by Teri Wilson
Today we have the excerpt reveal for Teri Wilson’s upcoming romance from Hallmark, THE STORY OF
US! Check out the excerpt and be sure to pre-order your copy today!
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About The Story of Us:
A box of love letters from the past
may hold the key to the future…
Jamie always adored True Love Bookstore and Café, and now she’s the owner. But businesses are
struggling in her small town, and her beloved store is threatened by a new retail development
scheme.
Sawyer, Jamie’s former high school sweetheart, startles her when he comes to town for the first time
in fifteen years. She soon learns he’s the architect of the proposed development and he’s there to
sell local business owners on his plan. Sawyer had no idea that Jamie had bought the bookstore and
poured everything she had into it. If he takes it over, he’ll break her heart a second time.
Jamie’s discovery of a box of old love letters and valentines might hold the key to saving her shop.
And after all this time, could love be in the cards for Jamie and Sawyer, too?
Excerpt
THE STORY OF US by Teri Wilson
Sawyer’s gaze locked onto hers, and as much as Jamie knew she should look away, she just
couldn’t. The lines around his eyes were new, as were the sharp angles of his jawline, but those
warm brown irises of his were exactly the same. These were the eyes that had seen her at a
time when no one else had. She’d been nothing but a quiet, book-loving dreamer, and he’d
brought her out of her shell and shown her that the world could be every bit as colorful and
vibrant in reality as it was in the novels she loved so much.
Meeting Sawyer O’Dell had changed her. He’d helped her become the woman she was today,
because she’d loved the person he’d seen when he’d looked at her with those
eyes—interesting, enchanting.
His.
What would it be like to feel that way again? To be loved and cherished by the only person
she’d ever truly wanted to build a life with? To have her heart put back together by the man
who’d broken it when he’d been just a boy?
The thought was intoxicating. It made her do things she knew she shouldn’t—like step closer to
him so that their breath mingled together in the evergreen air, causing her to smile to herself as
his gaze drifted slowly, purposefully to her lips. Her breath hitched as he dipped his head. She’d
never wanted a kiss so badly in her life— not even when she’d been sixteen years old and he’d
bent toward her in the exact same way for the very first time.
His hand was on her waist and his lips were just a whisper away—a heartbeat, a breath, a
memory. And Jamie’s heart felt as if it were opening like a favorite book, one whose pages
hadn’t been read in a long, long time. She let her eyes drift closed, because she knew this story
by heart. The story of Sawyer and Jamie...
The story of us.
But in the sliver of a second before their lips met, someone said Jamie’s name, and the book
slammed shut.
“Jamie?”
Her eyes flew open. She and Sawyer blinked at each other, as if they couldn’t quite get their
bearings. Then they both turned their heads in the direction of the speaker.
No. Jamie’s stomach tied itself into a knot. It couldn’t be him. What on earth was he doing
there?
She bit her bottom lip, still tingling from the missed opportunity. She’d been waiting fifteen years
to kiss Sawyer O’Dell again, and apparently, she’d have to wait even longer.
“Matt?”