1/4/2024 0 Comments Once more with love![]() Kristen peered closer at her older sister. If she couldn’t make time for her sister, what was the point of having that freedom?Ībby straightened a set of milk-glass punch cups that surrounded a matching punch bowl on a large Demilune table. But since she worked as a freelance textbook editor, her hours were fairly flexible. ![]() “But I’m here, as promised, bright and early Monday morning, to give you an update on how sales went,” she said.Īnd putting her own work schedule on hold for a few hours while she did so. No wonder customers frequently stopped in simply to look once more at a beautiful dresser or peruse the glass cases of antique costume jewelry. The store was soothing, with its artfully arranged reminders of a simpler time, faint scent of furniture polish, and the gentle tick of the mantle clock in the front. “All I can report is that I watered the plants at your new house and kept the shop.” Which she’d enjoyed. “I’ve been sworn to secrecy,” Kristen said. But she wasn’t about to confess that to Abby. “I get the impression Mom might have spoiled her a little while we were away.” “And she’s decided we should go on a honeymoon every June.” Abby came around a display of milk glass. “They brought me seashells and a T-shirt and-” “Mommy and Nate are back!” Emma’s blue eyes danced. Kristen’s heart swelled with love as she knelt and gathered Emma into a hug, pressing a kiss into her red curls. “Aunt Kristen!” Five-year-old Emma, wearing a princess dress, long white gloves, and silver flip-flops, barreled down the hallway from the kitchen. She stepped over the threshold, entering the former Victorian home that was now a shop filled with antiques. After all, her sister was back in Missouri after her honeymoon, and it would be great to catch up with her again. She blew out a long breath and opened the door of the shop, forcing her mood to lighten. It’s also what Kristen Hamlin kept telling herself as she climbed the porch steps of her sister’s antique shop.Īnd what she’d told herself for weeks, ever since she finished reading A Better You in Ninety Days.īut it didn’t feel like anything about her had changed. At least that’s what the self-help books all said. Can he convince her to give their love a second chance?Īnyone could-if he or she put half a mind to it-leave the past behind and focus on the future. The more time Clay and Kristen spend together, the more he realizes their breakup was a mistake. To make matters worse, his former fiancée claims she should have been given custody of the twins-not him-and has now moved in next door. He’s the legal guardian.Įntrepreneur Clay Norris has his hands full, taking care of his twin nine-month-old nieces, not to mention running his computer-gaming company. But when tragedy strikes, leaving the twins as orphans, Kristen discovers that the paperwork was never done. After all, he’s the same man who broke his engagement to Kristen so he could spend more time with his real love-computers. Obviously, the twins should never be given to their workaholic uncle. She promised to raise her best friend’s baby girls, should the need ever arise, and she meant it. One way or another, freelance editor Kristen Hamlin will keep her word. Can Clay and Kristen move beyond past mistakes and rekindle their romance? She’d do anything to help those orphaned little girls, even if it means being around her former fiancé. He’s struggling in his new role as a single parent to his twin nine-month-old nieces.
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