Secretly Yours: A Christian Valentine's Day Romance (Riverbend Romance Novella Book 1) by Valerie Comer

Author:Valerie Comer [Comer, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GreenWords Media
Published: 2015-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

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“Pastor Nick’s here!”

He stood outside, his finger still on the doorbell, as Madison’s yell echoed through the house.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The door whisked open and the teenager beamed at him. “Come on in. We’re making cupcakes.”

“Sounds like I came at just the right time.” He was speaking to air. Madison had already run up the steps and disappeared into the kitchen.

Lindsey poked her head around the corner above. “Hi, there.”

That was more like it. He removed his snowy boots and hung up his parka before mounting the steps and making his way into a kitchen that smelled amazingly of molten chocolate. He tried to push back the grin that wanted to erupt when he saw the pink lips-and-hearts covered apron proclaiming, “Kiss the Cook!”

He’d had a lot of gall buying that one last week. Now he just wanted to obey its direct command.

“I’m dying to know if you’re Lindsey’s secret admirer.” Madison’s eyes gleamed. “It can’t be anyone else, can it?”

“Why not?” Nick tweaked her nose. “Are you saying your sister isn’t sweet enough for more than one guy to fall for her charms? There’s probably a line down the block.”

Madison ran over to the living room window and pulled back the ancient vertical blinds before making a production of looking up and down the street. “No one there. Just your car.”

Nick took the distraction to close the distance and obey the apron with a quick kiss on Lindsey’s upturned mouth. “So, what’s the big occasion for these cupcakes?” A cooling rack with a dozen perfectly browned specimens sat beside a bowl of frothy pink frosting.

She grinned at him. “Practicing for the banquet. We’re undecided between the poufy cloud of pink frosting or something more sculpted. What do you think?”

“Hmm. I might have to taste them both to know for sure.”

Her eyes twinkled. “The taste is the same. It’s the look that’s different.”

“You can’t know that for sure,” he protested. “In fact, there’s no way to be absolutely certain that every single cupcake tastes the same. There could be a rogue.”

Madison slid back into the kitchen, nearly knocking him into Lindsey. Might not be so bad. “These are even better than Carmen’s cupcakes.”

Lindsey shook her head. “I doubt that. She’s a pro. Have you tasted her poppy seed lemons? Uh. Maze. Ing.”

Lemon cupcakes. Check.

“Well, you’re a pro, too, and I like chocolate better.” Madison tilted her head to look critically at the row of confections. “Can we make them look like tuxedoes?”

“Maybe,” said Lindsey.

Feet shuffled down the hallway and Madison’s father came into view wearing a ragged T-shirt and striped pajama pants. He stopped when he saw Nick, running a large hand across his unshaven jaw. “You here again?”

“Sure am.”

Greg’s bushy eyebrows disappeared into mussed hair. “Madison says you’re a pastor?”

“Pastor of Family and Youth over at River of Life Church.”

“And the one Madison has an all-fired crush on.” Greg glanced at Lindsey, shaking his head. “Both of them? Awkward.”

“Daddy!” Madison’s cheeks flushed.

Nick wouldn’t have guessed anything could embarrass her.

Lindsey shot her stepfather a piercing glare.

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