“Even if it’s true? She’d tell you herself she’s a piece of work. We tease her all the time about pitying the fool who takes her on. She eats it up.”
“If you ask me, Tyler’s the fool who’s going to take her on, and knowing what we do about the challenge he faces where she’s concerned, I think it’s the least we can do to help him along a little.”
“What do you have in mind?”
“Let’s take a walk, and I’ll lay out my plan.”
Lincoln whistled to the dogs and followed Elmer into the woods.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you for reading It’s Only Love! I hope you enjoyed Gavin and Ella’s story. To chat about the book with other readers, please join the It’s Only Love Reader Group at facebook.com/groups/ItsOnlyLove5/. Spoilers are allowed and encouraged in the group. To keep up with the latest news about the Green Mountain Series (and Fred the Moose), join the Green Mountain Reader Group at facebook.com/groups
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Special thanks to Team HTJB for all you do to keep things running smoothly while I’m writing: Julie Cupp, CMP; Lisa Cafferty, CPA; Holly Sullivan; Isabel Sullivan; Nikki Colquhoun and Cheryl Serra. To my Berkley editor, Kate Seaver, as well as everyone at Berkley and Penguin Random House, and my agent, Kevan Lyon, thanks for your support of the Green Mountain Series.
As always, thank you to my husband, Dan, and our kids, Emily and Jake, who support my career every day. Love you guys!
My appreciation goes to Jon Wright at Taylor Farm in Londonderry, Vermont, for a great conversation about the logging industry in Vermont. Obviously, the business and the politics of forestry and logging are far more complex than presented here, but hopefully I was able to give you a glimpse of what Gavin’s professional life might be like. Holly and I also LOVED the sleigh ride!
Special thanks to my sister-in-law Kris Swank, fragrance counter expert, for consulting on the perfect scent for Gavin, and for making sure my son always smells so good.
And thank you most of all to the readers, who make this the best “job” anyone could ever hope to have. You all are the best, and I appreciate every one of you more than you’ll ever know.
xoxo
Marie
Don’t miss the next Green Mountain Romance
AIN’T SHE SWEET
Charlotte “Charley” Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont—except for one. Tyler Westcott’s attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can’t stand how he acts like he knows her better than she knows herself. So when Tyler turns up at the running club Charley joined to train for a marathon, she’s almost ready to quit before she even gets started.
Tyler knows that behind Charley’s prickly personality and dismissive attitude is a sweet woman he wants in his life. And when Charley suffers an injury while training, Tyler is ready to prove that the perfect man for her has been right there all along . . .
Available April 2016 from the Berkley Group!
If you missed Will and Cameron’s wedding story, turn the page for a preview of the novella
YOU’LL BE MINE
Available now as an e-novella
and in the anthology Ask Me Why
Along with their parents,
Patrick Murphy & Lincoln and Molly Abbott,
Cameron Murphy and Will Abbott
invite you to attend their wedding
on Saturday, October 24, at 2 P.M.
at their home in Butler, Vermont.
Reception to follow immediately.