Dreaming of You: A Steamy Romantic Comedy

Cora Reed

Mar 2018 · Magnolia Valley Book 1 · Hummingbird Press LLC

About this ebook

She's always had a crush on her friend Calvin. When he finally realizes it, he makes her a deal. Two weeks together to try anything she wants, and then they go back to being just friends. Of course, nothing goes quite like they planned. A funny, friends-to-lovers romance.

Josie Wheeler isn’t a risk-taker. She likes her routine running the Morning Jolt cafe. The last risk she took was asking her dreamy friend Calvin out—and that failed miserably. But as her thirtieth birthday gets closer, that routine starts to feel like stagnation.

After his marriage went up in flames, Calvin Monroe knew love wasn’t for him. Since then, every relationship he’s had has been no-strings-attached. But Calvin’s not nearly as commitment-phobic as Josie thinks he is; he just can’t find anyone that measures up to her.

Josie is vibrant, funny, smart—and Calvin’s wanted her since they first met. But he knows he’s not her type. Josie goes for wholesome guys, not divorcees with bad reputations.

An overheard conversation changes everything. Calvin realizes Josie is—was—into him, but he was too dumb to see it. If he can convince her to take another risk on him, he’ll win her heart. So, he makes her an offer she can’t turn down: Two weeks to try out anything she wants.

Josie knows Calvin doesn’t do forever, but she says yes to his proposition, anyway—it might be just what she needs to get him out of her system and her life out of its rut.

What Josie doesn’t expect is their exhilarating chemistry entangling her wary heart. But when her cafe is threatened, she has to decide what she’s willing to risk for a love beyond her wildest dreams.

This is the first book in the MAGNOLIA VALLEY series. It can be read as a standalone or as part of a larger story line. 

·        Dreaming of You (Josie & Calvin)

·        Destined for You (Ethan & Astrid)

·        Fascinated by You (Nora & Alek)

·        He was Playing for Keeps (Caine & Quinn)

·        Catching Her Wild Heart (Wyatt & Penny)

·        Risking it all for Love (Augustus & Freya)

·        It was Always You (Margot & Simon)

·       They Started with a Kiss (Sebastian & Amelia)

Ratings and reviews

One of the few books I've read lately that had a wonderful dynamic between the main characters. The story was believable and engaging, the romance was next level, and the end result was gratifying without being, for lack of a better word, hokey. I absolutely loved it and will look out for more books from this author. PS: I wish I was such a good author.

It was a lovely story but I got distracted by some of the language. Had I known it was a contemporary romance I probably wouldn't have read it...not my kind of reading...so glad I didn't know. Just not my thing but to each his own. I must have missed the comedy also, so probably not a writer for me.

Why is it these free ebooks have one letter on the page for several pages and then a couple of pages of regular then back to one letter per page

About the author

Cora Reed is an emerging author of funny small town contemporary romance novels. She has the likes of a spinster aunt—books, shawls, cats, jewel tones—but does have a lovely boyfriend. And a cat (and she would have more if her cat wasn’t such a grouch). Find her online at CORAREEDAUTHOR.com