First Time in Forever (Puffin Island), by Sarah Morgan
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Windswept, isolated and ruggedly beautiful, Puffin Island is a haven for day-trippers and daydreamers alike. But this charming community has a way of bringing people together in the most unexpected ways…
It's been a summer of firsts for Emily Donovan. From becoming a stand-in mom to her niece, Lizzy, to arriving on Puffin Island, her life has become virtually unrecognizable. Between desperately safeguarding Lizzy and her overwhelming fear of the ocean—which surrounds her everywhere she goes!—Emily has lost count of the number of "just breathe" pep talks she's given herself. And that's before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her…
Ryan knows all about secrets. And it's clear that newcomer Emily—with her haunted eyes and the little girl she won't let out of her sight—is hiding from something besides the crazy chemistry between them. So Ryan decides he's going to make it his personal mission to help her unwind and enjoy the sparks! But can Puffin Island work its magic on Emily and get her to take the biggest leap of trust of all—putting her heart in someone else's hands?
First Time in Forever (Puffin Island), by Sarah Morgan- Amazon Sales Rank: #79138 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-01
- Released on: 2015-02-24
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review This touching Christmas tale will draw tears of sorrow and joy, remaining a reader favorite for years to come." Starred Review Publisher's Weekly of SLEIGH BELLS'Uplifting, sexy and warm, Sarah Morgan's O'Neil Brothers series is perfection.' Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author"Morgan's brilliant talent never ceases to amaze."-Romantic Times"Sarah Morgan puts the magic in Christmas."-Now MagazineSarah Morgan continues to hang out on my autobuy list, and each book of hers that I discover is a treat..." Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on DOUKAKIS'S APPRENTICESarah Morgan crafts a tale that is sheer magic.' Fresh Fiction on SLEIGH BELLSMorgan is a magician with words..' RT Book Reviews on THE FORBIDDEN FERRARAone of the best novellas I've read this year...A perfect blend of sexual tension, laugh out loud scenes and romance." Smexy Books on RIPPED'I absolutely loved it.' Dear Author on Sleigh Bells in the Snow'If Morgan continues to write believable characters like this that deal with real-life issues and manage to find love, I will be happy to read anything else she writes.' All About Romance Desert Island Keeper Review for Suddenly Last Summer
About the Author USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes hot, happy contemporary romance. Described as 'a magician with words' by Romantic Times, she has sold over 13 million copies of her books around the globe and won 2 prestigious RITA® Awards from the Romance Writers of America. She lives near London with her family. Find out more at sarahmorgan.com
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. It was the perfect place for someone who didn't want to be found. A dream destination for people who loved the sea.Emily Donovan hated the sea.She stopped the car at the top of the hill and turned off the headlights. Darkness wrapped itself around her, smothering her like a heavy blanket. She was used to the city, with its shimmering skyline and the dazzle of lights that turned night into day. Here, on this craggy island in coastal Maine, there was only the moon and the stars. No crowds, no car horns, no high-rise buildings. Nothing but wave-pounded cliffs, the shriek of gulls and the smell of the ocean.She would have drugged herself on the short ferry crossing if it hadn't been for the child strapped into the seat in the back of the car.The little girl's eyes were still closed, her head tilted to one side and her arms locked in a stranglehold around a battered teddy bear. Emily retrieved her phone and opened the car door quietly.Please don't wake up.She walked a few steps away from the car and dialed. The call went to voice mail."Brittany? Hope you're having a good time in Greece. Just wanted to let you know I've arrived. Thanks again for letting me use the cottage. I'm really…I'm—" Grateful. That was the word she was looking for. Grateful. