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Fixer Upper”! For other stops on her
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The Fixer Upper
by Maggie Mae Gallagher
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Abby
Callier is more in love with Shakespearean heroes than any real man, and she’s
beginning to wonder if there is life for her outside the pages of a book. It
doesn’t help that her esteemed parents tend to view her as they would one of
their science experiments gone wrong. On the eve of finishing her dissertation,
she escapes her staid existence to live in the house she inherited from her
Great Aunt Evie in the small town of Echo Springs, Colorado. Because, let’s face
it, when a woman starts comparing her life to horror films, it might be time
for a break.
Sheriff
Nate Barnes believes in law and order and carefully building the life you want.
In his spare time, he has been remodeling his house in the hope that one day it
will be filled with the family he makes. But Nate doesn’t like drama or
complications and tends to avoid them at all costs. And yet, when Miss Abigail
Callier, his newest neighbor, beans him with a nine iron, he can’t help but
wonder if she might just be the complication he’s been searching for all along.
It doesn’t hurt that he discovers a journal hidden away by the previous tenant
and decides to use Old Man Turner’s advice to romance Abby into his life.
Abby
never expected her next-door neighbor, the newly dubbed Sheriff Stud Muffin, to
be just the distraction her world needed. The problem is she doesn’t know
whether she should make Echo Springs her home, or if this town is just a
stopover point in her life’s trajectory. And she doesn’t want to tell Nate that
she might not be sticking around—even though she should because it’s the right
thing to do, the honest thing—because then all the scintillatingly hot kisses
with the Sheriff will come to an abrupt halt. Did she mention that he’s a
really great kisser?
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EXCERPT THREE:
“Stocking
up a bit?” Nate asked as they set the cooler down next to the deepfreeze.
Abby
shrugged, flipping the lid up to reveal packages of steaks, chicken breasts,
pork chops, ground beef, bacon, sausage, turkey. Staring at the mountain of
meat, she had to admit she was a little obsessive when it came to being
prepared. “Well, I did some research before accepting the position at Echo
Springs Community College, and it said that roads can be impassible during the
winter.”
“They
can, but we do try to stay on top of road clearing. When it snows, the skiers
come out in full force and head into the mountain resorts. All those travelers
are the life-blood of this town, as they stop at the gas stations, restaurants,
and shops. Without that, this town would go belly up in a New York minute. When
the snows hit, the Styman boys stop working the appliance store and clear the
streets, along with a few more of the locals. They work together to keep the
city’s roads as clear as possible.”
“Good
to know. But we aren’t in the city.” Which was something that wasn’t lost on
her.
“No,
we’re not. It can get a bit dicey out here. I tend to stay in town more and
sleep at the station, but it’s good that you’re stocking up. Make sure you’ve
got yourself some long underwear and some firewood.”
She
blushed at the underwear comment and wanted to kick herself. What are you, a
teenager? Just because Sheriff Stud Muffin’s topic made her wonder whether he
was a boxers or briefs kind of man, and that she’d love to find out which he
preferred, was no reason for Abby to act like an unschooled virgin.
Wait
a second… “Firewood? Why would I need firewood?”
It
wasn’t something she had considered she would even need. Where did she get
some? Would she have to cut the wood herself? Abby could see herself trying to
heft an ax to chop wood. Coordination was not her strong suit. More likely than
not, she’d end up hacking the wood to bits, all while taking off a few of her
limbs. It wouldn’t be pretty. Besides, knowing her, she’d leave the ax outside
for the psycho killer to find and use to attack her in her home. She could
imagine the headline:
Evie
Callier’s great-niece hacked to death because she didn’t listen to her parents.
Murder weapon apparently belonged to the victim, army of dolls suspected, news
at eleven.
Jesus,
she needed to get a grip.
Nate
regarded her, his modest expression calling her a hundred times a fool for not
being better prepared for life in the mountains, and said, “In case you lose
power during a storm. It can get mighty cold up in these hills, especially when
we are being pummeled with blizzard conditions. It doesn’t happen all the time,
but in these older homes, power can get knocked out and be out for days.”
“What
about a backup generator? Would that suffice?” Because if so, she’d turn right
back around and head back to Gundry’s Bulk Superstore for one. The thought of
being without power during a blizzard chilled her, and for a millisecond, she
considered hightailing it back East. Until she remembered that back East would
mean having to deal with her parents’ disapproval nearly twenty-four seven.
She’d already visited that amusement park fun house, thank you very much, and
didn’t want to return.
“Yes
and no. Most are gas-operated, although there are newer models that are solar
but come with a heftier price tag, and if you run out of fuel…”
“You
run out of electricity. Does anyone sell firewood in town?” She’d start looking
tonight online for a backup generator. The thought of having only a fireplace
for warmth made her shudder involuntarily. With her luck, that would be when
all the creepy dolls decided to rise up en masse and strike.
“Check
with Styman’s. I’m not sure what their stock is this time of year, but if you’d
like some help, I’d be happy to get you started.”
She
unloaded the last of the meat into the freezer, and shut the lid. “That would
be nice, if it’s not too much trouble. Thank you.”
“It’s
no problem at all. After you.” He gestured at the wooden stairs.
Nate
trailed her up the steps; she could feel his gaze boring into her back as they
entered the kitchen. Abby restrained from fanning her face at the jolt of heat
that hummed in her system whenever he was near.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Born
in St. Louis, Missouri, Maggie grew
up listening to Cardinals baseball and reading anything she could get her hands
on. She remembers her mother saying if only she would read the right type of
books instead binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore,
she’d have been a doctor. While Maggie never did get that doctorate, she
graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in
History.
Maggie
is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple fiction genres.
She also writes erotic romance under the name Anya Summers. A total geek at her
core, when she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or
spending time with her family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two
furry felines.
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Maggie ~ Good morning! Welcome back! As always it is a pleasure to have you here! Congrats on your new book (love the book cover!!!) and good luck on the book tour! :)
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