Merge

The first time Van walked into the diner, I got the nudge. You know, the go-get-him-Emma nudge. It was a nudge for something I wasn't interested in.
I hadn't uprooted my life and moved to the small town of West River to find love. Been there, done that, and all I had to show for my trip down Lover's Lane was a mountain of trust issues, a nonexistent relationship with my parents, and a beautiful baby girl to raise all on my own.
Van, however, didn't get the memo that I wanted nothing more than a quick hookup-quick being the key word. I wanted something simple, short, no strings attached. Yet everywhere I looked, Van was there with his annoyingly captivating eyes, muscles that could take down a grizzly bear, and mischievous smile that had the power to charm the...apron...off of a waitress like me.
So what if I didn't tell Van about my daughter? That's what a protective mother does-right?
Wrong. So wrong.
And Van? Judging from the panicked expression on his face the first time he laid eyes on Willow, he was not interested in kids.
Or so I thought.
It seemed Van might be interested in merging into our lives more than I thought. The question, though: was I?
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A romantic comedy about a woman with high walls around her heart and the man willing to do anything to prove she should let him in.
This work is intended for mature audiences only.