Belinda has been looking forward to her first a vacation and moving out of the wedding planning business to something more fulfilling like arranging business events.

She gets the break she has been waiting for but at the wrong time. Her boss comes to her only hours before she is to leave on a much needed vacation asking for her to be in on a meeting the following day.

Belinda agrees to go to the meeting but negotiates with her stingy boss for an addition to the needed vacation-a handsome raise and a promise that she wouldn’t have to do any more weddings.

Carrick didn’t want to travel half way across the country to plan the merger weekend but was outnumbered by his older partners. Then the petite woman walks in and takes his breath away. She carried the confidence of someone that should be a lot older with more years behind her.

Even if she is able to smooth talk her way into the hearts of the older partners, he wasn’t about to let her finesse him. When he bullies her into leaving the room he thinks that he has won.

Following her to her office, he finds that perhaps he had been wrong about the woman. Carrick is able to talk her into returning to the meeting and to accepting the job as it is offered but knows that she is walking on a tightrope and he would have to be very careful or she would walk on them once again.

Can Belinda and Carrick overcome an unknown threat, pull off the merger meeting and continue in a meaningful relationship?

From author Eleanor Jane comes a moving story of a budding romance that might just blossom into something deeper with her new publication, The Retreat.

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Finalist for my book, The Retreat in the Romance Category. Out of hundreds of books that were entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, my book was selected for its high quality writing, design and overall market appeal. To view my complete award listing, you can visit: here

Come and journey with Belinda and Carrick as they take one step closer to love.