Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay

Author:Hope Ramsay
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC027020
ISBN: 9781455500628
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2011-02-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Saturday at the Cut ’n Curl had not been fun. By nine o’clock, just about everyone in town knew all about how Jane had been arrested. Back in West Virginia, she would have been ostracized by the end of the day. But much to Jane’s surprise, Ruby Rhodes stood by her, and in Last Chance, that clearly counted for something.

Even so, between dodging nosy questions and doing nails, Jane had found it impossible to keep her mind away from the hot memories of Clay’s mouth closing over hers. And every time she thought about his invitation to sing at Dot’s Spot, her stomach would pinch and her pulse rate would spike.

Was it fear or anticipation?

Probably both. Jane decided the Universe was trying to send her a warning. She needed to respect her own self, like the message on Lizzy’s T-shirt yesterday. She was going to stay home and hide from Clay and his talented mouth and fingers. She intended to take a bath and read a good book.

She stood in the back of the Cut ’n Curl perusing a small bookshelf that contained a selection of well-thumbed paperbacks that Ruby lent out to her customers free of charge. And since Jane didn’t have an Allenberg County library card, this bookshelf would have to provide the night’s entertainment.

Only trouble was the books all had garish covers and words like “desire” and “passion” in their titles.

“This one’s real good,” Ruby said, pulling a book from the shelf entitled Her Knight of Temptation. It featured a semiclad woman with big flowing hair in the arms of a bare-chested man wearing a sword belt and gauntlets. A stone castle loomed over them in the background.

“Is all you have romance?” Jane asked.

“Afraid so. I keep a supply of ’em for the customers since you can’t find any of these books down at the library. I’m afraid our regular librarian, Nita Wills, looks down her nose at these books. But then I reckon Nita never did have much luck with love.”

Jane took the book from Ruby’s hand. She stared down at the cover. Ruby was trying to tell her something. “Are you recommending this because it has the word ‘Knight’ in the title?”

Ruby let go of a little laugh, and then she reached out and touched Jane’s hair. “I declare, girl, you have such beautiful hair. Why do you always wear it up in a ponytail like that?”

“Uh, because it’s easy. And to tell you the truth, I figured I was just going to be on a bus today.”

Ruby looked deeply into her face. The compassion in Ruby’s eyes scared the crap out of Jane. “Yes, I do realize, and I’m trying to figure out why you were running away from us,” Ruby said.

“Do I have to answer that question?”

“No, darlin’, you don’t have to answer any question you don’t want to answer. That’s one of my rules. One day, though, I’m hoping you’ll realize I’m your friend.”

Jane looked down at the book and pursed her lips.

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