A Christmas to Remember by Hope Ramsay & Molly Cannon & Marilyn Pappano & Kristen Ashley & Jill Shalvis

Author:Hope Ramsay & Molly Cannon & Marilyn Pappano & Kristen Ashley & Jill Shalvis [Ramsay, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Fiction / Contemporary Women, Fiction / Romance - Contemporary, Fiction / Romance - Erotica, Fiction / Romance / Collections & Anthologies
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2013-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

An Excerpt from Last Chance Knit & Stitch

by Hope Ramsay

Molly Canaday pulled the tow truck in front of the silver Hyundai Sonata. She killed the engine and used her side-view mirror to assess the stranded motorist.

He was not from around these parts.

For one thing, he was driving a rental car.

And for another, he was standing in the hot May sunshine wearing a black crew-necked shirt, gray dress pants, and a charcoal gray worsted sport jacket.

The sun lit up threads of gray in his dark, chin-length hair. He hadn’t shaved today, but somehow the stubble looked carefully groomed.

This guy was seriously lost, like he’d made a wrong turn in Charleston and kept on driving.

She straightened her ball cap and hopped from the truck’s cab. “Howdy,” she said, putting out her hand for him to shake. “I’m Molly Canaday from Bill’s Grease Pit. We’re located in Last Chance, just down the road a ways. The rental agency sent your distress call to us. What seems to be the problem?”

Mr. I’m-so-cool-and-sexy regarded her hand, then let his gaze climb up to her battered Atlanta Braves hat, back down to her favorite Big and Rich T-shirt, ending with her baggy painter’s pants. His mouth curled at the corners like a couple of ornate apostrophes. The smile was elegant and sexy, and might have impressed Molly if it hadn’t also been a tiny bit smirk-like.

She forced a neutral customer-service expression to her face, even as she dropped her hand. She sure wanted to leave Mr. Urban Cool to burn up by the side of the road. Maybe walking the six miles into town in the blistering sun would help him lose that smirk.

He finally spoke in an accent that sounded like it came from nowhere. “Canaday, huh? Does Red Canaday still coach the Rebels football team?”

Whoa, this guy didn’t look like your average football fan. Much less like anyone who would know anything about Davis High’s football program. “Uh, yeah, he’s my daddy.” She studied his face, trying to place him. He had dark brown eyes and a sturdy, straight nose. He didn’t look a lick like anyone Molly knew.

His steady stare sucked her in and left her feeling unsettled. If he knew about the Rebels, then he wasn’t a stranger.

He wasn’t lost.

“Nothing ever changes here, does it?” he said.

“Do I know you?”

Something flickered in his eyes. Was it kindness? It was there and gone in an instant. “You might remember me. I mean, I knew your father. But that was a long time ago, and you were little.”

“Are you saying you’re from around here?” No way.

“I’m Simon Wolfe. Charlotte and Ira’s boy. I was a placekicker on the team a long time ago.”

Oh. Wow. Talk about prodigal sons. She didn’t really remember him. But she sure knew all about him. He had been a member of the 1990 dream team—the one that won the state championship. He was also the player who hadn’t attended a single team reunion. The guy who left home, the guy who never came back, the guy who broke his daddy’s heart.

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