A divorce lawyer with a romantic spirit. A cynical television executive who thinks commitment is for fools. They can’t fight their attraction, or their affection. Can they find a way to reconcile their vastly different needs, or will each walk away from the best thing they’ve ever had? Jordan might be a divorce lawyer, but he’s a hopeless romantic. He doesn’t see the two as incompatible, either. He’s never had a relationship last long enough to be with someone on Valentine’s Day, but he’s still hopeful he’ll find the one out there somewhere. Sam is an executive vice president at a major television network. He spends his days managing programming, much of it centered around romance, and he knows exactly how fake television romances are. His own background of rejection only cements his views on the fleeting nature of affection. They meet by chance, when Sam’s sister and best friend file for divorce. The divorce is messy, and Sam and Jordan are thrown together often enough to try to make a relationship work. When the winter holidays roll around, the difference in their expectations comes to the fore. Can Sam overcome his fear of commitment ... and rejection? Can Jordan get over his need to define their relationship? Or will they both lose the one thing in their lives that makes them happiest?

Paper Hearts

It didn’t matter. He had to remind himself none of it mattered. All that mattered was work, and leaving the world better than he’d found it. Maybe if he concentrated on improving the world around him, he wouldn’t feel so bad about being alone. He’d always done some volunteering, but Jordan figured maybe now it was time to step it up a little.


Sam would tell him to go for it. Of course, Sam had called him for no other reason than to remind him he didn’t want a relationship with Jordan, so maybe Jordan shouldn’t worry too much about what Sam thought.


He chided himself for overreacting. Sam hadn’t called Jordan about their relationship, or non-relationship, or whatever it had been. Sam had called because Dinesh had stepped out of line and Jordan had reacted to it. That was all. His call had nothing at all to do with Jordan. In a way, that hurt more, but at least it wasn’t intentional.


Chapter 30