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The Accidental Series
Series · 3 books · 2013

Books in series

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#1

Accidental Deception

2013

Accidental Deception is a story about love versus loyalty, the tug-of-war that dictates every action Carter Williams will take after he stumbles upon a homeless woman, Shayla Kline, in Uptown Charlotte. Completely out of character for the usually self-centered bachelor, he puts his life on hold to spend a few nights with the stranger in the hospital. That’s when he makes an earth shattering discovery – Shayla was the fiancée of Jacob, his estranged brother. His brother who hated him. His brother who recently committed suicide. His brother who, despite the animosity between them, wrote him a suicide note asking him to take care of Shayla. Out of guilt and fulfillment of Jacob’s final wish, he moves Shayla into his home and gives her everything she needs to start over. The more she confides in him, the deeper their relationship grows and Carter not only wants to help her, he finds himself wanting desperately to love her, to be a man for her, to give her everything his brother could not. There’s only one problem – Shayla does not know that Jacob was his brother. Now, Carter wages an internal war within himself with his own morals – morals that tells him he should be loyal to his brother by not pursuing Shayla. But it’s hard to walk away from the only woman that has been able to awaken his heart.
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#2

Accidental Heartbreak

2013

A guilty conscience is holding him back, but how much longer can he resist her? Two months ago, Carter made the decision to cut ties with Shayla Kline, a woman who he nursed back to health. A woman – the only woman – he’d ever fallen in love with. A woman whom he later found out was his brother, Jacob’s ex-fiancé. It was bad enough that Jacob had committed suicide, leaving a note written specifically for Carter to take care of Shayla. It was even worse when Carter felt himself longing to be with her. Deciding to be loyal to his brother and not his heart, he goes on to live his life without her but soon finds that his very soul aches for her closeness. Shayla is convinced that Carter doesn’t love her. And there is no way she can force herself to stay where she’s not wanted, even after he makes a pop up visit to her job and takes her out to dinner. Having had enough of his mind games, she decides to leave Charlotte and move to Norfolk, Virginia where she has a new job lined up and ready to make a fresh start. With the help of her intelligent, debonair boss, Donovan Sharper, she just might have enough distractions to take her mind off Carter. Carter worries constantly about Shayla being away. He knows if he’s going to win her back, he has to tell her about how he really feels for her. Still, he doesn’t have the courage to reveal that Jacob was his brother. He knows that sooner or later he would have to tell her, but he loves her too much to break her heart yet again. That is until his secret begins to eat away at him and makes him feel so horribly guilty, he can hardly function. Now he knows he must tell her about Jacob. The problem is, he doesn’t know if she’ll forgive him for keeping this secret.
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#4

What Donovan Wants

2013

Blinded by infatuation... Donovan Sharper is left torn and defeated after being turned down by Shayla Kline, the only woman to touch his heart since the death of his wife five years ago. He fell hard for Shayla, but Shayla is in love with another man. Donovan feels like he’s been cheated and even though Shayla is married now, he’s still infatuated with her, and miserable because he can’t have her. Worried about her son, his mother urges him to go on a cruise to get away from his hectic life as a workaholic and single father. During his vacation, he meets Kamila Jenkins – a fun-loving, younger woman who forces him to let go of his frustration and live a little. Donovan can admit that he enjoys the time he spends with Kamila, but can he let go of his feelings for Shayla to make his heart available again? Or will he let Kamila slip away while he pursues a woman he cannot have?

Author

Tina Martin
Tina Martin
Author · 46 books

TINA MARTIN is a talented, romantic suspense fiction writer and the author of over 90 titles. She enjoys Hallmark movies, running and traveling. Amazon: amazon.com/author/tinamartin Instagram: instagram.com/tinamartinauthor Facebook: facebook.com/tinamartinauthor Her books are listed below: An Unlikely Love Series When I Needed You When You Needed Me Flicker: An Ahmalee + Cain Update - Back to Love Series Marriage Quarrel in Quarantine Countdown to You - A St. Claire Novel Series: Royal Ramsey Romulus Regal Magnus Honeymoon With A St. Claire Major Zander Zavier - St. Claire Life Series Honeymoon With A St. Claire Just Being Us (Prequel to Zander) Keep That Same Energy (Zander & Alyssa Update - St. Claire Women Series Gemma - Season of Love Novelettes: Hot Chocolate Spring Break - The Marriage Chronicles: Life's A Beach Falling Out War Then Love - The Boardwalk Bakery Romance: Baked With Love Baked With Love 2 Baked With Love 3 - A Lennox in Love Series: Claiming You Making You My Business Wishing That I Was Yours Caught in the Storm with a Lennox Before You Say I Do Winter Wonder Winter Wedding The Weekend - The Mine By Default Mini-Series: Been In Love With You When Hearts Cry You Belong To Me When I Call You Mine Who Do You Love Forever Mine - The Blackstone Family Series: Evenings With Bryson Leaving Barringer Forever Us The Things Everson Lost Candy's Corporate Crush - The Champion Brothers Series: His Paradise Wife When A Champion Wants You The Best Thing He Never Knew He Needed Wives And Champions The Way Champions Love His By Spring (A Champion Sister Novel) A Champion's Proposal - The Alexander Series: The Millionaire's Arranged Marriage Watch Me Take Your Girl Her Premarital Ex The Object of His Obsession Dilvan's Redemption His Charity Challenge Different Tastes As Long As We Got Love - The Accidental Series: Accidental Deception Accidental Heartbreak Accidental Lovers What Donovan Wants - The Dying to Love Her Series: Dying To Love Her Dying To Love Her 2 Dying To Love Her 3 - The Dare and Deja Chronicles Reception Romance Long Distance Troubles Back to the Valley Into Forever - Standalone Titles: Secrets On Lake Drive Can't Just Be His Friend The Baby Daddy Interviews Just Like New to the Next Man Falling Again The Crush Vacation Interrupted Wasn't Supposed to Love Her What Wifey Wants Man of Her Dreams Bae Watch How To Love Me Weekend Fiance: A Jared and KeShana InstaLove Story For Ruby: A Micah & Georgiana Short Story Snowed in at Shenandoah Valley

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