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Embrace the joy of Christmas and some yuletide cheer in this collection of five sweet holiday romances from four of today’s most entertaining authors!
Featuring brand new stories from Pamela Ackerson, Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe, Cindy Lewis Smith, and Jae El Foster, this anthology will help you hold the spirit of Christmas and the magic of true love in your heart the whole year round.
Meant to Be by Pamela Ackerson: Single and starting over in tiny Lorman, Mississippi, teacher Faith Anjos dives into home renovations with tools in hand and a boat from her late dad's fishing Sundays. Realtor Gabriel White becomes her unexpected ally, sharing lunches, family barbecues, and stolen kisses under patriotic park lights. But when a sassy ex-roommate stirs trouble and life's curveballs hit hard, Faith learns that true love thrives not just in perfect houses, but in the messy magic of Christmas cheer and forever promises.
Window Shopping by Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe: Single and sentimental, Whitney dives into downtown's dazzling displays—animatronic toys, frosted windows, violin carols—chasing Christmas cheer alone after helping coworker Chad remotely. Fate intervenes with a literal bump into charming Chad, leading to diner laughs, Santa's lap shenanigans, and hand-holding revelations. As they embrace kid-at-heart traditions amid bustling streets and Santa's sly matchmaking, a parade invite blossoms into dinner-and-movie dreams. Proving the season's sparkle uncovers love when least expected.
Mr. Hollister’s Christmas by Cindy Lewis Smith: Thirty-three and resigned to spinsterhood in Goldfield, Josie channels her Georgia Christmas memories into a perfect Eve nuptial for Rose and Hank, footed by taciturn rancher Clint Hollister. Their prickly partnership blooms amid pine boughs, fiddle waltzes, and whispered regrets from a saloon-fueled mail-order mishap. When a wheel-wrecked ride home unveils Clint's hidden role in her arrival—and his lingering loneliness—snowy revelations ignite a romance as timeless as the stars above the Llano River.
What the Snow Blew In by Jae El Foster: Snowbound in Deerborne, Connecticut, during a record-breaking blizzard, editor Carina Whitaker hunkers down with wine, her cat Tom Boy, and cherished Christmas ornaments—until a shivering mailman named Jerry delivers a package and seeks refuge from the storm. As power flickers out and drifts bury her home, candlelit evenings spark unlikely conversations, shared meals, and cozy traditions that warm more than the gas fireplace. Amid reading aloud by firelight and piano carols, holiday magic proves that what the snow blows in might just be the love she's been waiting for.
The Magic of Mistletoe by Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe: Sarah's winter break turns into survival mode: dodging doll-throwing dollops, sweeping glass shards, and sacrificing her office sanctuary for peace between battling children. Amid cold coffee confessions and contract close-calls with hubby Thomas, festive fumbles—from runaway pillows to reluctant photos—test their bond. Yet as grilled cheeses soothe tears and starry-eyed surprises arrive post-midnight, mistletoe weaves its spell, transforming holiday havoc into heartfelt harmony and impossible dreams come true.
EXCERPT ONE:
From Meant to Be by Pamela Ackerson
Faith Anjos pulled into the driveway of the house she recently purchased. She groaned when the tires hit a deep hole. Her truck responded in kind, letting her know it objected to the rut she’d drove it through. The boat she was pulling didn’t exactly like the driveway either. She white knuckled the steering wheel as the hole rocked both vehicles.
Faith gritted her teeth. Just what she needed. Give the new neighbors a show of incompetence as her boat tipped over.
Bloop. Bye, bye boat.
Nope, not going to happen today.
Pulling back out, she turned the vehicle around and backed the boat onto the grass on the side of the house.
She stood on the walkway, leading to the front door staring at the wood-framed structure. Her dark hair pulled in a ponytail, swayed in the welcoming wind.
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The brew is hot and bubbling over with romance and terror in this twistedly beautiful anthology that welcomes the darkness of horror and the temptation of love's veiled promises. Six remarkable tales from six incredible authors fill this book of dark shadows and ancient whispers.
