Mary Mamie Hardesty

If I Could Be with You Mary Mamie Hardesty

Publisher Marketing: What happens when the boy next door grows up and moves to New York City? If you're a teacher like Hannah Miller, you sign up for summer professional development and plan your first visit. But when Charlie McMillan comes home after years away a few weeks before her trip, he's not the young boy she remembered. Taken aback at the heat between them and caught off guard by the signals he seems to be sending despite the ring on his finger, she comforts herself with the knowledge his wife will be with them for the five weeks she'll be in his Queens apartment. When she arrives in the city to find Nadia on a trip of her own and Charlie more flirtatious than ever, she's overcome with questions and insecurities. Should she believe him when he explains his marriage isn't what it seems? And if she believes, does it make the crazy attraction to a younger man acceptable? Is she ready for something new after recently leaving a not so healthy relationship, and if she is, does it even matter? She can't control the effect he has on her body. As Hannah explores her passions and a connection that goes beyond the physical with this incredibly attractive man, she comes to know herself in ways she never expected, but just when she thinks she knows what she wants, her world is turned upside down and she leaves the city, heading home to start her life anew. Is the separation really the end of the dreams she built with Charlie or is there hope for their future?