Storms of the Heart — Kari Anne Kilgore

The Discovery of Destiny Laura Michaelson knows the expected course of her life. The right education. The right guy. The bright future. None of it fits quite as well as it used to. Connor Griffith's path detoured for work he loves. Now pressure to get back on track builds to uncomfortable levels. Resisting the proper choices grows tougher every day. The instant Laura and Connor meet, their lives and plans dissolve into chaos. Will they find their true joy, and their true way forward, together?  An excerpt from Storms of the Heart:One glance, and everything changed. Connor turned away to check out the big red brick high school and stopped. He was surprised and a little embarrassed to realize his jaw had actually dropped, but that didn't change the effect. An absolutely gorgeous woman walked toward them, with a smile brighter than the leaves on all those autumn trees. She was around his age, and moved with all the strength and confidence he'd ever seen from women in the city and more. The early evening sun seemed to start a fire all its own in her curly blonde hair, caught back in a bouncy ponytail that struck Connor as a real shame. He wanted to see her hair loose and falling around her shoulders, shifting with every move of her body. Every breath. He shook his head, not sure where on earth such thoughts could be coming from inside his normally calm and pretty much orderly mind. But no one had ever struck him so deep and hard on first sight.