The Sleigh Bells Chalet: A Small Town Romance (Christmas House Romances Book 2) by Jennifer Griffith

Author:Jennifer Griffith [Griffith, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Ellery

Whew, I’m glad that’s over. Ellery climbed up into the truck with Bing’s help, his fingers’ warmth leaving a residue on her skin. “Donner and Blitzen, huh? Thunder and Lightning, translated. Let’s hope that’s not the case. I doubt hotel guests are looking for a stormy ride in a romantic carriage.”

“Either way, much preferred to Prancer and Vixen, if you ask me.” He turned the key. It clicked a few times before he fired up the diesel engine.

“It’s a lot of money, but since you’re so confident, I actually feel good about it.” She settled back against the seat of the truck and hugged her legs to her chest. Too bad this truck didn’t have a bench seat. Shopping for the team had chilled her to her bones, and she could have used a body heat transfusion from a big, warm-hearted guy right about now.

“No buyer’s remorse?”

“Surprisingly, no.” She let out a long sigh.

“What’s wrong?” He was asking, but did he really want to know?

“Oh, nothing. Except that I don’t know how to work horses, and barely how to feed them, let alone care for them. Now that I own Donner and Blitzen, I will have to hire someone for real to drive the team with the carriage. I don’t exactly trust myself with that task. Plus, I kind of need to run the hotel.”

“Can’t be out gallivanting in the snow all day with the horse team and carriage.” His voice grew tight, as if he didn’t want to be doing it either. Which—it didn’t make sense. A guy with as much know-how about horses as Bing shouldn’t have been avoiding them. It didn’t add up.

“Have you had any responses to your oh-so-modern ad in the classifieds?”

“Believe it or not, I have.”

“No way. Unbelievable. Completely.”

She chuckled and slapped his upper arm with the back of her hand. “Geez. What do you think? Of course the Wilder River Rover also has an online platform—where they list their classifieds.”

“Oh, that makes a lot more sense. Otherwise, the main readership responding to the ads would be out of the age range for the job you need to fill.”

“Are you saying only old people read the newspaper?”

“I’m saying only old people look for jobs in the newsprint. Everyone else looks online.”

True enough.

“So, there was more than one response?”

“About fifteen, believe it or not. I chose seven to interview. They’ll be coming in tomorrow afternoon.” Where she would have to go on a gut feeling about whom to hire to take care of her insanely pricey investment. How on earth would she know whom to trust?

“What kinds of questions are you going to ask the candidates?”

This was crucial, obviously, but she had no clue where to even start. “What would you suggest?”

“Oh, I don’t know. Experience riding, temperament, experience with teams? Knowledge of how to put them in harness?” He went on a question-listing tear.

“Whoa, my friend. Is this your way of saying you want to sit in on the interviews?” If he would, that would take so much pressure off her—and cut down the fear of the unknown by a huge amount.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.