Love in Catalina Cove by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-08-24T15:23:20+00:00

Part 2

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

—Joseph Campbell

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Six weeks later

“AND YOU HONESTLY think the inn will be ready for occupancy in four months?” Bryce asked, glancing around.

“Sooner I hope,” Vashti said, while following Bryce’s gaze around the room. All the furniture was covered since the painters would soon start on the inside, now that the outside structure had been pressure washed and painted.

It was hard to believe she’d moved back to the Catalina Cove a few weeks ago and had hit the ground running. One of the first things she did was personally contact members of the staff who’d worked for her aunt to see if they were interested in coming to work for her. Some had found new employment and were happy where they were. A few of them who’d worked at Shelby for years were more than glad to return and she was grateful to have them back.

Instead of hiring an interior decorator, Vashti had brought on Juanita Beckett, the older woman who’d been the cove’s seamstress for years. Juanita had been commissioned to make new custom drapes for every window in the inn.

Albert Rogers, one of the town’s carpenters, would do all the woodwork needed. She was excited to restore the inn to the level of stately beauty it had once had.

Before leaving New York she had posted employment opportunities for the inn. By doing that early, she had essentially announced Shelby by the Sea would be reopening for business and who would be running things. She figured any discussion by the townsfolk would take place before she moved back to the cove and would be old news.

It seemed the residents of Catalina Cove were just happy the inn was reopening because it would put some of them to work. Kaegan’s company would be supplying all her fresh seafood, Harold’s market all the fresh fruits and vegetables, and Linda’s Florist would provide all the fresh flowers for the inn’s huge foyer.

Other than Bryce and Kaegan, no one knew about the loan from Mr. Lacroix, and she intended to keep it that way. Since hiring a marketing firm for all the promotions, the announcement of the inn’s reopening would appear in a number of tourist magazines around the country. She anticipated reservations would start rolling in. Some people had already gotten the word. A number of those were people who had stayed at Shelby before, either on their honeymoon or for a vacation and wanted to return.

Reid Lacroix had been right. Reopening the inn was the best thing she could have done. She had the perfect experience for it, and since she’d spent a lot of time here with Aunt Shelby she knew what worked and what didn’t. She also knew how implementing an aggressive marketing campaign could give the inn exposure on an international scale. She enjoyed being her own boss and continuing the legacy her aunt had started.

“Once the painters finish, Mr.

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