The Man Next Door

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The cabin walls were paper-thin, and painter Jessica Winslow couldn't help overhearing the angry fight going on next door. Suddenly a door slammed, and a car raced away into the night, stranding the man who'd lost the argument. It seemed only the neighborly thing to offer him dinner, seeing as how he was marooned -- but Jess never figured that Ethan Jamieson would take her invitation to mean more than a bowl of homemade fish chowder. Ethan was captivated by the gifted artist, whose paintings expressed her passionate soul, but his loving demands sent her running for cover... until her aching heart drove her back....