A Family Affair: Fall (Truth In Lies)

A Family Affair: Fall (Truth In Lies)

They should have been married and working on their “happily ever after” but fate intervened and stole their chance. On the day Michael Androvich stands at the altar before family, friends, and most of the town of Restalline, Pennsylvania, he’s prepared to pledge his life, love, and fidelity to the woman who owns his heart. There’s only one thing missing—the bride. Elise Pentani loves Michael truly and completely, but there’s a tiny piece of her that believes he’ll fall back into his “bad boy” ways. When a threat from his past visits her, Elise lets doubt rule and skips her own wedding. Nursing a broken heart and determined to forget the woman he can’t forget, Michael heads to Magdalena, New York, to secure a business deal for his family’s lumber company. He’s not prepared for the endless questions and inquisitive nature of the residents who remind him an awful lot of his hometown. Just when Michael has gotten the town to accept the fact that he’s not talking about his past or the reason for his surly disposition, his ex-fiancée shows up with an apology he doesn’t want to hear and certainly doesn’t want to believe. There’s no way the residents of Magdalena can ignore these two broken-hearted souls who have “need help” and “belong together” stamped all over their sad faces. Will the town be able to help them see they’re made for each other or will pride and hurt keep them apart? Truth in Lies Series: Book One: A Family Affair Book Two: A Family Affair: Spring Book Three: A Family Affair: Summer Book Four: A Family Affair: Fall Book Five: A Family Affair: Christmas, a novella Book Six: A Family Affair: Winter Book Seven: A Family Affair: The Promise Book Eight: A Family Affair: The Secret Book Nine: A Family Affair: The Wish Book Ten: A Family Affair: The Gift Book Eleven: A Family Affair: The Weddings, a novella Book Twelve: A Family Affair: The Cabin, a novella Book Thirteen: A Family Affair: The Return Book Fourteen: A Family Affair: The Choice Book Fifteen: A Family Affair: The Proposal Book Sixteen: A Family Affair: Bonus Scenes Book Seventeen: A Family Affair: The Homecoming Book Eighteen: A Family Affair: The Decision Meals From Magdalena: A Family Affair Cookbook And more... Bonus Material: Also included in this eBook is an excerpt from the next book in this series, A Family Affair: The Promise. KEY THEMES: jilted groom, former bad boy, Catskills, furniture making company, matchmaker, romantic bed and breakfast, bakery, sugar cookies, runaway bride, marriage, strong women, nurse. In her books, Campisi does more than tell a story. She brings various truths to light and makes us ask questions of ourselves - some questions which are easy to answer while other questions force us to probe the depths of our emotions - indeed, our souls, at times. buddenbookreviews.com/drama/a-family-affair-fall/ "You know, I think you're fine just the way you are." Gina's head shot up. "What?" He pulled out his chair, sat down, his eyes on her. "You." His gaze slid from her face to her neck, skittered past her breasts, and stopped where the tablecloth hid the rest of her body. "You don't need to lose any more weight. You're fine." That gaze slid back up, slow, slower. "Really." What on earth did a woman say to a man after an inappropriate and embarrassing comment like that? Gina opened her mouth to blast him out of his chair, but she couldn't quite get the words out. While the comment had been inappropriate and definitely embarrassing, it had also been a compliment of sorts. Hadn't it? She wished Tess or Christine were here to correctly interpret for her. Bree would take anything as a compliment, at least the old Bree would. Who knew what the new one would think. "Gina?" A dull red crept from his neck to his cheeks. "I'm sorry, that was out of line." He shrugged and threw her a smile that made her insides twitch. "For a guy whose never bungled conversations with the opposite sex, I'm crashing and burning when I'm around you." So, he was uncomfortable, too. The acknowledgment relaxed her. She settled back in her chair and cleared her throat. "Thank you for admitting you've been less than chivalrous." The smile slipped. "I didn't say that. I said I bungled my lines." Mary Campisi writes emotion-packed books about second chances. Whether contemporary romances, women's fiction, or Regency historicals, her books all center on belief in the beauty of that second chance. Her small town romances center around family life, friendship, and forgiveness as they explore the issues of today's contemporary women. Mary should have known she'd become a writer when at age thirteen she began changing the ending to all the books she read. It took several years and a number of jobs, including registered nurse, receptionist in a swanky hair salon, accounts payable clerk, and practice manager in an OB/GYN office, for her to rediscover writing. Enter a mouse-less computer, a floppy disk, and a dream large enough to fill a zip