Spotlight & Giveaway: Island Reunion with the Single Dad by Traci Douglass

Posted April 21st, 2022 by in Blog, Spotlight / 33 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Traci Douglass’s new release: Island Reunion with the Single Dad

 

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Will the heartbroken doc take her second chance with the single dad? Find out in this emotional and uplifting Harlequin Medical Romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Traci Douglass.

Home is…
…where the doctor is?

Widowed Dr. Morgan needs a fresh start! But the first man that Morgan meets on Whidbey Island in Washington State plunges her back ten years…to a passionate encounter she’s never forgotten. Dr Ely is now a single dad—and her new, if temporary, colleague! Yet as their connection bursts back into life, Morgan’s resolve to protect her broken heart is sorely challenged. Dare she let herself dream of forever again?

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Island Reunion with the Single Dad 

“Ely waited until his chef left, then turned to Morgan. “Let me show you the backyard area.”

It wasn’t a question, so she couldn’t really refuse. She tried anyway, needing time and space to process all that she’d learned. Not to mention the fact she wasn’t ready to be alone with Ely again. Not with her pulse racing and adrenaline coursing through her system whenever he was near. She slid off her stool onto less-than-steady legs. “Um, maybe another time, actually.” She started slowly inching toward the hallway behind her. “Your estate is lovely, by the way.” Her nerves were firing on all cylinders now, for some reason, and if she wasn’t careful, things would become awkward. Or more awkward than they already were, anyway.

“Morgan,” he said, the look in his eyes leaving her no doubt that he remembered her now. “We need to talk.”

Oh, God.

Well, if she’d learned anything from the last few months of her marriage to Ben it was that communication, even when painful, was necessary. Letting things go unsaid or fester was not good.

So, left with little choice, Morgan followed him out the back door of the kitchen and onto a large flagstone patio. The sea-scented air surrounded them, and the sun finally broke through the clouds above, heating her already warm face. They followed a gravel path away from the house and down a gently sloping hill toward the water. Morgan kept pace with Ely’s longer strides as a taut silence fell between them.

“I’m assuming you know about my family,” Ely said once they’d stopped near the rocky shoreline.
“And you probably have questions.”

About so many things.

But she never got the chance to ask, because Ely rushed on.

“The money doesn’t matter to me, in case you wondered. And as far as the locals are concerned, I’m just Dr. Malik, or Ely. All this other stuff—” he gestured toward the house and grounds “—I keep because it’s a tribute to my parents. Their legacy. Not mine. Someday it will all be donated to the island. I just want to help people and do what I love, in a place that’s important to me.”

“Okay.” Her paltry response was all she could manage. The fact he hadn’t just come right out and told her triggered her worst fears, despite his intentions. Granted, he had a right to his privacy, too, but after their shared past, she wished he’d just been honest with her up front. But it seemed there were a lot of things she’d wished for with Ely that never came true. Just like Ben.

Ely turned to her again, his tawny gaze intense. “I’ve wondered about you over the years. If you’d gone on to accomplish all those dreams you’d had. You’ve become a doctor. Good for you. Not that I ever doubted it. You were always so determined. Nothing would’ve stood in your way, Morgan.”

It wasn’t true. Too many of her dreams had fallen by the wayside or been lost.

Too many hopes had been crushed.

Morgan stared out at the water, swallowing hard against the constriction in her throat, old hurts and grief squeezing her chest. “I guess we both got what we wanted.”

He scowled, kicking a pebble with the toe of his boot. “Maybe.”

Why didn’t you ever contact me? Didn’t I mean anything to you?

She wanted to yell, scream, something, but stuffed it all down instead. The reality was people’s actions spoke way louder than their words. Another lesson she’d learned the hard way from Ben. If Ely had wanted to find her during the last ten years, he would have. The fact he hadn’t was surely answer enough.

Excerpt. ©Traci Douglass. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

Giveaway: One (1) digital copy of Island Reunion with the Single Dad and One (1) $10 Amazon Gift Card.

 

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Meet the Author:

Bio:
HEARTFELT HEALING HAPPILY EVERYONE AFTERS
Traci is a USA Today Bestselling romance author with Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Entangled Publishing, and Tule Publishing and has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She writes sometimes funny, always emotional stories about strong, quirky, wounded characters overcoming adversity to find their forever person. She believes Love is Love and hopes to accomplish brave, beautiful things with her one wild and precious life.

Buy Link (Universal): https://books2read.com/IslandReunionForTheSingleDad
 
 
 

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33 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Island Reunion with the Single Dad by Traci Douglass”

  1. Sonia

    The excerpt left me wondering what happened since he never contacted her 🙂

  2. Leeza Stetson

    Ooh! Ben knows where to find her but doesn’t. What’s the back story?

  4. Anita H

    I’m really intrigued to find out more of their past and Ben’s family history

  17. Eva Millien

    Island Reunion with the Single Dad sounds like an excellent read for me and the excerpt really makes me want to read the book! Thanks for sharing the book with me and have a fantastic day!

  26. Terrill R.

    Loved the blurb and also excited that it takes place in Washington. I live on the mainland right across from the story’s setting on the San Juan Islands

  29. courtney kinder

    It made me want to find out what happened before and how they get their HEA.

  32. Ellen C.

    Good excerpt, looks like there is some baggage that needs to be unloaded.