Marry Me
A Covington Falls
Chronicle
By Kristin Wallace
Marry Me is a contemporary inspirational romance set in the
fictional, Southern town of Covington Falls.
Julia Richardson is no fan of weddings. A lifetime of
watching her parents treat relationships like the flavor of the month has
taught her that love is for fools. Then a crisis has Julia returning to the
small Southern town she’s been avoiding for years. Before she knows it, Julia’s
been pressed into service running her stepsister’s wedding planning business. Julia
doesn’t know a garter from a garden hose, but now she must navigate couples
along the bumpy path down the aisle. In the midst of it all, Julia makes the
most unexpected discovery of all…love, with widowed minister, Seth Graham. Julia’s
been running from love and everything spiritual for most of her life. It’s not
until she finds the courage to stop running and learns to believe in the power
of love, faith and family that she finds her own “I Do” moment.
Marry Me is available as an ebook at Amazon, Barnes &
Noble and AstraeaPress.com
Excerpt:
(Julia and Seth see
each other for the first time in 15 years…)
“Come on, Seth is around here somewhere,” Eric
said. “Let me introduce you. Oh, wait… I forgot. You two know each other, don’t
you?”
“Yeah, but we weren’t exactly
friends,” Julia said.
In
the distance, she spotted a group of men helping to set up the field. She searched
for a geeky-looking beanpole, but her eyes stopped on a beautifully built,
dark-haired man. All she could see was the back of him. He was tall, with
shoulders a mile wide, and long, powerful legs.
Who knew they grew such
delicious specimens down here in Covington Falls?
“Hey, Seth!” Eric called out.
“Look who I found.”
All
the men turned, including the delicious one. Oh, yeah. Mr. Tall Guy was
wonderful from the front, too. Nicely crafted masculine features. Julia
couldn’t quite make out the eye color, but she had a feeling they were
spectacular as well. Their eyes met, and she felt a little jolt. “This one,” a voice reflected in her
head. His eyes widened, and Julia knew he felt it, too. If they were in a movie
this would be the moment when violins swept into a chorus and drums started
pounding.
Then
he frowned, and his expression became shuttered. He broke away from the group
and started over in her direction. That’s when it dawned on her exactly who
she’d been drooling over.
The
drums turned to clanging bells.
Oh… my…
The
breath lodged in her throat. There was no way the geeky boy she’d known had
grown into… him! But somehow he
had. She stiffened even more when she recalled this gorgeous man was also a
minister.
Can you get struck by lightning
for thinking impure thoughts about a minister? Isn’t lust one of the seven
deadly sins?
Oh,
this was not good. Not good at all.
****
It’s not good for a woman to
look so amazing in a pair of denim shorts, Seth Graham thought. Not good at all.
How
was it possible? Fifteen years and she still made him feel like… well… like he
was fifteen. He’d grown up, answered the call to the ministry, and married and
buried a wife. Yet somehow prickly, bitter, keep-your-distance Julia Richardson
still scared the life out of him. Because prickly, bitter, keep-your-distance
Julia Richardson was also still the sexiest female he’d ever met. A sexy woman
who was now his stepmother’s ex-stepdaughter, making her his… well… he didn’t
quite know what it made her. He only knew it was bizarre and twisted.
His
mouth went dry like he’d swallowed a box of chalk sticks, and he could swear
drums were pounding somewhere. As he walked toward her, he concentrated on not
tripping over his feet or otherwise reminding her he used to be a huge putz.
Their eyes locked. The drumbeat intensified. He knew the moment she figured out
who he was because her eyes suddenly widened, and she drew in a shocked breath.
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About Kristin Wallace
Growing up Kristin devoured books like bags of Dove Dark
Chocolate. Her first Golden Book led
to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, C.S. Lewis
and the Sweet Valley High series. Later, she discovered romance novels and
fell in love all over again. It’s no surprise then that Kristin would one
day try her hand at writing them. She writes inspirational romance and
women’s fiction filled with love, laughter and a leap of faith. When she’s
not writing her next novel, Kristin works as an
advertising copywriter for clients that have included the Miami Marlins,
Discovery Networks, The Peabody Hotel, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and Sea
World. She also enjoys singing in her church choir and worship team and playing
flute in a community orchestra. Kristin is a member of Florida Romance Writers
where she has served as chapter president.
Connect with Kristin:
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