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble - by Jennifer Patricia O'Keeffe: Enchanted pastries and spell-brewed coffee make Esmerelda's sugar-dusted counter the city's most coveted haunt—until a dangerously charming newcomer slips into her shop, immune to her magic and unraveling her carefully guarded world. As his witch-hunter heritage threatens to burn her legacy to ash, Esmerelda finds herself torn between the threat of revenge from the witch hunter's ancestors and the intoxicating truth of the connection that they share.
Silverwood - by Lynn Hubbard: A lonely rancher's daughter finds her isolated Wyoming homestead upended when an amber-eyed stranger ignites a mud-splattered passion that defies reason—until his supernatural secret and the vengeful ranch hands hunting her force her to choose between the man who saves her and the monster who might destroy her. Torn between fierce protectors and forbidden desire, she must trust the very darkness that could shatter her world to survive the wild frontier's deadliest threats.
Ivy, Lichens and Wallflowers - by James Ryan: Marketing executive Hilda finds solace from her stifling corporate life and overbearing past in the quiet companionship of Miriam, a mysterious 19th-century marble statue in a city micro-park, only to discover their connection transcends stone when Miriam begins answering her handwritten notes through cryptic poetry left in return. As their forbidden connection deepens into an intoxicating dream-bound romance, Hilda uncovers Miriam's supernatural secret: she's a cursed thaumaturge sustained by stolen life force, forcing Hilda to confront whether love can survive the devastating cost of keeping her alive.
A Mirror to Die For - by Cindy Lewis Smith: A desperate woman finds solace in an antique mirror that whisks her nightly to 1880s Arizona, where a charming outlaw named Johnny Ringo fulfills every fantasy—until her jealous fiancé shatters the glass and vanishes, leaving her trapped in an asylum screaming that he is the real monster, a man who shouldn't exist: Dr. John Henry Holliday, the gambler who killed Ringo a century ago. Now, with "MPR" carved into her cell walls and time itself unraveling, she'll stop at nothing to prove her sanity by proving time travel is real—even if it means unleashing the very darkness that destroyed her.
Flight 1031: Cosmic Turbulence - by Julian Christian: Diplomatic courier Sarah Martinez boards Flight 1031 expecting routine turbulence, not a Halloween dimensional rift that strands her at Germania International Airport—where the Greater German Reich has ruled since 1943 and perfected technology to harvest souls from parallel realities through consciousness-scanning machinery that pulses with seventeen-beat rhythms. Now trapped in a terminal that breathes like a living organism, Sarah must navigate a world where every passenger hides a secret and her resistance could either save her timeline or doom infinite versions of humanity to eternal enslavement in a Reich that spans all dimensions.
Dream a Little Dream - by Jae El Foster: After a near-death car crash rewires her brain, Sarah's nightmares bleed into reality: sugar on the counter forms glyphs, bats appear out of nowhere in broad daylight, and her own hands betray her—while the velvet-eyed stranger from her dreams appears in her waking hours, his urgency growing as Halloween's veil thins. Now, with her reality twisting into something surreal and an ancient language hijacking her voice, she must confront a dark truth: her soul isn't hers to keep, and the man who saved her in death is the very entity hunting her in life.
Read an Excerpt From ‘A Mirror to Die For’ by Cindy Lewis Smith
"May I have a glass of water?" I asked.
I'm just so uncomfortable. These clothes I am wearing are itchy and stained. I have no recollection of purchasing this outfit. It's definitely not mine nor my style. My hair feels gritty and needs to be washed and brushed. Any day now my fiancé John Henry, some people call him Doc, will be bringing me my own clothes and makeup, and a new hair brush too. I know he will. I can't wait to see him. It's been so long.
In fact, I don't know where he could be. The last time I saw him we argued, but that was the way it was for us. I'd forgive him and we would go on as if nothing happened. This chair is uncomfortable. The seat is worn out and the softness of the padding has long gone. I have to keep squirming and readjusting my body just to be able to endure the sitting.
