Neighbor Dearest
Penelope Ward
Release Date: August 14, 2016
A STANDALONE NOVEL that does NOT need to be read in conjunction with any other book.
From New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Ward, comes a friends-to-lovers story with sexy new characters.
Blurb
After
getting dumped, the last thing I needed was to move next door to someone who
reminded me of my ex-boyfriend, Elec.
Damien
was a hotter version of my ex.
The
neighbor I’d dubbed “Angry Artist” also had two massive dogs that kept me up
with their barking.
He
wanted nothing to do with me. Or so I thought until one night I heard laughter
coming through an apparent hole in my bedroom wall.
Damien
had been listening to all of my phone sessions with my therapist.
The
sexy artist next door now knew all of my deepest secrets and insecurities.
We got
to talking.
He set
me straight with tips to get over my breakup.
He
became a good friend, but Damien made it clear that he couldn’t be anything
more.
Problem
was, I was falling hard for him anyway. And as much as he pushed me away, I
knew he felt the same…because his heartbeat didn’t lie.
I
thought my heart had been broken by Elec, but it was alive and beating harder
than ever for Damien.
I just
hoped he wouldn’t shatter it for good.
Author's
note – Neighbor Dearest is a full-length standalone novel. Due to strong
language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the
age of 18.
Excerpt
Copyright
© 2016 by
Penelope
Ward
Looking
tense, he placed his hands slowly into his pockets as he looked at me. “What
exactly happened last night?”
“What
are you talking about?”
Nice try dodging the question.
He
moved in closer to me. “What am I talking about? You leaving me with a giant
fucking basket of muffins and running off before I could even say anything?
Ring a bell?”
“I
thought you’d be alone. It caught me off guard.”
His
eyes softened. “You were upset…”
“No, I
wasn’t.”
“You’re
a terrible liar, Chelsea. Fucking horrible at it. You don’t hide your feelings
very well.”
“You
think you know just about everything there is to know about me, don’t you?”
“Not
everything. But it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to read you. It’s one of the
things I like about you, though. You’re one of the least fake people I’ve ever
met.”
“Then,
tell me. Why do you think I was
upset?”
“Honestly?
I think you’re confused about me.”
“Confused…”
“Yes. I
think you’re wondering why I opted not to have dinner with you and instead
ended up with a woman I’d literally just met, someone who isn’t as sweet as you
and sure as fuck isn’t as pretty as you. So, you’re wondering what the hell I
was thinking. Am I right?”
That’s exactly what I was
thinking.
He
continued, “I know we haven’t known each other for very long, but I do feel a
connection with you, okay? If you’ve sensed something, you’re not imagining
it.”
“Well,
if I wasn’t confused before…now I definitely am.”
“I feel
like I need to say this now, because I can’t stand the thought of you thinking
that I somehow find you undesirable when it’s exactly the opposite.”
I
crossed my arms. “Again. Not following you.”
He
closed his eyes as if to try to find the right words. “It’s just that I know
for sure that I can’t ever be what someone like you needs in a boyfriend, in a
partner. It’s not that we wouldn’t have fun or be great together at first. I’m
just not good for you in the long-term—not marriage material. And the reasons
are too complex to get into, except to say that it has nothing to do with you
and everything to do with me. I can’t, in good conscience, start something with
a girl like you.”
“A girl
like me…”
“Yes.
You’re not the kind of girl a guy takes home for a quick fuck. You’re the girl
he keeps.”
Right. Just like Elec
did.
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About Penelope Ward
Penelope
Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling
author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her
twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more
family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl
with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode
Island.
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