Summary
Aubrey and
Daniel’s vow to pursue their dangerous romance despite university regulations
takes them down a path of secrecy and lies. With only six weeks left to the end
of term, they’re under the constant watch of David Grant—Daniel’s “Dean of
Students” father. If that weren’t enough to pressure them, Daniel’s checkered
past also casts a shadow over the young lovers who continuously tempt fate
until one wrong move leads to an inevitable disaster. Can they salvage a
relationship when everything seems to be conspiring against them?
Excerpt
# 1 from Better Deeds than Words
Daniel’s grandmother held out the
salad tongs. "Daniel, take more tomatoes."
"I already have a few. I'm
fine."
She tossed three more tomato wedges
on his salad plate. "Lycopene. It's good for the prostate," she said.
Daniel rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Prostate cancer," Patty
said to me in a hushed voice. "That's what got Bradford—my husband. Never
ate a tomato in his life. I'm convinced that's what did him in. Although I read
an article recently about the importance of regular ejaculations as well. Not
that Bradford had a problem with that."
I bit my lip to stifle a laugh.
Daniel stared at her in stunned silence.
"You are having your oil
changed regularly, I hope?" she asked him.
What
the hell? Penny had said
Patty was a corker, but nothing had prepared me for this! She was
awesome! I blinked back tears as I tried not to burst into laughter. Daniel, on
the other hand, was choking on a mouthful of roast beef. I clapped him on the back
and handed him his water glass.
He gulped some and cleared his
throat. "Jesus, Patty. That's a rather personal question."
"It's uptight people who impede
the distribution of important information. Don't you think, Aubrey?"
"Oh, I couldn't agree
more," I said, casting a meaningful glance at Daniel who narrowed his eyes
at me.
He turned back to his grandmother.
"Are you implying I'm uptight?"
"Implying? No, no, I was
stating it as a fact. I happen to believe you need to extricate that rather
long pole from—well, there's no need to discuss the sordid details at the table,"
she said.
Daniel put down his fork and looked
back and forth between the two of us. "Huh," he said, miffed.
"Okay then. Allow me to put your mind at rest. My oil is being changed
fairly regularly. There. Satisfied?"
He picked up his fork and forcefully
stabbed a carrot. I hoped his comment wasn’t intended as an admission that we
were involved in an intimate relationship. Patty quirked an eyebrow at me and I
held up my hands as if to say, “Don't look at me.” She surveyed Daniel
expectantly and he cleared his throat.
"Unfortunately, I'm decidedly,
um, self-employed, at the moment," he said.
The Weight of Words (The WORDS Series)
Aubrey Price is
in the final months of her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto.
Bright, witty, and fiercely independent, Aubrey works part-time for the college
dean and has her sights set on graduating with distinction. When she meets Dean
Grant's son, Daniel, the TA in her senior Shakespearean studies course, a
shared love of the Bard's works and an instant mutual attraction draw Aubrey
and Daniel together. Unfortunately, a strict anti-fraternizing policy--made
more perilous by a black mark on Daniel's record--keeps them
apart.
Against this academic backdrop, Aubrey and Daniel navigate their
way through a steamy courtship, their forbidden romance aided, abetted, and
sometimes thwarted by a colorful cast of friends, family, and classmates.
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