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "I'm panicking. What the hell am I doing here? There's water everywhere and I hate water. This is— Well, it's hard." She glanced toward the sleeping child and lowered her voice. "She wanted to get out of the car on the ferry, but I kept her strapped in because there was no way I was doing that. That scary harbor guy with the big eyebrows probably thinks I'm insane, by the way, so you'd better pretend you don't know me next time you're home. I'll stay until tomorrow because there's no choice, but then I'm taking the first ferry out of here. I'm going somewhere else. Somewhere landlocked like…like…Wyoming or Nebraska."As she ended the call the breeze lifted her hair, and she could smell salt and sea in the air.She dialed again, a different number this time, and felt a rush of relief as the call was answered and she heard Skylar's breathy voice."Skylar Tempest.""Sky? It's me.""Em? What's happening? This isn't your number.""I changed my cell phone.""You're worried someone might trace the call? Holy crap, this is exciting.""It's not exciting. It's a nightmare.""How are you feeling?""Like I want to throw up, but I know I won't because I haven't eaten for two days. The only thing in my stomach is a knot of nervous tension.""Have the press tracked you down?""I don't think so. I paid cash for everything and drove from New York." She glanced back at the road, but there was only darkness. "How do people live like this? I feel like a criminal. I've never hidden from anyone in my life before.""Have you been switching cars to confuse them? Did you dye your hair purple and buy a pair of glasses?""No. Have you been drinking?""I watch a lot of movies. You can't trust anyone. You need a disguise. Something that will help you blend in.""I will never blend in anywhere with a coastline. I'll be the one wearing a life jacket in the middle of Main Street.""You're going to be fine." Skylar's extrafirm tone suggested she wasn't at all convinced by what she was saying."I'm leaving first thing tomorrow.""You can't do that! We agreed the cottage would be the safest place to hide. No one is going to notice you on an island crowded with tourists. It's a dream place for a vacation.""It's not a dream place when the sight of water makes you hyperventilate.""You're not going to do that. You're going to breathe in the sea air and relax.""I don't need to be here. This whole thing is an over-reaction. No one is looking for me.""You're the half sister of one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, and you're guardian to her child. If that little fact gets out, the whole press pack will be hunting you. You need somewhere to hide, and Puffin Island is perfect."Emily shivered under a cold drench of panic. "Why would they know about me? Lana spent her entire life pretending I don't exist." And that had suited her perfectly. At no point had she aspired to be caught in the beam of Lana's spotlight. Emily was fiercely private.Lana, on the other hand, had demanded attention from the day she was born.It occurred to Emily that her half sister would have enjoyed the fact she was still making headlines even though it had been over a month since the plane crash that had killed her and the man reputed to have been her lover."Journalists can find out anything. This is like a plot for a movie.""No, it isn't! It's my life. I don't want it ripped open and exposed for the world to see and I don't—" Emily broke off and then said the words aloud for the first time. "I don't want to be responsible for a child." Memories from the past drifted from the dark corners of her brain like smoke under a closed door. "I can't be."It wasn't fair to the girl.And it wasn't fair to her.Why had Lana done this to her? Was it malice? Lack of thought? Some twisted desire to seek revenge for a childhood where they'd shared nothing except living space?"I know you think that, and I understand your reasons, but you can do this. You have to. Right now you're all she has.""I shouldn't be all anyone has. That's a raw deal. I shouldn't be looking after a child for five minutes, let alone the whole summer."No matter that in her old life people deferred to her, recognized her expertise and valued her judgment; in this she was incompetent. She had no qualifications that equipped her for this role. Her childhood had been about surviving. About learning to nurture herself and protect herself while she lived with a mother who was mostly absent—sometimes physically, always emotionally. And after she'd left home, her life had been about studying and working long, punishing hours to silence men determined to prove she was less than they were.And now here she was, thrown into a life where what she'd learned counted for nothing. A life that required the one set of skills she knew she didn't possess. She didn't know how to be this. She didn't know how to do this. And she'd never had ambitions to do it. It felt like an injustice to find herself in a situation she'd worked hard to avoid all her life.Beads of sweat formed on her forehead, and she heard Skylar's voice through a mist of anxiety."If having her stops you thinking that, this will turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you. You weren't to blame for what happened when you were a child, Em.""I don't want to talk about it.""Doesn't change the fact you weren't to blame. And you don't