Hildy Dannaher Goes Off Script – Erin Knightley (1)

Except he continued to walk right alongside her. “So why are you following me?” “I’m not following you, I’m escorting you.” “Or stalking me?” “Oh, come off it, Hildy.” He shook his head, finally showing a bit of annoyance. “I want to see you home safely. Is that a crime? Actually, I know it isn’t since this is what I do for a living.” “Stalk people?” He gave her a vaguely chastising look.

“See to the welfare of others. You know, like watching out for poor teenage girls who get their heads bitten off by people who they think are their friends.” Hildy deflated a little, her pace slowing. “I told her I was sorry. But—” “And now you are going to justify yourself. Don’t bother. It’s none of my business other than to say you need to have a care for people’s feelings. Especially when their intentions are good.” Her cheeks warmed with a messy combination of guilt at her shortness with Bree and indignation at being scolded by Kiernan.

The day just kept getting worse and worse. In the embarrassment of the moment, she turned and scowled at him. “Sorry, but you don’t get to stand there and lecture me like I’m some sort of child.” “I’m not standing here and lecturing you. I’m walking and lecturing. Much more efficient, don’t you think?” He was teasing her again, but she wasn’t in the teasing mood. She stopped abruptly. He took a step past her before looking back askance.

Blowing out a short breath, she said, “If I let you drive me, will this be over sooner?” He grinned as though completely unaffected by her attitude. “Absolutely.” “Then lead the way, officer,” she said, sweeping a hand out in front of her. The ride back to the house might have been called amicable silence by anyone else, but Hildy’s temper was at a low boil. She was disproportionately mad at him, she knew, but couldn’t seem to shake it. In that moment, he was the sink for all of her frustrations with her lack of progress with this trip, and the discomfort she felt being under a magnifying glass.

She wasn’t even going to touch on the emotions that came super-glued to the current holiday. All in all, it was just too much. The moment he turned into her driveway, her hand found the door handle, not even caring that she still had another minute or two to go until they reached the cottage.

“Are you going to tuck and roll, I hope?” “What?” she said, confused. “Tuck and roll. When you hit the driveway, I mean. I’d hate to miss the rest of the festivities since my passenger was dumb enough to bail when the car was in motion. A&E departments are the devil on holidays.” She rolled her eyes, trying not to feel stupid.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without written permission. OceanofPDF.com ALSO BY ERIN KNIGHTLEY More Than a Stranger A Taste for Scandal Flirting With Fortune Miss Mistletoe The Baron Next Door The Earl I Adore The Duke Can Go to the Devil The Viscount Risks It All Ruined by a Rake Scandalized by a Scoundrel Deceived by a Duke Vexed by a Viscount Once Jilted Twice Shy My Sweet Home Alabama Learning to Ride The Return OceanofPDF.com With love and gratitude to my sister, Kara Holden.

Never has there been a better cheerleader, plotting partner, or partner in crime. Thanks for always believing in me, sister-mine. With sincere thanks to my dear friend, Heather Snow. I’m so grateful for your fantastic storytelling instincts, your editing prowess, and your generosity in sharing both. And for Kirk, who makes literally everything better in my life, and has since the day we met. Thanks for always supporting me, even when everything goes off script! OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER ONE AS HER UBER pulled up to the curb, Hildy Dannaher pressed a hand to her middle, trying to quell the sudden riot of butterflies.

This might actually be the most impulsive thing she had ever done, with the possible exception of planting her first script on the front seat of a director’s convertible when she was fresh out of USC. Fifteen years later and she still couldn’t make eye contact with the man whenever they ran into each other at industry events.

Here’s hoping things worked out better this time. As she looked up at the austere, century-old brick building, with its first- floor pub incongruously glowing with the electric hue of a half-dozen neon signs and packed full of late-night revelers, she realized with a start that there was no need to check the address, which she’d hurriedly looked up not even six hours earlier after she’d booked the last-minute flight from L.A.

to San Francisco. She definitely remembered this place. Being here now was like stepping into a memory—one she’d barely known she’d even possessed.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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