The Kings Meadow Romance Collection by Robin Lee Hatcher

Author:Robin Lee Hatcher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2016-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

HOLDING A BOX WRAPPED IN IRIDESCENT PAPER IN the crook of her left arm, Charity rang the doorbell. Her stomach churned as she waited. But before she could chicken out, the door opened, revealing a woman Charity had never met before. She didn’t have to wonder if she was Sara’s mother. There was a striking resemblance between the two.

“Hello,” the woman said, her expression friendly. “You must be here to see Sara. I’m her mother, Irene Dover.”

“A pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Dover. I’m Charity Anderson.”

Irene’s eyes widened. “You’re the famous author.”

“Hardly famous,” Charity answered, always uncomfortable when someone said that.

“Come in. Come in.” Irene opened the door as far as it would go. “You cannot imagine how excited I am to meet you. Sara sent me your first novel, and I’ve been hooked ever since. When will your next one be out? Will it be another book in the Lancer series?”

Before Charity could reply, Sara called a greeting from the room at the top of the stairs. “Charity, is that you? Come on up. I’m just about to feed Eddy.”

“It’s me. I’ll be right there.” She glanced at Irene. “Excuse me, Mrs. Dover.”

“Go on with you. We’ll talk later.”

“Okay.” She hurried up the stairs and into the master bedroom.

Sara was seated in a rocking chair, the baby hidden beneath a blanket draped over Sara’s shoulder. Charity heard suckling noises as she settled onto the hope chest at the foot of the bed. Her lungs contracted at the sound.

Breathe. Just breathe.

This was the first time Charity had been anywhere close to a newborn in ten years. She was the friend who sent flowers for the mother and a gift for the baby. She had them delivered along with a nice card. She never visited the hospital before or after a birth. She never called upon a new mother at home, never asked to hold an infant. Had she been fooling herself? Maybe she hadn’t the instincts needed to be a mother. Maybe when she thought about the future, about marriage and a family, she was kidding herself. Maybe God didn’t want her to have either of them.

Do You, Lord?

“Eddy nurses often,” Sara said, breaking into Charity’s thoughts.

“Eddy, huh?”

Sara nodded. “We named him for my dad. Edward James Faulkner Malone.”

“That’s a mouthful.” Charity laughed softly—and felt better because of it.

Her gaze moved to the many photos hanging on the wall behind her friend. Some were of Sara as a girl, but most were of the family she’d made with Ken. It was a good family too. A happy family.

Sara had been twelve years old when she moved to Kings Meadow with her father and new stepmother. Sara and Terri had become inseparable in no time at all. Which meant, over time, Charity had become friends with Sara too—once she was no longer considered the pesky little sister.

As far as Charity knew, this was the first time Sara’s mother had come to Kings Meadow to see her daughter. She’d missed Sara and

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