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GENRE: Vintage (1960s) Historical
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BLURB:
Newly appointed Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr. Garrett Langley can't seem to find a secretary to keep up with his demands. His love life isn’t going so well, either. He recently lost his long-time girlfriend to his older brother and saw a workplace romance end in disaster, leaving him with a busy career but no love life.
Piano prodigy Grace Valentyne forfeited the second half of her Julliard scholarship to come home to California and care for her mother. Now, with her mother gone, she must find a job in order to pay for the remainder of her education. When offered the opportunity to work for the physician nicknamed Dr. Cupid, she jumps at the chance.
Grace soon finds herself in over her head—and not just with the office equipment. But falling for the boss won’t get her back to Julliard. She needs to keep her focus and not let the sexy doctor derail her professional goals.
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EXCERPT
A
half-hour later Grace tossed back the last mouthful of lukewarm coffee and
closed the cover on the first of two instruction manuals. “Okay, new electric
beast, let’s see what you can do.”
Tentatively,
she rolled a piece of blank paper into place and poked at the stationery
carriage. When she pressed the switch on the side of machine, the motor hummed
to life. She’d barely placed her hands on the keyboard when the font ball began
spinning wildly and spitting out the letter ‘j’ across the width of the page.
Her heart hammered inside her chest in perfect time with the tiny metal device.
Jerking
her hands back from the keyboard, she reached for the power button and flipped
it to the ‘off’ position then drew a breath to calm her racing pulse.
She
reached for the second manual. Obviously, there was more she needed to know.
The
second manual held no information regarding the typewriter but, rather, was a
set of guidelines for the perfect secretary. “The perfect secretary does not
turn in a letter that is less than letter perfect. She does not smudge her
carbon copies. She does not gossip.”
Grace
pressed her fingertips to her lips and fought back an outright laugh. Were it
not for the daily rounds of gossip, she doubted the secretaries she’d met thus
far would make it through their work day.
Tracing
the next few items on the list with her fingertip, she lowered her voice and
continued. “She does not bring personal affairs to the office. She does not
watch the clock. She will inquire if there is any little thing she can do
before saying goodbye for the day.”
Closing
the second booklet, she set it aside. It all sounded like common sense to her.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Like most authors, Nancy
Fraser began writing at an early age, usually on the walls and with crayons or,
heaven forbid, permanent markers. Her love of writing often made her the
English teacher’s pet, which, of course, resulted in a whole lot of teasing.
Still, it was worth it.
Published in multiple
genres, Nancy currently writes for four publishers. She has published
twenty-two books in both full-length and novella format. In November 2016 Nancy
celebrated twenty years as a published author and will release her 25th book in
mid-2017.
When not writing (which is
almost never), Nancy splits her free time between her five grandchildren. She’s
also an avid traveler with Las Vegas being her favorite destination. Nancy lives
in Atlantic Canada where she enjoys the relaxed pace and colorful people.
Media Links:
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Twitter @nfraserauthor
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