I noticed the clock on the wall directly in front of me. It's one of those large heavy clocks, probably weighing fifty pounds or more. There's a picture of the Eiffel Tower in the face of the clock. The word Paris is written in a pretty script over the tower. I doubt anyone in this place has ever been to Paris. It's on my bucket list. John Henry and I may honeymoon in Paris once we're married, although he's been talking about going back to Georgia instead.
To distract my thoughts in the silence of this morbidly uncomfortable room, I envision the clock falling and crashing to the floor, leaving a giant hole in the wall where the nail would be. I imagine that the glass in the clock has broken into thousands of tiny pieces. Sharp pointy shards of glass are scattered throughout the room, glittering like diamonds on velvet. Aren't they so pretty?
"I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought."
"Go on," he said, "Tell me more about what happened to John Henry"
I love talking about John Henry. My story, it's all true, you know. Every single word. I wouldn't have believed it myself if it didn't happen to me.
I readjusted myself one more time in the chair and continued.
"It all started the day I purchased the mirror," I explained.
"You see, I hadn't slept but maybe four or five restless hours the entire previous week. My life had become mundane and boring. The excitement was gone between me and John Henry. His demeanor had changed. He said it wasn't him, it was me who had changed. But, I knew he was lying."
He never told me any truths. Not anything about his past or what he did when he left me. Sometimes, I felt like he was only using me. Like I was a mysterious link or something between what he used to be and what he wanted to be now. It's hard to explain, it was probably nothing more than my imagination.
John Henry was just so ruggedly handsome, I couldn't help myself, so I forgave him often when we argued. Maybe because of our fighting and torrent relationship, the headaches were coming more and more frequently. And, more intense.
I refused to take the prescription medication I was given. Those pills... those little pink and red pills! NO! No, not those pills again. I couldn't take it anymore. I tossed the prescription bottle into the trash can and grabbed the keys to my car on my way out the door. I heard the door slam behind me and I didn't look back. I was not going to think about John Henry, if only for one day.
"My old Chevy was stuttering and in need of some repairs, but it didn't stop me from driving wherever I wanted to go. And that day, I wanted to go across the border. It was a warm day in late September, with barely a breeze moving through the dry air. I was wearing a big straw hat, the same kind the Chiquita Banana woman wears on the TV commercials, a pair of dark sunglasses and shoes that flipped back and forth on my feet."
I was getting low on gas so I coasted into an old, mostly deserted town in southern Arizona. It was just a few miles or so, maybe thirty or forty minutes across the border. I didn't want to take a chance on stalling out the car. Service stations out there are few and far between. I parked my car on a dust covered side street and strolled to the downtown area of this dusty little town.
Some old-timers were outside sitting on benches that lined the wooden sidewalks of the streets. Their wrinkled cheeks were swollen on one side from a wad of chewing tobacco. A dirty brass spittoon was centered on the sidewalk between them. I could feel them staring at me. You know that kind of stare implying that I didn't belong there, that I'm out of place.
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today’s post will focus solely on the last book, which is set in present day, Book Four, “Jilly’s Dilemma,” by
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Ghosts of New England: Skullery Bay
Book Box Set Anthology
by Nancy Fraser, Lisa
A. Olech, and Kathryn Hills
***************
Jilly’s Dilemma
by Nancy Fraser
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BOX SET ANTHOLOGY OVERVIEW:
An anthology unlike any other...
4Different Centuries
4To-Die-For Romances
The Same2Ghosts!
Widow’s Walk(1737)
RITA nominee & Best Selling Author, Lisa A. Olech
He’s
the infamous pirate, Captain John Jacob Wilder.
She’s
the daughter of his fiercest enemy.
Their
love is the beginning of the legend.
Cast to the Wind and Waves(1837)
Best Selling & Award-Winning Author, Kathryn Hills
She’s
the heiress determined to restore Fairwinds to its former glory.
