FORBIDDEN FLAME (THE MONROE BROTHERS #6) BY LEA COLL – eBook Details Online
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My eyes adjusted to the dimly lit barn. A stage had been set up in the
back for the bachelorette auction my cousins were hosting to raise
money for the farm and a local animal rescue.
Even though I was a Monroe, I always felt like an outsider. But I was
here to support my cousins.
Finally, I spotted Sebastian. I made my way through the crowd of eager
men and curious women. Marley introduced the dark-haired woman on the
stage.
She reminded me of the teenage girl I’d run into on the tree farm when
we were teens. She’d been shy at first. Eventually she’d admitted that her
mother had died a year earlier, and she wanted a break from her siblings.
Even as a teen, I understood her pain. I hadn’t lost a parent, but I might as
well have. We sat on the hill of the Christmas tree field and watched the
people shopping for trees in the cut lot outside the barn.
There was something about her. I wanted to hold her hand and tell her
everything would get better.
When one of her older brothers had come looking for her, he’d been
pissed to find her with me. She’d given me an apologetic look and left
without another word. He’d stayed behind to tell me to stay away from her.
I’d wondered about her for months afterward, but I never saw her again.
I hadn’t even gotten her name.
My cousins said they were the Calloways, the owners of the competing
Christmas tree farm, and they must have been there to scope out our
operations. I didn’t care about any of that; I just hoped to get another
glimpse of her. But with the feud between our families, it hadn’t happened.
When I finally reached Sebastian, I nodded toward the stage and asked,
“Who is that?”
“Her name’s Daphne. She bakes those pies everyone’s been talking
about lately.”
“She works at Pine Valley Farms?” More like her family owned it.
“Is that a bad thing?” Sebastian’s friend Hanna asked.
Sebastian lowered his voice. “They’re our competition. It’s a smaller
operation but closer to town, so they get more traffic than we do.”
“I didn’t realize.” Hanna’s voice trailed off as I moved away from them
and closer to the stage.
There was something about Daphne that pulled me in. She looked lost
and slightly panicked. Her expression was similar to the one I’d seen on her
face when we were teens.
I had that same urge to rescue her now that I did back then. Without
thinking, I raised my hand to add my bid.
Daphne’s startled gaze flew to mine, caught, and held. Her eyes flared
with recognition. I slightly inclined my head to let her know that I had her.
I hoped it was relief that flashed in her eyes.
The bidding continued while I let everything around me fade away,
never taking my gaze from hers.
Daphne Calloway was the prize. I had this overwhelming desire to take
her off the stage and away from these guys. I couldn’t explain where the
instinct came from, but it had overtaken all logic and reason
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