need to talk about it because the way you feel is evident in the way you've chosen to live your life."Emily glanced back at the child sleeping in the car. "I can't take care of her. I can't be what she needs.""You mean you don't want to be.""My life is adult-focused. I work sixteen-hour days and have business lunches.""Your life sucks. I've been telling you that for a long time.""I liked my life! I want it back.""That was the life where you were working like a machine and living with a man with the emotional compass of a rock?""I liked my job. I knew what I was doing. I was competent. And Neil and I may not have had a grand passion, but we shared a lot of interests.""Name one.""I— We liked eating out.""That's not an interest. That's an indication that you were both too tired to cook.""We both enjoyed reading.""Wow, that must have made the bedroom an exciting place."Emily struggled to come up with something else and failed. "Why are we talking about Neil? That's over. My whole life now revolves around a six-year-old girl. There is a pair of fairy wings in her bag. I don't know anything about fairy wings."Her childhood had been a barren desert, an exercise in endurance rather than growth, with no room for anything as fragile and destructible as gossamer-thin fairy wings."I have a vivid memory of being six. I wanted to be a ballerina."Emily stared straight ahead, remembering how she'd felt at the age of six. Broken. Even after she'd eventually stuck herself back together, she'd known she wasn't the same."I'm mad at Lana. I'm mad at her for dying and for putting me in this position. How screwed up is that?""It's not screwed up. It's human. What do you expect, Em? You haven't spoken to Lana in over a decade—" Skylar broke off, and Emily heard voices in the background."Do you have company? Did I catch you at a bad time?""Richard and I are off to a fund-raiser at The Plaza, but he can wait."From what she knew of Richard's ruthless political ambitions and impatient nature, Emily doubted he'd be prepared to wait. She could imagine Skylar, her blond hair secured in an elegant twist on top of her head, her narrow body sheathed in a breathtaking designer creation. She suspected Richard's attraction to Sky lay in her family's powerful connections rather than her sunny optimism or her beauty. "I shouldn't have called you. I tried Brittany, but she's not answering. She's still on that archaeological dig in Crete. I guess it's the middle of the night over there.""She seems to be having a good time. Did you see her Facebook update? She's up to her elbows in dirt and hot Greek men. She's working with that lovely ceramics expert, Lily, who gave me all those ideas for my latest collection. And if you hadn't called me I would have called you. I've been so worried. First Neil dumped you, then you had to leave your job, and now this! They say trouble comes in threes."Emily eyed the child, still sleeping in the car. "I wish the third thing had been a broken toaster.""You're going through a bad time, but you have to remember that everything happens for a reason. For a start, it has stopped you wallowing in bed eating cereal from the box. You needed a focus and now you have one.""I didn't need a dependent six-year-old who dresses in pink and wears fairy wings.""Wait a minute—" There was a pause and then the sound of a door clicking. "Richard is talking to his campaign manager, and I don't want them listening. I'm hiding in the bathroom. The things I do in the name of friendship. You still there, Em?""Where would I go? I'm surrounded by water." She shuddered. "I'm trapped.""Honey, people pay good money to be 'trapped' on Puffin Island.""I'm not one of them. What if I can't keep her safe, Sky?"There was a brief silence. "Are we talking about safe from the press or safe from other stuff?"Her mouth felt dry. "All of it. I don't want the responsibility. I don't want children.""Because you're afraid to give anything of yourself."There was no point in arguing with the truth."That's why Neil ended it. He said he was tired of living with a robot.""I guess he used his own antennae to work that out. Bastard. Are you brokenhearted?""No. I'm not as emotional as you and Brittany. I don't feel deeply." But she should feel something, shouldn't she? The truth was that after two years of living with a man, she'd felt no closer to him than she had the day she'd moved in. Love wrecked people, and she didn't want to be wrecked. And now she had a child. "Why do you think Lana did it?""Made you guardian? God knows. But knowing Lana, it was because there wasn't anyone else. She'd pissed off half of Hollywood and slept with the other half, so I guess she didn't have any friends who would help. Just you.""But she and I—""I know. Look, if you want my honest opinion, it was probably because she knew you would put your life on hold and