He’s
the solicitor working as a caretaker because of the deadly curse.
Their
love will rebuild the legend.
The Bootlegger’s Daughter(1924)
Best Selling & Award Winning Author, Nancy Fraser
She’s
the daughter of one of the FBI’s most wanted criminals.
He’s
her bodyguard, and not at all what he seems.
Their
love will return dignity to the legend.
Jilly’s Dilemma(Present Day)
Best Selling & Award-Winning Author, Nancy Fraser
She’s
the new owner of Fairwinds, a flaky artist who talks to ghosts. Repeatedly.
He’s
the staid, young professor there to document Fairwinds’ history.
Their love will make you
believe in the legend.
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BOOK BLURB:
Jilly’s Dilemma (Present
Day)
She’s the new owner of Fairwinds, a flaky artist who talks to
ghosts. Repeatedly.
He’s the staid, young professor there to document Fairwinds'
history.
Their love will make
you believe in the legend.
When
Jillian Barclay inherits the family estate of Fairwinds from her father, it
comes with the provision that she must live there for a minimum of three years
before she can sell the property. Jilly grew up at Fairwinds, so she’s more
than aware of the strange occurrences, the presence of the ghosts of Captain
John Jacob Wilder and Lillian Wilder—the infamous 18th century pirate and his
beloved wife. As a matter of fact, Jilly talks to them on a regular basis.
A
renowned sculptor, Jilly reluctantly relocates her studio to Fairwinds and sets
out to honor her father’s wishes. There’s a second provision in her father’s
will that has her more concerned than having to put up with the home’s
extremely active spirits.
Nicholas
Martin, PhD is about to become Jilly’s other problem. An associate professor of
history, Nicholas has been granted five days’ access to Fairwinds to study the
home’s history as part of research project for Harvard University’s history
museum.
Expecting
a stodgy old professor, when Jilly meets the professor, she’s wishing he was
there to model for her rather than study her home. Younger, and far sexier,
than she’d pictured, she’s immediately drawn to the handsome professor.
Nicholas
has spent the previous three weeks studying five other homes on the list of
historical New England homes, all of which were inhabited by octogenarian,
cat-loving spinsters. He has no reason to believe Fairwinds will be any
different. The young woman with the wild red curls and penchant for talking to
spirits is the last thing he expected, and the one thing his usually
buttoned-up personality needs. Desperately.
Will
opposites truly attract? Or is it just the unusual effects of the ghostly
carnal encounters that drives them into one another’s arms? And when they can
no longer resist their desires, will they be able to find a working compromise
to his professional career and her legal commitments?
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EXCERPT:
Dammit
all,” Jilly groused, setting aside her trowel and thin-edged knife. Glancing at
the grandfather clock on the far wall of her studio, she grabbed a rag and
wiped the worst of the clay from her hands. As usual, she’d become engrossed in
her work and lost track of time. “Coming,” she called out as she crossed
through the rotunda, and out into the foyer.
Pulling
the door open with a hard yank, she raised her head and met the gaze of a young
man, his black-rimmed glasses unable to disguise his beautiful sea blue eyes.
The
rest of him wasn’t half bad either—once you got past the rumpled jacket and
button-down oxford shirt.
“May
I help you?” she asked. Obviously, this wasn’t the company she was expecting,
but a definite upgrade. Absently, she wondered if one of her artsy-fartsy
friends had sent her an Adonis to model for her next project.
And,
would he be willing to pose nude?
“I’m
Dr. Nicholas Martin,” he responded, his deep voice sending a flutter to her
pulse. “I have an appointment with Miss Jillian Barclay. If you wouldn’t mind
letting her know I’m here, I’d appreciate it.”
Jilly
stepped back and motioned him inside. “I’m—” she began, stopping short when he
looked past her and toward the double doors leading to the rotunda.
“No
doubt you’ve got work to get back to,” he said, his tone all but dismissing
her. “I don’t want to take up too much of your time.”
Oh,
this was perfect. He thought she was the help.
