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“I heard a crash so I thought I’d come over to see if everything was okay. Are you hurt?” I reached for him, but he jerked back.

“Fine,” he grumbled. And with that, he spun around on his brown boots, stomped inside and shut the door.

“Seriously?” I whispered.

I gave him a moment to come back and be neighborly. I got nothing in return.

“Nice to meet you!” I waved at the closed door. “My name is Piper Campbell, in case you were wondering.”

Nothing.

“I’m thinking about buying the place next door.”

Still nothing.

“Great talk, uh . . .” I searched the porch, landing on a red and white cooler by the railing. KAINE was written on the handle in block letters. “See you around, Kaine.”

My crazy was starting to show, so I turned around and walked back to the Suburban. The minute I hopped up into the driver’s seat, I pulled out my phone from my handbag and dialed my realtor.

“Hi, it’s Piper. I’ve given it some thought and made my decision.” My eyes stayed glued to the cabin across the way. “I want the mountain house. It’s just what I need.”

Some peace. The quiet forest. A project to throw myself into headfirst.

And maybe a hot, sweaty fling with my grouchy, soon-to-be-next-door neighbor.

He had no-strings-attached sex written all over his handsome face.

Thank you for reading Timid! I am beyond grateful for each and every one of my readers. Because of you, I get to keep doing my dream job.

To my husband, kids, family and friends, thanks for loving and supporting me through another story.

A huge thank you to Elizabeth, Ellie, Julie, Kaitlyn, Sarah and Stacey. I have an incredible team of people who help me put together these books and I couldn’t do it without them. And a special shout out to Danielle Sanchez, my publicist, for being all-around awesome and for dealing with my plethora of voice messages every day.

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The Clover Chapel

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Timid

Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. Born and raised in Montana, she loves writing books set in her treasured home state. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her husband and two sons. Writing one book, let alone many, was not something she ever expected to do. But now that she’s discovered her true passion for writing romance, she has no plans to ever stop.

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