do the best for her child despite the way she treated you. Whatever you think about yourself, you have a deep sense of responsibility. She took advantage of the fact you're a good, decent person. Em, I am so sorry, but I have to go. The car is outside and Richard is pacing. Patience isn't one of his good qualities and he has to watch his blood pressure.""Of course." Privately Emily thought if Richard worked harder at controlling his temper, his blood pressure might follow, but she didn't say anything. She wasn't in a position to give relationship advice to anyone. "Thanks for listening. Have fun tonight.""I'll call you later. No, wait—I have a better idea. Richard is busy this weekend, and I was going to escape to my studio, but why don't I come to you instead?""Here? To Puffin Island?""Why not? We can have some serious girl time. Hang out in our pajamas and watch movies like we did when Kathleen was alive. We can talk through everything and make a plan. I'll bring everything I can find that is pink. Get through to the weekend. Take this a day at a time.""I am not qualified to take care of a child for five minutes, let alone five days." But the thought of getting back on that ferry in the morning made her feel almost as sick as the thought of being responsible for another human being."Listen to me." Skylar lowered her voice. "I feel bad speaking ill of the dead, but you know a lot more than Lana did. She left the kid alone in a house the size of France and hardly ever saw her. Just be there. Seeing the same person for two consecutive days will be a novelty. How is she, anyway? Does she understand what has happened? Is she traumatized?"Emily thought about the child, silent and solemn-eyed. Trauma, she knew, wore different faces. "She's quiet. Scared of anyone with a camera.""Probably overwhelmed by the crowds of paparazzi outside the house.""The psychologist said the most important thing is to show her she's secure.""You need to cut off her hair and change her name or something. A six-year-old girl with long blond hair called Juliet is a giveaway. You might as well hang a sign on her saying 'Made in Hollywood'""You think so?" Panic sank sharp claws into her flesh. "I thought coming out here to the middle of nowhere would be enough. The name isn't that unusual.""Maybe not in isolation, but attached to a six-year-old everyone is talking about? Trust me, you need to change it. Puffin Island may be remote geographically, but it has the internet. Now go and hide out and I'll see you Friday night. Do you still have your key to the cottage?""Yes." She'd felt the weight of it in her pocket all the way from New York. Brittany had presented them both with a key on their last day of college. "And thanks.""Hey." Sky's voice softened. "We made a promise, remember? We are always here for each other. Speak to you later!"In the moment before she hung up, Emily heard a hard male voice in the background and wondered again what free-spirited Skylar saw in Richard Everson.As she slid back into the car the child stirred. "Are we there yet?"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. First Time In Forever - Brilliant Start To A Mesmerizing Series! By Alima Livzletlivz Sarah Morgan kicks off her new Puffin Island Series with “First Time In Forever” set in the beautiful locales of Maine. And the story is classy in its simplicity, painful in its past turmoil, passionate in its new explorations and just purely beautiful in its narration.Emily escapes to Puffin Island along with her niece Juliet Fox (Lizzie), when she’s given the mantle of guardianship after her stepsister dies in an accident. City bred, fighting past fears of guilt and death, Emily is placed on a precarious precipice of taking care of a little girl she has never met before. Shutting herself off to love and with the support of her two best friends Brittany and Skylar, Emily is hiding on Puffin Island, trying to protect her niece from the paparazzi and learn how to be a parent.Pulitzer award winner Ryan comes home to Puffin Island, leaving behind the gory days of maritime reporting and the glory days of being a famous world-class journalist. Raising toddler siblings after his parents’ death, he knows very well the responsibilities of parenting and the many fears that come with those responsibilities and truly understands the fears that Emily is facing. Meeting with Emily brings to the surface what Ryan’s been missing in his life and wants to take Emily into his folds of love and protection.Sarah Morgan weaves a really emotional story of love and support, fears and insecurities, warmth and protection that Puffin Island gives freely to its residents. The insightful conversations between Ryan and his Grandmother are beautifully placed as him romancing and helping Emily face her fears. Emily is one beaten but courageous aunt wanting to protect her niece from all the bad in the world, even if she has to overcome her past fears.Sarah’s narration is brilliant and you can’t but help inexplicably be drawn into the lives of Ryan and Emily. The flow of the story is smooth as silk, and the introduction of characters at various strategic curves in the story is perfect. Laced with wit, filled with pain, supported with unconditional love and with a hint of more romance walking the beaches of Puffin Island, “First Time In Forever” fills you with hope and faith that good exists with the bad, relationships can be built through hearts, and love and support does exist on unconditionally.Received an ARC from Harlequin via NetGalley for an honest review.