“That’s
okay, I don’t mind.” Giving her hands another swipe across the front of her
clay-crusted apron, she tilted her head to the right. “If you wouldn’t mind
waiting in the library.” She pushed the door open, and offered, “Feel free to
browse while you wait.”
“Thank
you.” He turned, his gaze slowly scanning the many books before coming back to
her. His very nice smile spread in obvious appreciation. “I will definitely
have a look around while I’m waiting.”
Jilly
exited the library and made a dash for the first-floor powder room. The least
she could do was wash her face, discard the apron, and comb her hair for such
distinguished company.
Distinguished,
my ass. You think he’s hot–in a geeky sort of way.
Off
in the distance, the parlor door slammed with a resounding crash, followed by
the dining room door, and then the door leading to the kitchen.
Beneath
her breath, she mumbled, “Back off, Jake. At least let the man get comfortable
before you drive him away.”
***
Nicholas
ran his hands across the leather-bound, first edition classics lining the back
wall of the Fairwinds library. An outstanding collection. Lifting a gold-leaf
trimmed copy of Gulliver’s Travels from the shelf, he ran his fingers across
the raised lettering, admiring the exquisite attention to detail.
This
was the type of history he lived for; devoted his entire academic career—as new
as it was—toward. All the previous stops on his information gathering tour
shifted to the back of his mind.
Fairwinds
was the holy grail of this entire project.
He’d
read the sketchy research already gathered on the place, the tales of the
pirate owner and reports of ghost sightings. Although he questioned a good
portion of the writings, he’d reserve judgement until his visit was concluded.
Assuming the spinster Barclay wasn’t senile, he looked forward to learning all
there was to know about the home and its colorful history.
And
what was with the housekeeper anyway? With her dirty apron, unkempt red curls
flying around her face, and the way she’d slammed the doors on her way to
announce his arrival. He was pretty sure she was angered at having her duties
interrupted by his presence.
The
initial agreement called for him to stay at Fairwinds for a minimum of five
days, which included a room and meals. Absently, he wondered if the young woman
with the mud-crusted nails was also the cook.
He
hoped not.
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BOOK TRAILER:
Check out the Ghost's of New England: Skullery Bay Anthology book trailer below!!!
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GUEST POST:
My Favorite Scene in This
Book…
There
were so many in Jilly’s Dilemma, choosing one was difficult... which was why I
chose this question. It made me stop and think.
Given
the anthology covers four different centuries, creating the last one (Present
Day) became more of a challenge than I’d anticipated. I mean, how many more
times can we re-hash family history and still make it fresh?
I
realized I needed to create a moment between my heroine and hero that spoke to
the history in a different way than just repeating facts.
Since
my hero, Professor Nicholas Martin, is also a deep-sea diver who hunts for lost
treasure, I decided to have him discover something that directly relates back
to the heroine. What better item than a spyglass that once belonged to her
ancestor-pirate, Captain John Jacob Wilder.
The
“scene” actually unfolded in two parts. First, when Nick realizes that one of the
items he’d found on a previous dive was actually part of Jilly’s family
history.
Then, of course, the
pivotal scene where he gives her the spyglass as a gift. His generosity was not
only appreciated (quite nicely) by Jilly, but also by the Captain who ends up
returning something he’d taken from Nick as a ‘thank you’ for returning the
lost property.
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AUTHOR BIO:
NANCY
FRASER—Jumping Across Romance Genres with Gleeful Abandon—is an Amazon Top 100
and Award-Winning author who can’t seem to decide which romance genre suits her
best. So, she writes them all.
Nancy
has published over forty books in full-length, novella, and short format. When
not writing (which is almost never), Nancy dotes on her five wonderful
grandchildren and looks forward to traveling and reading when time permits.
Nancy lives in Atlantic Canada where she enjoys the relaxed pace and colorful
people.
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Dead Silent
Boxed Set Collection
by Multiple Authors
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GENRE: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense (Noir Crime)
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BLURB:
The secrets must be kept, or the body count will rise...
