A Southern Promise. Jennifer Lohmann

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      As soon as the door shut, Julianne looked at the table covered with her dreams. In the days since Binnie’s death, those plans had been the thing she’d clutched to her heart whenever grief had threatened to overwhelm her. Don had robbed her of a little of that today.

      The temptation to sweep all the papers onto the floor in a tantrum was strong enough for her to clench her fists and look away. Only when the feeling passed did Julianne turn her head back. Not that her tantrum would be satisfying; she would be the one to clean up any mess she made. And Don left enough messes without her adding to her own workload.

      If Julianne had learned one thing from Aunt Binnie, it was that grief could be turned into something powerful. Bull City Starts had been born of Julianne’s divorce. Out of hearing her mother say “What will people say?” and wanting control over the message. And out of the realization that she could do more in Durham than in New York.

      Julianne grabbed her purse from its hook by the door. Aunt Binnie’s model for grief wasn’t a bad one. Especially since—as Julianne had realized once she started helping her aunt manage her money—Aunt Binnie’s continued grief had contributed to a better world. And that wasn’t a bad legacy to leave.

      Julianne checked her purse to make sure she had her keys, tote bag and library card. She would come back to her plans for Bull City Starts after Aunt Binnie’s funeral. Until then, she was going to walk to the library, max out the number of romance novels she could check out and sink herself into happy endings.