PJ, here. I am so excited for the upcoming (May 19) release of the final book in Kimberly Kincaid's Remington Medical contemporary romance series. I'm loving the sexy, sassy, and deeply emotional stories in this series and have been looking forward to Tess's book from the beginning. And how fitting that this series centers around health care professionals. These people are my heroes!
Remington’s most cynical doctor is about to get upended by two little words:
I do.
Tess Michaleson runs her ER like she runs her life—
no pretenses, no exceptions.
As a single mother, she can’t afford anything less.
As a woman who’s been burned by love?
She can’t believe in anything more.
Her son and her job are the center of her world.
That’s all Tess needs.
Until Declan Riley falls into her arms…
literally.
His tattoos and his Irish accent are enough to melt her panties
His diagnosis? That’s enough to break her heart.
But Tess can help him get the care he needs…
All she has to do is marry him.
Declan knows he should keep Tess at arm’s length.
What they have is temporary. Necessary.
And he knows from experience just
how dangerous getting close can be.
But the longer he’s around the smart, sexy doctor and her son,
the more Declan realizes
close isn’t enough.
He wants Tess. He wants it all.
Even if he has to do the one thing he swore he never would to have her.
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Excerpt
“Ah, I do love
wedding duty,” the judge said, not batting so much as a single lash at the fact
that both Tess and Declan were clad in jeans and T-shirts or that one of their
“witnesses” was still in diapers. “I’m Judge Esposito, and I’ll be presiding
today. Shall we get started?”
“Yes, please,” Tess said. They went through a couple of legalities
to establish that she and Declan were both who they claimed to be and that they
had witnesses who were who they claimed to be.
Then Judge Esposito threw out a whammy. “Tess. Declan. You may
join hands as you recite your vows.”
Oh, hell. She had just watched Charlie and Parker get (re)
married. How had she forgotten this part?
Thankfully, Declan covered her hesitation by smoothly scooping up
both of her hands. His fingers closed around hers with the perfect amount of
pressure to let her know he was there, steady, but not so much that he
overpowered her. It put her oddly at ease, and before Tess knew it, Judge
Esposito was on to the ceremony. The words were boilerplate, and Tess had, of
course, heard them before at her own failed wedding, not to mention a dozen
more for family and friends. They got through the intention part easily enough,
needing only to say “I do” when called upon. Tess even managed to repeat the
judge’s words about richer or poorer and sickness and health, then slide the
ring Connor had given her onto Declan’s finger, without much fanfare from her
heart. She was a doctor. Sickness and health were the whole point.
But then it was Declan’s turn, and her heart delivered a
completely unexpected bitch-slap before galloping through her chest.
“I, Declan, take you, Tess, to be my wife. To have and to hold”—he
slid his right hand from her left to cup her chin in illustration, and making
Charlie and Harlow and Tess’s traitorous lady bits sigh in unison. This is an
act to make things look genuine. The words don’t really apply to you, she
reminded herself sternly, meeting his gaze head-on as he continued with the
script—“in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer”—Declan’s thumb swept over
her cheek. God, he was really selling it—“and I promise my love to you. With
this ring, I thee wed.”
He slipped the ring he’d chosen onto her finger, gathering her
hands in his again as Judge Esposito took the lead.
“Love is the reason you’re here today, and it should be the core
of your marriage.”
Tess’s pulse sped up. Speaking of words that didn’t apply. Still,
this had to look legit, so she kept her expression steady, and—whew—Declan did
the same.
“But it also will take trust,” Judge Esposito continued. “To know
in your hearts you want the best for each other. It will take dedication, to
stay open to one another; to learn and to grow together even when it’s not
always so easy to do.”
The thump of her heartbeat pressed faster against her ears. “It
will take faith, to be willing to go forward to tomorrow, never really knowing
what tomorrow will bring. In addition, it will take commitment, to hold true to
the journey you both now pledge to share together. Tess and Declan.” The judge
smiled so warmly that for a tiny, split second, Tess felt a ribbon of warmth
uncurl in her chest, too.
“In so much as the two of you have agreed to live together in
matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, I now declare
you to be husband and wife.” Judge Esposito’s smile grew even bigger as he
added,
“You may now kiss the bride.”
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