Flipped! (Spinning Hills Romance 1) by Inés Saint

Author:Inés Saint [Saint, Inés]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Bachelor, Single Woman, Spinning Hills, Ohio, Town History, Small Town, Amador Brothers, Community, Hammer & Nails, Renovating Houses, Perfumer, Military Brat, Ramshackle House, Craftsman Style, Young Daughter, Single Mother, Real Estate Flipper, Outbid, Auction, Family Tradition, Neighbors, Optimism, Fairy Tale Ending, Dream House, Quirky, Line Streets, Old-Fashion Town, Settling Down, Houseful Of Love, Flipped!
Goodreads: 23942301
Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc
Published: 2015-05-26T04:00:00+00:00

The laughter ceased as soon as they reached her door. They were cold, wet, and trembling. “Do you have milk at Johnny’s?” she asked. Neither of them seemed domestic enough to have anything but beer and bread at home.

“No.”

“Do you have soup or anything to warm you up?”

“No.”

“Men,” she muttered under her breath. “Would you like to come in for some chicken soup?”

“Sounds good, I’m freezing. Someone stuffed a snowball down my shirt.” He followed her inside and took his coat off, throwing it over a chair. She lowered some bowls and reheated leftover soup.

“Does your dad still live in Miami?” He picked up a framed picture of Holly and Crystal.

“Yes, he got remarried last year.”

“I’m sorry,” he said, putting the picture down.

“Don’t be, she’s great.”

“No, I’m sorry about Crystal. I mean, I apologized for what I said, but I’ve never offered you my condolences,” he said, meeting her eyes. “Losing her must’ve been hard.”

The ache she normally felt when people expressed their sympathy wasn’t there. As isolated and lonely as her mother’s death had left her, her mom would never have chosen to leave her. “She had cervical cancer and they didn’t catch it in time.” She picked up the picture and traced her mom’s face. “That last year was sad and beautiful and strange.”

“Were you ever angry?” he asked when she set a tray with two steaming bowls of soup on the coffee table in front of him.

“Yes. Sad and confused and very, very angry.”

“How come I never saw you when you were growing up? I saw you when you were a baby, but you never visited afterward.”

Holly put a spoonful of soup to her lips, but it was still too hot. “I always wanted to come up, but Mom didn’t like it here, and both my mom and dad felt Ruby wasn’t the best influence on me. They were all about academics and Ruby’s all about dreams. Plus, it was easier for Grandma to come to us, wherever we were, then for all of us to visit her.”

“How’d you end up here?” he asked.

She stirred her soup and avoided his gaze. “That’s a long story. But I love it here. My mom was great and I adored her, of course, but she and I didn’t see eye to eye on some things. And she and Grandma didn’t see eye to eye on anything.” She smiled a little, remembering their arguments, knowing they’d loved each other deeply anyway. “Mom wasn’t crazy about the whole gypsy connection, and she didn’t like it that Grandma flouted it so much. She absolutely hated that Grandma had named her Crystal.”

Dan smiled at that. “Your dad was in the military, right?” he asked next.

Holly nodded. “She only stayed here when I was born ’cause Dad was deployed. Did she really babysit you?”

“Your mom and Marianne were good friends, and Marianne would leave me with her all the time.”

Holly put her spoon down and looked at him. “Were you really kidding when you said

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