Matters of the Heart — Ben Muse

Fear drove her away. Fear of losing him brought her back.Not many of us can say our lives are irrevocably changed while standing in line at an iconic burger joint. Emma Beckett is bringing up the rear and tending to one of her second-grade students when she feels Alexander Christmas enter.He's dressed impeccably, ruggedly handsome and owns a knee-bending smile . . . and has his own reason for visiting Ike's— hamburgers are secondary. They share a brief conversation and Emma thinks nothing will come of it, until she receives a note from him in the mail: his phone number and a request that she join him for dinner at his home.Emma accepts and is thrust into a world few would be prepared for. Their attraction is mutual, but Alex has a complicated life. Soon, internal and external influences are trying their damnedest to wrest Alex and Emma apart.Must every good thing come with a price?