Now and Then - Now Series - Volume 1 Author:Brenda Rothert Now Emmaline Carson has settled into her career as a graphic designer, though she?d rather be painting or shopping with her sister Layla. But then ? in the years before she went to art school in Paris ? she was a shy, awkward teenager with frizzy hair, a flat chest and a massive crush on the boy across the street, Cole Marlowe. Too bad her incre... more »dibly hot neighbor only had eyes for Layla. Cole is now a confident, laid-back attorney who?s even hotter than he used to be. He?s planning to stay single while working his way up the corporate ladder ? until he?s knocked off course by a chance run-in with Emma. Everything is different between Cole and Emma now. He finally sees her in a way she only dreamed of, and their hot chemistry is fueled by a growing friendship. But Emma?s deception of her sister ? who wants Cole for herself ? and the secret Cole?s been keeping for more than a decade threaten to tear apart what?s only just begun. Because sometimes the only thing standing in the way of now is then.« less