Her Montana Christmas Groom by Southwick Teresa

Author:Southwick, Teresa
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition
Published: 2011-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

“We’re like Neapolitan ice cream.” Perky Calista Clifton glanced at her two companions, big brown eyes bright with ever-present enthusiasm. “Blonde,” she said, nodding at Jeannette Williams. “Brunette.” She lifted a long, silky strand of her own hair. Then she looked at Rose. “Redhead.”

“I suppose we are,” Jeannette agreed.

The three of them were in Jeannette’s office, huddled around a paper shredder. As the mayor’s administrative assistant, Jeannette had been tasked with going through the files, but didn’t have a lot of experience with the duties. To purge the previous city council’s paperwork, she’d enlisted the other two for opinions and input on what to keep and what to toss.

Calista was a government intern and good-naturedly accepted “grunt work” as a stepping stone in her career. Rose had cleaned off her desk for the day and was happy to keep busy.

They’d started at the beginning of the alphabet and were going through each file, making a pile of paperwork for shredding. It was pretty much impossible to put three women in the same room without a conversation happening.

“So Zane is excited about the Christmas concert.” Jeannette smiled happily. And why not? She was engaged to the sexy, talented singer after helping him work through his emotional demons. The foundation he was starting in memory of the girl who’d accidentally died at one of his concerts was the last step in his redemption.

Rose smiled at her. “It’s all coming together quickly. The arena is reserved and I’m contacting different radio and TV affiliates for coverage.”

“Jake and I are looking forward to it,” Calista said.

Not a surprise. She looked forward to everything. And why not? She was so young. Just in Austin’s age bracket, if she hadn’t already fallen for hunky Jake Castro. He would have fit Rose’s man-must-haves list if not already taken. Life was really weird that way.

Being called a redhead sent Rose’s mind back to the previous evening at Austin’s. Actually it didn’t take much to make her think of him; he was on her mind all the time. But he called her “Red.” No one ever called her that. She liked it; she liked him. She’d kissed him. If he hadn’t come to his senses, there would have been a whole lot more kissing and she probably wouldn’t have stopped there.

“Rose?”

“Hmm?” She looked up, not sure which of the women had spoken or what was said.

There were questions in Jeannette’s blue eyes. “Is something bothering you?”

“No. Why?”

“You seem distracted. You’ve been looking through that file for a very long time.”

She glanced down at the manila folder closed in her lap. “Just daydreaming, I guess.”

“You guess?” Jeannette smiled sympathetically. “Is it Austin?”

“What makes you say that?”

Rose wondered how long it would take to stop being surprised that everyone in Thunder Canyon took her personal business personally. A blessing and a curse, she thought, remembering how Austin’s proposal had gone from happy to humiliating.

“Zane told me he saw you at ROOTS to announce the mayor’s decision to allocate funds for tutoring and computer equipment.

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