Are you ready for the eighteen deadly crime thrillers that will
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What
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THE AUTHORS
& THE BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE BOXSET:
The Case of the Missing Parts
byJudith Lucci
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Relic
byFiona Quinn
Digging For The Truth Can Be Deadly.
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Grand Cru and Gangs
bySandra Woffington
Gang life—spill someone else’s blood to join, spill your own to
quit.
****************************
Operation Oystercatcher
byMichelle Medhat
With the Pearl, he’ll control the world.
****************************
The Barrow Case
byDan Petrosini
Regret is a little word that lasts forever.
****************************
Mortuary School
byGreta Boris
A little knowledge is dangerous, a lot is deadly.
****************************
Her Lost Alibi
byDavid Berens
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The Killing Game
byJ.D. Weston
The game is death. The winner takes all.
****************************
Blood on Canvas
byTom Fowler
The paintings are ugly, but the crime scenes are grisly.
****************************
Vow of Silence
byChris Patchell
Jill Shannon is on the verge of embarking on her new life, but
some secrets just refuse to stay buried.
****************************
Lost Diamond Girls
byL.K. Hill
Detective Gabe Nichols is ready to start fresh. A new city, a
new job, a new life.
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The Kizazi Murders
byGavin Reese
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A Matter of Vengeance
byK.C. Sivils
Feel the "Heat" of Southern Noir.
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Casey’s Crucible
byTom Schneider
In a time of murder and deceit, love can be a trap.
****************************
One Last Breath
byElleby Harper
A teen accused of murder. A cop running from her past. Is she
his only salvation?
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Degradation
byDwayne Gill
You're the predator right up until you're prey.
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Dig Two Graves
byJames Harper
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The Ninth Sacrifice
bySteven
Moore
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Blood Cull
byJay Tinsiano & Jay Newton
A series of ritualistic killings.
A retired Detective Inspector desperate to save his wife.
A horrifying secret.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Excerpt from Mortuary School by Greta Boris:
I read the heading as I took it from her. Phi Sigma Eta - A Co-ed Fraternity. I laughed and immediately felt guilty. Why shouldn’t there be a fraternity for mortuary students? Hadn’t I spent hours trying to convince Gran that the death industry was a noble one? “Are you going to join?” I asked.
She snorted again. “No way. My mama would kill me. On the way out the door this morning, she says,” the girl adopted an artificially high tone, “Rochelle, watch yourself, girl. There’s gonna be a lot of strange folks at that school. You’re not there for socializing.”
I nodded. I got it. I’d tried to convince Gran that funeral directors were like the pastors of their own ever-changing flocks. I’d thought this was an especially nice touch, since Gran was born again in the 1970s during the Jesus Movement. It didn’t sway her. “Yeah, my Gran isn’t too crazy about my career choice either.”
“Oh, Mama is fine with the career choice. It was hers, not mine.”
I looked Rochelle up and down critically for the first time. She didn’t look like most of the students on campus, and it wasn’t because she was Black. She was too all-American. Too clean cut. Too old, probably only a couple of years younger than me. And above all, too pretty in a TV newscaster kind of way. “Why did you agree? I mean, it’s kind of . . . Well, you gotta be into it.”
“My uncle owns a funeral home and. . . It’s a long story.” She stuck out a hand. “Rochelle.” I took it and shook. “Imogene.”
We fell into step, meandering through a swirl of leaves in the general direction of what I hoped were the classrooms.
“Where are you headed?” Rochelle asked. “Anatomy 101. How about you?”
“Same. Do you know where it is?”
I stopped walking. “No. I thought you did.”
Rochelle pulled a campus map from her backpack. “I think it’s behind the registration building.”
We looked at the map together, pivoted, then pushed our way down a narrow wind-tunnel of a path between the registration offices and the library.
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BOOK TRAILER:
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Collection!!!
This trailer was created by Dwayne Gill, the author of “Degradation,” one of the main exciting books featured in this anthology!!!
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