Hometown Hope. Laurel Blount
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Название: Hometown Hope
Автор: Laurel Blount
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon Love Inspired
isbn: 9781474096768
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This sweet little town definitely holds a special place in my heart. I had fun catching up with old friends—the characters from my first two books, A Family for the Farmer and A Baby for the Minister. And of course, I loved writing Hoyt and Anna’s story. It features one of my favorite themes—how creatively God sometimes answers our prayers, often through very unlikely people and situations!
I’m planning to visit Pine Valley again before too long—I have my eye on our feisty grocery store owner Bailey Quinn. I think she needs a romance of her own, don’t you? I sure hope you’ll come along for that trip, too—you’re such good company! In the meantime, let’s stay in touch! You can reach me via email at [email protected] and through my website, laurelblountbooks.com. Oh, and while you’re there, don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter—that way we can enjoy a visit every single month!
Looking forward to hearing from you, sweet friend!
Laurel Blount
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
—Psalms 147:3
For the fabulous four: Rebecca, Jackson, Joanna and Levi—with all my love.
Contents
Note to Readers
Uh-oh.
Anna Delaney stopped doodling frowny faces and dollar signs in the margin of her notebook and tilted her head, listening. Sure enough, an all-too-familiar rustling was coming from her bookstore’s storage room. Smothering a groan, Anna dropped her head down on the checkout counter with a thump.
The possum was back.
How was that even possible? Two weeks ago, when she’d finally caught the skinny-tailed varmint in a live trap baited with peanut butter, she’d driven him fifteen miles out into the country before setting him free. She hadn’t seen him since, and she’d hoped he was the one problem related to this store that she’d actually managed to solve.
Apparently not. The animal must’ve liked living in Pine Valley, Georgia, a lot more than she did.
Anna heaved a sigh and started to get up. Then she pressed her lips together, sat back down and picked up her pen.
On second thought, that possum could stay right where he was.
She always kept that door locked, so there was no way he could sneak in here or into her loft apartment upstairs. Another early June thunderstorm was brewing, and if the stubborn animal wanted to spend his Friday night nice and dry amid boxes of paperbacks, Anna wasn’t going to argue with him.
Pretty soon he wouldn’t be her problem anymore. Today, after months of sleepless nights and unanswered prayers, Anna had finally come to terms with the inevitable. Pages, Pine Valley’s one and only bookstore, was going out of business.
She still couldn’t quite wrap her mind around how this had happened. Pneumonia had ended her father’s long struggle with Alzheimer’s СКАЧАТЬ