory of Crescentia, my fabulous mother-in-law. Her beauty and grace will always be remembered by those who knew her. And her laugh echoes in that of my children. To the rest of my in-laws, thank you for welcoming me into the family and introducing me to the St. Lucian culture, especially rice ‘n peas and curry goat!

      Chapter 1

      Marcus sipped a tropical fruit concoction through a straw, considering the addition of rum to the drink. What good was a Caribbean vacation if you couldn’t sample the island’s best product? He needed to keep his alcohol consumption to a minimum as it counteracted his medication. So he usually saved it for special occasions. Like when how unfair his life was got to him.

      How ’bout her? He pointed his drink at a buxom blonde woman wearing a tiny white bikini and high heels.

      Liam glanced up from his laptop. Nah, never liked blondes, they’re too pale. You lose them in the bed if it’s got white sheets.

      Marcus laughed at the comment, knowing his brother wasn’t serious. However, Liam’s apathy toward relationships did slow things down. Marcus had managed to cross most of his life’s goals off his bucket list, but finding a life partner for Liam was the most important, and proving the hardest. And there wasn’t a lot of time left. Marcus was already living beyond the doctors’ expectations, and he needed to make sure his little brother was loved before he went.

      Hey, I thought we agreed no working on this vacation, Marcus said.

      With a reluctant sigh, Liam closed his laptop. You can’t tell me you’re not working. I can all but see the cogs in that big head of yours turning. You’re thinking plot lines and characterization and who would be murdered first. There’s a book formulating in your brain. Any minute now you’re going to excuse yourself and race upstairs for your own computer.

      Liam was right of course. Marcus saw stories everywhere. It was what had made him a prolific and best-selling mystery author by twenty-five. And the blonde would be the first to die. The question was whether the hero in his book would do her first. He shook his head; she wasn’t his type, and therefore not suitable to play a heroine. Marcus preferred a real woman without chemical and saline enhancements. Liam was usually drawn to the plastic versions, probably because he’d never known the love of a real woman. Marcus was going to do his damnedest to make sure he did.

      A sudden flood of people wandered past the bar, disgorged, undoubtedly, from a returning tour bus. They all clutched cameras, hats, and bottles of water. He caught snippets of conversation about their day—the majesty of the Pitons and the wonder of the drive-in volcano.

      Liam swiveled around on his bar stool. You know, if you really wanted to relax, we could have rented a private villa. Hell, we could have rented a private island.

      And miss this human sideshow? Besides, I hate to break it to you, brother, but you’re boring. All you do is play on your computer day and night. I need some stimulation in my life.

      Liam sat up taller on his stool and put his drink on the bar. I don’t play…

      Marcus tuned out his brother’s monologue on the latest Trojan horse, or worm, or virus, or something destined to destroy all computers, everywhere. And how it was guys like Liam who made it safer for regular people to download cute cat videos or porn, depending on their preference.

      Mercifully, his brother’s voice was drowned out by another, this one richer, sultrier, and with a hint of island charm. Mrs. Winthrop, Mrs. Winthrop, you left your glasses on the bus. A gorgeous local woman raced down the steps next to the poolside bar and stopped an older lady who was wearing Bermuda shorts, socks up to her knees, and sandals.

      Oh, thank you, dear, Mrs. Winthrop replied. I’d probably leave my head behind if it weren’t attached.

      The local woman gave a polite laugh, which had the effect of sending a thrill, not at all polite, through his body. She then turned to run back up the stairs, her long brown legs in sharp contrast to her white shorts. Her T-shirt, stretched tight across full breasts that bounced like real ones, read St. Ives Island Tours and Travel on the back. A mass of dark curls was piled impossibly on the top of her head. But it was her face that had Marcus taking a long drink of his mocktail. It had been a good long while since he’d seen anyone as naturally beautiful as her. There was no way she’d get lost in bed. Or up against a wall. Or in the shower. Or on the beach.

      Dragging his mind back from inappropriate thoughts, he glanced again at Liam who was watching the news on the TV above the bar. How about tomorrow we take a tour of the island?

      Liam stared at him with undisguised horror. "Marcus, if you want to see the island, we can hire a private car and driver. I’m loaded, remember, recently signed a billion dollar deal with the-software-company-that-shall-remain-nameless? I’m not getting on a smelly old bus with a bunch of smelly

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