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. BRILLIANT By Simona Elena *Book provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*I loved the beginning of this book, it had something touching, gripping and emotional and it took me in immediately.It’s a wonderful way to get to know Emily and the whole situation she is in. I could relate to her from the start and I just wanted to be there for her.Emily goes to Puffin Island with her niece Lizzy for a fresh start. This whole situation is totally new for Emily, caring for a child and going to a place close to her fears. She is afraid of the water. We learn a lot about her past and her childhood in a very moving way and described beautifully. The book describes Emily's journey of learning to be courageous.Lizzy is so adorable and sweet, she brought this fresh air into the story and I just wanted to hug her all the time.Emily was kind of sent on a journey to accept everything and build up a relationship with Lizzy. It was great reading how that all developed. The scenes were sweet, magical and also very emotional. It was about overcoming different fears and finally moving on.Emily has a connection to the island, with her friends Skylar and Brittany, having the possibility to live in Brittany’s grandmother’s cottage. Their friendship is really something special, I loved how they looked out for each other and were there for each other throughout the story.Now, Ryan – book boyfriend alarm! He was great!!! He started caring for these two ladies from the start, doing everything possible to help them and make them feel comfortable. Lizzy had so much fun with him and it was so cute to see Lizzy’s always wanting him there.Emily and Ryan had instant chemistry and soon Emily told him everything – about her sister, her past, about Lizzy and her fears. But can she really trust him?! His past and fears also played a significant role in this story.They had to go through a lot to realize what they really want in life and especially connected to love!What they had was really special and god that connection! Their passionate scenes were incredible and so believable!Puffin Island is such a amazing place, I loved reading about the scenery and the surroundings. Sarah described it all with such delicacy and details, marvellous! It sounds so peaceful, quiet and just fabulous! The people are wonderful, they each shared a special connection with either Ryan or Emily. Such a lovely bunch of people.The storyline has such a soft flow and the characters are perfectly well lined out. The change between Emily’s and Ryan’s perspective gave a great change and insight to their personalities.This story is brilliant!!! Sarah you took this story to a whole new level with your beautiful writing! The book has it all: love, passion, friendship, family, emotions and authenticity!!! A MASTERPIECE!!!I can't wait to read more books of this series!!!!!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. 1st Book in the series By Cindy K Contemporary romance with protected sex. The first full length book in the series of 3 best friends. We met Brittany in "Playing By The Greek's Rules". The Harlequin prequel. This is Emily's story. She's a neurotic mess. Her half sister, whom she was never close to has died & left her custody of her daughter. Emily has issues. Too many issues for me to like her as a heroine. Ryan also has some issues. His parents died in an accident when he was 13 & he took on helping his grandma raise them. Now, he has no interest in having a family. I did like this story, although I didn't love it as much as "Playing By The Greek's Rules". There was a bit too much melodrama. Towards the end it started to drag for me. I think it might have been better if it was a shorter story. This book also sets up the next 2 stories. We meet Sky, the 3rd friend & Alec her romantic nemesis. We also meet Zack, Brittany's ex husband & future sparring partner. There's also the potential for 3 other stories to come out of this series. The cover is good, but I imagined Ryan as a little more beefy than the guy on the cover.
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