Santa Fe Fortune by Ginny Baird

Author:Ginny Baird [Baird, Ginny]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780985123598
Publisher: Winter Wedding Press
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Eight

Dan’s BlackBerry rang as they approached town.

“Good timing,” Gwen said with a grin.

“Couldn’t be better,” Dan agreed, thinking that Gwen had picked an even better make-out spot than he’d planned. He must have enjoyed kissing that sumptuous mouth for over an hour. He just hoped those kayakers weren’t uploading the event on YouTube.

“Hello?” he said into his phone. “Really? That’s super.”

“Megan says your canvases are in,” he told Gwen. “Looks like everything arrived in order.”

Gwen beamed at him as he quickly finished up, telling Megan they’d be by shortly.

“Mind if we stop by the gallery?” he asked Gwen, thinking she wouldn’t. “I’d like the artist to double-check things personally. If it all looks fine, I’ll ask Megan to come in early and hang them on the back wall as a series.”

“Do you think Megan will care?”

“About getting up early? Yes, probably. About the extra bit of cash that will be added to her paycheck, not one bit.”

Gwen laughed lightly in a musical way that Dan knew he could get used to.

“Thanks for taking me to Taos,” she said, warm brown eyes sparkling.

Dan smiled softly at this sweet, wonderful woman. “I’m glad you had a good time.”

A crimson blush streaked her cheeks. “I had better than a good time,” she said seductively.

“Yeah,” he said, already a bit wistful the memory. “Me too.”

“Dan,” she said after a bit, “is there something special I should wear?”

“Wear?” he asked, suddenly thrown off kilter by the change in tack.

“Tomorrow, silly. For when the buyers come by.”

They came to a stoplight, and Dan scanned Gwen from her head to her ultra-sexy toes.

“It’s a Friday, so we’ll get more than our usual flow. It would be good if we could introduce you as our feature artist and have some sort of small reception.”

“That would be lovely,” she said with an excited grin. “Are you sure you can pull something together so last-minute?”

“Megan’s very good at these things. She usually puts out wine and cheeses on Fridays anyway. No reason she can’t add a fresh bouquet of flowers and scatter around some of your business cards. You do have business cards?” he asked with concern.

“Why, yes, of course! I made them on my home computer, so they’re not the most professional, but they’ll probably do in a pinch.”

“That’s excellent, then. Why don’t you let me set the whole thing up and encourage any browsers who come by during the day to stop back in the evening to meet you?”

“Sort of like building suspense?” she said happily. “I like it! But you still haven’t told me what I should wear?”

“Anything you’re comfortable with. You might want to dress up a little but include something that shows your personal style.”

“Like my new cowgirl boots?” she asked, arching an eyebrow.

Good Lord was she a sexy woman. One habañero-pepper-hot-looking woman. And she kissed like a house on fire. “Those would be fine,” he said, cranking the AC up a notch.

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