Desire by Design - By Paula Altenburg Page 0,74
more than one or two. It meant starting her career over and moving to Toronto, because she couldn’t see the practical sense in having him be the one to try and move a whole business to Nova Scotia.
It meant loving him as much as he loved her. Or, possibly, even a little bit more, because Eve suddenly realized something. If Matt had been the one to ask her to move to a small island in the South Pacific, she’d have followed him gladly. She’d follow him anywhere. Yet here she was, pushing him away when what she should be doing was hanging on as tight as she possibly could.
She could do commitment. She’d simply needed to find the right person to trust with her heart.
“Are you going to make me live in a house made of glass and steel?” she asked.
“I don’t think putting you in a glass house is such a good idea,” he replied, a slow smile easing his intensity. “I was picturing something like an old farmhouse we could renovate together. Something with lots of room for a homegrown soccer team.”
Okay, so maybe he would want more than one or two children—and it didn’t make sense to waste all that space he was talking about, did it?
Eve buried herself in his arms.
“In that case,” she said, “I’m all yours. I love you, too, Matt.”
“If you love me, you’re going to have to stop referring to marriage as a mistake,” he said, seconds before his lips closed over hers. “Because personally, I’ve never made a mistake that feels this right.”
And Eve, safely cocooned as she was in the warmth and love of his embrace, found herself inclined to agree.
Acknowledgments
The team at Entangled Publishing is fabulous. Thanks to all of them, especially Danielle Poiesz for her editing skills.
I’d also like to thank Andrea Fox, who’s the construction project manager in the family, and Stella MacLean, Anne MacFarlane, and Victoria LeBlanc for being first readers. I have the best family and friends.
About the Author
Paula Altenburg grew up in rural Nova Scotia knowing that at some point in her life she was likely to be a fiction writer. Swapping Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey books with her father guaranteed she wasn’t going to be the next Jane Austen, much to the dismay of her English teacher mother.
A degree in Social Anthropology from the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, again meant writing was the logical (meaning only) career path for her, although it did confirm her belief that learning is a life-long experience. She’s taken business courses, writing courses, and physiology of aquatic animals courses, all at the university level and all for fun.
She has worked in the Aerospace industry, which surprises everyone who knows her, although now makes writing her fulltime career. Happily married, with two terrific sons, she continues to live in rural Nova Scotia but makes a point of traveling as much as she can.
She reads in all genres, which isn’t surprising considering her life is all over the board, but fantasy and paranormal romance are her writing loves.
Paula also co-authors paranormal romance under the pseudonym Taylor Keating. Visit her at www.paulaaltenburg.com.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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