Jacob's Challenge

Jacob’s Challenge The Anderson Heirs Book Two By: Melody Anne Dedication This is dedicated to Jacob, my nephew. When I began these books a decade ago, I used my nieces’ and nephews’ names. Now, I’m a bit horrified to have to tell their stories as adults. I love you, Jacob. You’re handsome, strong, and smart, just like my grown-up Jacob in this book. Copyright © 2023 Melody Anne All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Printed and published in the United States of America. Published by Falling Star Publications Editing by Karen Lawson and Janet Hitchcock Books by Melody Anne Romance FIRST SERIES He Saw Me First She Saw Me First At First Sight The Andersons Wins The Game The Dance The Fall The Proposal The Blackmail The Runaway The Final Stand Unexpected Treasure Hidden Treasure Holiday Treasure Priceless Treasure The Ultimate Treasure The Anderson Heirs Book One: Sweet Noel Book Two: Jacob’s challenge Book Three: Jasmine’s Homecoming THE ANDERSON BILLIONAIRES Finn Noah Brandon Hudson Crew THE TWELVE HORIZONS OF CHARLIE Diamond Sapphire Opal Emerald SURRENDER SERIES Surrender Seduced Scorched Saved UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRES Kian Arden Owen Declan ANDERSON SPECIAL OPS Shadows Rising Barriers Shattered Reborn TRUTH IN LIES One too Many Two Secrets Kept Three Outs TAKEN BY THE TRILLIONAIRE #1 Xander – Ruth Cardello #2 Bryan – J.S. Scott #3 Chris – Melody Anne #4 Virgin for the Trillionaire – Ruth Cardello #5 Virgin for the Prince – J.S. Scott #6 Virgin to Conquer – Melody Anne The Titans The Tycoon’s Revenge The Tycoon’s Vacation The Tycoon’s Proposal The Tycoon’s Secret The Lost Tycoon Rescue Me HEROES SERIES Safe in his arms – Novella Baby it’s Cold Outside Her Unexpected Hero – Book One Who I am with you – Book Two – Novella Her Hometown Hero – Book Three Following Her – Book Four – Novella Her Forever Hero – Book Five Her Found Hero – Book Six BILLIONAIRE AVIATORS Turbulent Intentions – Book One (Cooper) Turbulent Desires – Book Two (Maverick) Turbulent Waters – Book Three (Nick) Turbulent Intrigue – Book Four (Ace) Table of Contents Dedication Books by Melody Anne Prelude Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Prelude I’m including an author note as a prelude because if you’re a reader like I am, we all know that Kindle books go straight to the opening chapter so most of us skip all of the beginning things, and this is important, so I wanted to make sure you read it, or listen to it, if you’re as big a fan of audio books as I am. Side note, I have fantastic narrators so if you haven’t checked out audiobooks yet, give them a chance. They’re fantastic, and you can play a game on your phone, or do a puzzle like me, or even clean (gross) all while listening to an amazing book. Once I started audiobooks, I haven’t stopped. I LOVE them. Enough of that. Back to the important message. I do tend to get sidetracked easily. This is one of the Anderson grandchildren, so if you’ve read all of my Andersons before these books, I want to give a forewarning. I don’t like writing characters too young. For one, I’m not young anymore, though very thankful for Botox so the wrinkles don’t show. I listen to my daughter, who is already twenty-eight and has made me a grandmother which makes her my favorite child in the whole world, but I listen to the younger group, and I’m lost half the time. My husband and I have his sixteen-year-old son living with us full time, and he’s amazing, but it’s crazy how different his generation is, having been raised on the internet. I asked him if he knew what a Walkman was, and he had no clue. I nearly cried. I’m officially old now. Thank goodness for great facial products. I refuse to get old too fast even if I’m prouder than ever at being a grandma. It’s better than being a mom. If you haven’t seen adorable videos and pics of the cutest baby in the world, look at my social media because I’m officially posting a lot of my amazing grandson, who I give back to my daughter with great reluctance. The little turkey puked all over me the other day, making my daughter laugh hard. I didn’t even care. He can do no wrong in Grandma’s eyes. Okay, I promise we’re back to the story now. Because I don’t like writing too young of couples falling in love, I’ve taken liberties of aging the kids past the last releases. This will really come true in the next story as it’s Jasmine’s. As some of you might know I’ve done a series with John Henley with Jasmine in the FBI, and she’s living in Florida, and she’s 24. I’m bringing her back home for this next book, after making her suffer of course, because I get pleasure in doing this, and her story will be the next book in this series. I can’t do the Anderson Heirs without bringing Jasmine back to her gramps. It would never work. You won’t have to read the other series to