by Judi Lynn
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Karli Redding is a traveling nurse.
She has a month off between jobs, so when Mill Pond's mailman, Keagan Monroe,
calls to say that her grandfather can't care for himself anymore, Karli
volunteers to go to Mill Pond and help set up suitable health care for him.
Axel's always been a pain in the rear, and age hasn't improved him. The two
bump heads, and Karli ends up cooking and cleaning for the old man while she
tries to decide what to do with him. She also finds herself getting more and
more attracted to Mill Pond's mailman. But Keagan's been through one bad
romance and he wants something permanent this time, nothing temporary. Can
Karli give up her footloose lifestyle? Can she find happiness in a small town?
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Exclusive Excerpt
Keagan
drove to his parents’ farm early in the morning. Heavy frost covered the fields, and fog
swirled in the low spots on the way. It
was only a twenty-minute drive from the two-story that he rented in town with
his roommate, Brad, and he knew every inch of the way. He’d been looking for property to buy for a
while now, but farms were too big, and ranch houses in town with tiny yards
were too small. He’d better find
something soon, though, because his landlord was getting the itch to convert
the rental into a bed-and-breakfast.
He’d make more money, for sure.
No
lights were on in either house—the old homestead or the ranch his sister and
her husband lived in. The fields were
all harvested. Hopefully, his dad and
brother-in-law were sleeping-in this morning.
Keagan cut his headlights so they wouldn’t shine in the windows and
drove to the far shed where his studio was.
He could only spend an hour here before he had to leave for work at the
post office, but he’d hand-painted eight dinner plates last night. The paint would be dry by now, setting off
the pattern he’d embossed in them, and he wanted to glaze them today. The woman who’d ordered them at Art’s Grocery
had chosen the fall leaf pattern with rusts, reds, and golds, and she wanted to
collect them this coming weekend when she made a return trip to Mill Pond.
When
he walked into his studio, the smell of wet clay greeted him. The heavy blocks were sealed in thick bags,
but somehow, the odor always permeated the room, and he loved it. He glanced at his pottery wheels and long,
drying counters. The tea pot in the
shape of a cat sat ready to be painted in the corner. The customer wanted the tea pot to look like
a tuxedo cat—black with a white chin, nose, and paws—just like the picture
she’d given him. He’d paint that after
supper tonight.
He
pulled on a work apron and got busy, finishing ten minutes before he had to
leave for work. His cell phone rang and
he glanced at his mom’s number.
“Hey,
K, when you stop to deliver mail for us today, come up to the house, and I’ll
give you a casserole to drop off at Axel’s place.”
He
grinned. This happened more often than
he’d expected. People knew his
route. If their houses came before a
friend’s, they’d often give him something to drop off on his route, besides
their mail. Not technically allowed, but
this was Mill Pond. Rules could bend
here.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I taught elementary
education for six years before I had my two daughters. I have a fondness for
kids, so lots of them have been in and out of our house. I have a fondness for
cooking, too, which means I fed a lot of them. As much as I love hamburgers and
hot dogs, the kids had eclectic tastes, so I collected more and more recipes
and cookbooks. Today, food sneaks into my stories, and if I'm lucky, so do
children...and strays. I invite most of them in and now have a stray cat who
walked through our doors to rule our house, a stray chihuahua who barks at
everything, and an adopted parakeet and rat terrier. I also have a very patient
husband, or he'd have probably left before now.
My blog
My webpage
On twitter: @judypost
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