Holiday Romance! www.amazon.com/dp/B017WHH3BC |
She doesn't know who she is or why she's come to Colorado Springs. Dustin has no idea why he's met her. Kayla whispers that her name is Ruby--if he can believe the voice of a spirit in the night. Separate tragedies, years apart, form an invisible blond between Ruby and him. A chance encounter? Or a match made in Heaven? Only Kayla knows for sure...
Excerpt
All Dustin wanted to do was go home and take a nap. He deserved that, didn’t he? Hadn’t he done enough chivalrous shit
for one day? Driving away from the
hotel, he felt guilty for leaving Brandy—or whoever the hell she was. Why hadn’t he minded his own business
in Lutz’s? No one else cared that
she was crying. Why had Janette
sat him in the booth near Brandy’s?
Why hadn’t he plopped his ass on a stool at the counter like he usually
did?
Damn it, Kayla. Get out of my head. Stop
trying to be my moral compass...
Dustin slowed at the first intersection, swung into a gas station, and
turned his truck around. He knew
he should go back to the shop to pick up his SUV, but he didn’t have time.
When he entered the hotel, he didn’t see her. He approached the desk clerk. “Excuse me. Did
the lady who was here check in yet?”
“She went to the restroom.”
Dustin headed down a hallway.
He halted at the correct door, knocking. “Brandy, are you in there?”
She came out, her eyes red-rimmed.
“Did you forget something?” she asked, sniffling.
He commandeered her suitcase.
“Yeah—you. Look, I can’t
leave you here, okay? Not in your
present state of mind.”
“Don’t make me go to the police, Dustin. They’ll think I’m nuts and have me locked up.”
“I want you to stay with me, at least until we can make some sense out of
this.”
“Is it all right with your…significant other?”
“Yeah, she’s on board.
Believe me.”
She trailed him into the lobby.
“I’m sorry to be such a pain.
I know you didn’t ask for this, to be burdened with a stranger who has
amnesia, and I…”
“Please, stop crying and stop apologizing. I’m not the saint you make me out to be.”
“But you’re helping me, and you don’t have to.”
“That’s where you're wrong, Brandy.
Sometimes, we have no choice in the matter.”
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I think you got me at "Hadn’t he done enough chivalrous shit for one day?" :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sandra. I actually laughed out loud when I wrote that part. My characters never cease to surprise and amuse me! Thanks for stopping by and for commenting. :)
DeleteVery intriguing and I like Dustin!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Olga. I got a kick out of Dustin, too.
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