Looking for You (Oh Captain, My Captain #1) (14 page)
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Authors: Lindsay Paige,Mary Smith
Hudson
With the curtains open, the sunlight streams through the windows. Ellie is sleeping on her side with her back to me, her bare shoulder peeking from underneath the covers. I love her. It’s as simple as that. And to know she trusts and loves me enough for her first time making love to be with me, I’m grateful to have her love. I remembered her joke about Paris, but that wasn’t my intention for bringing her here. Ellie has always wanted to visit this place, and I knew that I could make that happen for her. That’s why we’re in Paris. I want to give her everything she wants because she deserves the world, the moon, and the stars. She should have it all if she wants it.
I place my hand on her hip above the blankets, then lean forward to kiss the top of her shoulder. When she hums, I say softly, “Good morning, beautiful.”
Ellie looks at me from over her shoulder and grins. “Morning.”
Chuckling, I tell her, “I love your ridiculous bedhead.” Her hair is all over the place and while she looks a little crazy, she looks adorable too.
“Um, thanks?” She giggles.
“You’re welcome.” I wink at her, causing her to laugh again. “How are you feeling this morning?”
She wiggles to lay on her back, my hand moving to her other hip to rest as I use my other to prop my head up. Ellie smiles and says, “Good. How are
you
feeling?”
“Pretty good.” I lean down to kiss her. “What’s on our agenda today? Shopping or more sightseeing?” So far, Ellie has had complete control over our activities. This trip is for her, and I want her to do and see everything she wants while we’re here. Who knows when we’ll be able to make it back to Paris.
“What do you want to do?” She asks.
“Whatever you want to do.”
Ellie becomes somewhat serious. “Hudson, I told you that we would do whatever you wanted today.”
“And I told you that as long as you’re happy, I’m happy. If you really want me to choose, then I would like to take you shopping.”
A slight frown appears on her face. “Do your silly rules apply here too?”
“Absolutely,” I chuckle before kissing the corner of her mouth, causing her to smile.
“How about today we go shopping and tomorrow, we take the day off.”
“Whatever you want, baby.”
So that’s what we do.
A few months ago, I was on the verge of throwing in the towel. I was tired of relationships going nowhere. I wanted a meaningful, full of love relationship with someone, but I didn’t really know who I was looking for until I met Ellie. I love her, my family loves her, and she’s simply perfect. We’re in Paris, we’re in love, and we’re happy. There’s nothing more I could ask for than that.
We would like to thank our readers for joining us on this new series. We hope you'll enjoy these captains as much as we have.
A huge thanks goes to our betas, Andrekia, Beth, Louise, Lucy, and Michael for taking time out of your schedules to read this book and provide great feedback.
We would like to thank Bailey Ardisone for taking the time to create a beautiful cover for us.
We would like to thank Kathy Krick from K² Editing for polishing our book for us.
Lindsay Paige is a romance author from North Carolina who has published seven books on her own. She is a huge hockey fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and loves to play tennis. When not writing, Lindsay is focused on completing college.
Mary Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, but currently lives in West Virginia. She is an avid reader, co-founder of Book Nerds Across America, and author of the Ice series and
Always Forever
. She goes nowhere without her cell phone or Kindle. Mary loves anything to do with Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp, or is hockey related!!
Despite their love for different teams and players, Lindsay and Mary write hockey romances to vicariously live through their characters and their experiences with these hot hockey players. Together, they have also written The Penalty Kill Trilogy.
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A Hockey Player's Proposal
Oh Captain, My Captain presents Brody Ross of the Indiana Mustangs.
Brody Ross was one of the youngest captains in the hockey league. His one and only goal is lift the Cup over his head. That is until he moved next door to Selene Porter. When he approaches her with a proposal, their
friendship
takes a turn. However, it comes at a price when an ex-flame appears in the picture.
Selene Porter has two loves: her dog, Bonkers, and hockey. She’s been a lifelong fan of the Indiana Mustangs and their Captain. She refuses to let anything take away what means so much to her and Brody, his career, and his old fling has her wondering if love is worth the risk.
With the unwanted presence, can Brody and Selene stick together or will Selene back out of the proposal?