No Longer Yours

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Cherry Waites fled her broken marriage and landed on remote Whispering Pines Island hoping for a fresh start. But her new life is nothing like she imagined. The dating pool is shallow her therapeutic letters to her ex remind her of her pain and her only friend is a sharp-tongued foul-mouthed islander who seems determined to drive her crazy... though his ridiculously cute dogs are almost enough to make up for it.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Matteo Capen keeps people at a distance-and he doesn't bother sugarcoating it. Blunt to the point of rudeness fiercely independent and shaped by his agoraphobia and anxiety he has no interest in romance... or anyone interfering in his carefully controlled life. Yet Cherry's optimism persistence and uncanny ability to push every one of his buttons make him reconsider what he's willing to risk-and reveal a side of himself he rarely shows anyone.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As the weather on Whispering Pines turns colder Cherry and Matteo's uneasy friendship starts to shift into something neither can name. She's learning how to stand on her own again; he's realizing solitude isn't the same as peace. But when letting someone in feels riskier than being alone who's brave enough to take the first step?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Funny heartfelt and impossible to resist this is a story about stubborn hearts fresh starts and the unexpected connections that can change everything.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Read the entire Whispering Pines Island Collection:</p><ul><li>That Last Summer</li><li>Say the Words: A Short Story Sequel to That Last Summer</li><li>No Longer Yours</li><li>Cherry Christmas Baby! A Short Story Sequel to No Longer Yours</li><li>If This Were a Love Story</li></ul>