Together was a word she hadn’t really understood before. Growing up, she was on the fringes of her family. With Todd, she was more like an audience for the show he put on daily. Being with Sam was different. They were present for each other. Able to discuss things and hammer out common ground. When Sam took her hand, it wasn’t to hurry her along or dictate the direction she should head, it was to make that connection between them tangible. They faced troubles together, talked together, laughed together, made love together.

  And she never wanted to be apart from him again.

  She reached the flower archway Kate and Aurora had constructed with Connor’s help. Her father kissed her on the cheek and passed her over to Sam. Ava smiled up at her fiancé as he took her hand. There they were again—connected—just the way she liked it.

  Throughout their vows, he kept his gaze on hers, and she hoped he could read just how much he meant to her in his eyes.

  “You may now kiss the bride,” the officiant said.

  Ava went up on tiptoe as Sam bent down. Their kiss went on and on until the whoops and cheers of their guests rained down around them.

  When they finally pulled apart, Ava’s heart was full. This was the life she’d always wanted, and now she had the man she wanted to spend it with.

  “Happy?” Sam asked.

  “Happy,” she confirmed.

  Sam never wanted to let Ava go again, but they were thronged as they walked up the aisle. Soon everyone was moving the folding chairs aside so tables could be set up on the deck and lawn. The caterers began to carry platters of food out from the kitchen, and the hubbub of voices and laughter filled the air.

  When they’d shaken everyone’s hands and gotten hugs and kisses from enthusiastic friends and family, he drew Ava to the side.

  “Let everyone else get things set up. I want a minute with you.”

  “You’re going to get a whole lifetime with me.”

  “Good.” He kissed her again, even longer than they had before, and felt his whole body stirring with want, the way it always did when she was near.

  “I love you,” he told her. “I always will.”

  “I love you, too.”

  “Can’t wait to be alone with you. It’s time for us to really start working on that baby.”

  “I’m looking forward to it. But I think this party is going to go on for a while.”

  “Guess that’s okay.” He lost himself in kissing her some more. All too soon it was time for them to take their places at the head table, which had been set up on the deck.

  “Guess what?” Penelope asked when they were seated with their meals. “I got confirmation this morning. My first guests are coming next month. I’m going to host a celebrity wedding!”

  “That’s fantastic!” Ava said. Sam had a feeling she wanted everyone to be as happy as they were.

  “Who is it?” he asked.

  “Olivia Raquette. She’s marrying Vincent Chadwick.”

  “The actor?”

  “That’s right. Olivia is a social media personality, and together the two of them will garner a lot of attention. If I can pull this off, I should get plenty of bookings!”

  Ava beamed at her. Emma popped up from her chair and hugged Penelope. “I’m so proud of you.”

  “I’m proud of all of us,” Ava said. “All of our dreams coming true.”

  “I hope so,” Penelope said wistfully.

  Later, when the deck was cleared for their first dance together, Sam gladly took Ava in his arms again.

  “Have all your dreams come true?” he murmured, drawing her close and swaying with her.

  “They have,” she confirmed. “What about you?”

  “Every single one.”

  To find out more about Emma, Noah, Ava, Penelope and the other inhabitants of Seahaven, look for Beach House Wedding, volume 3 in the Beach House series.

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  With over one-and-a-half million books sold, NYT, USA Today and WSJ bestselling author Cora Seton writes contemporary women’s fiction and romance. She has thirty-nine novels and novellas currently set in the fictional towns of Seahaven, California and Chance Creek, Montana, with many more in the works. Cora loves the ocean, kayaking, gardening, reading, binge-watching Jane Austen movies, keeping up with the latest technology and indulging in old-fashioned pursuits. She lives on beautiful Vancouver Island with her husband, children and two cats.

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