Valentine Gold by Danielle Thorne

Author:Danielle Thorne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nicholas Sparks Karen Kingsbury Pamela M. Kelley Lauren K. Denton RaeAnne Thayne Rebecca Connolly Je, clean rom, clean romance, clean and wholesome, clean romance christian, holiday romance, clean holiday romance, sweet holiday romance, sweet romance, christian romance, contemporary romance, contemporary clean romance, contemporary sweet romance, contemporary clean and wholesome romance, second chance romance, clealn second chance romance, sweet second chance romance, clean and wholesome second chance romance, southern romance, clean southern romance, christian southern romance, clean souther romance, southern christian romance, southern contemporary romance, small town romance, clean small town romance, sweet small town romance, clean and wholesome small town romance, romance like gilmore girls, cozy romance, cozy contemporary romance, divorced romance, clean divorce romance, beach read
Publisher: Danielle Thorne
Published: 2019-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

AFTER HANGING UP WITH Jonathan, Natalie slipped out the front door to scrape the snow off of her car. She wasn’t one hundred percent sure that she’d be able to get out of the yard and down the lane to the Nichols’ old place. There were no tracks in the road which meant her neighbors up the mountain were wise enough to stay put for now.

The deep snowdrifts across the lane kept her nerves on edge as she rolled through the white powder, plowing it up. She made sure to be careful not to drive off into the little creek that ran beside it. The driveway up to the house was slick, and a couple times her SUV slid off to the side. Natalie gritted her teeth in frustration. There was no way she’d be able to drive into town to work at the rec center today. She’d have to find a way to cancel her class.

She pulled up to the quiet house, stomped up the wooden stairs to the front porch, and sifted through empty flower pots until she found the hidden key. When she let herself in, it felt like going back in time.

The Nichols house was decorated in white and green with ivy wallpaper borders and a lot of ceramic ducks. It made her giggle when she saw the collection of 80s figurines on the piano in the front room, and she smiled at the school pictures of Jonathan hanging from the walls in every size and color frame.

The cats met her as soon as she walked in the door. They darted around her feet, mewing and begging as she perused the living room before walking back to the kitchen.

Momma cat, Griselda, was a beautiful, short-haired gray with golden eyes. There were three kittens left, older now, and Natalie recognized the gray tabby with the pine-green stare that Jonathan had handed to her while they’d stood in his backyard. Kitty weaved around her ankles then reared up and put his paws on her shins as if to ask, “Where’s breakfast?”

She grinned and patted him on the head, then forgetting her mission, plopped down cross-legged onto the old linoleum floor and pulled him into her lap. “Hello, handsome. Aren’t you gray as granite?”

The tabby gazed at her with intense interest. She tried to put her nose to his, but he bopped her on the forehead with his own greeting instead. Pleased to be accepted, she whispered, “Well, thank you very much.” She ran her hand down his sleek, dark-striped coat, and he bristled. The other two kittens wandered up, sniffing and then settling down beside her to watch. Griselda paced back and forth, giving her a meaningful stare.

“I know, Momma Cat,” she said with affection. She petted the kitten in her lap. The house was peaceful and quaint. It echoed with the memories of a contented family, one that ate dinners at the square oak breakfast table and worked together sweeping the wood floors and dusting the pictures. They probably watched television at night, too.

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