*~*Love Notes – Dale to Ashley – Awakened by Helen Hardt*~*

Title: Awakened (Steel Brothers Saga Book #16)
Author: Helen Hardt
Genre: Contemporary Romance

His voice enthralls her. Her vibrancy awakens him.
Ashley White can’t wait to begin her internship at Steel Vineyards. As an oenology doctoral candidate, she knows all the theory but lacks practice. Working under renowned winemaker Ryan Steel—and his equally talented nephew, Dale—is an opportunity she can’t refuse.
Dale Steel is a loner. Despite his huge family full of uncles, aunts, and cousins, he’s more at home in his vineyards, where he finds something that comes close to the tranquility he craves. He’ll never find true peace, and he’s accepted his fate…until his new intern shows up and turns the only world he knows upside down.
Ashley awakens emotions in Dale that he never dreamed possible, and though he resents her intrusion into his life, he can’t deny the sparks that blaze between them. Still, he must remain distant. To succumb to his growing feelings would provoke something else entirely—the darkness he keeps hidden even from himself.

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Oh my goodness…Dale’s note has all the feels!

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My sweet, beautiful Ashley,

You’ll never see this note, as I can’t risk showing you my true feelings. You’ve awakened such amazing emotion inside me, and I’ve fallen hopelessly in love with you. Yes. I, Dale Steel, have fallen in love. I never thought it possible, and though it’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever felt, I can’t reveal it to you. I can’t be with you for reasons I can never divulge.

So I’m writing it all down—writing it down so I’ll remember how much I love you, how much you mean to me. I’ll treasure this memory forever, and maybe I’ll be able to reach out to you when the chaos dies down.

If the chaos ever dies down.

I will walk through fire for you, Ashley. And if I come out whole on the other side, perhaps I can someday tell you how I truly feel.

Yours always,

Dale

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#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journalbestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family.