Love at Mistletoe Inn by Cindy Kirk

Author:Cindy Kirk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Hope studied the menu at Fatbellies. Because of the name, she’d anticipated mostly high-calorie, high-fat entrées. Surprisingly, the bistro menu held a number of relatively healthy options.

The waitress had just brought their drinks when Amity sauntered in. Her friend’s eyes lit up when she spotted Hope and John.

“Amity is headed this way,” Hope said to John, then lifted her hand in a friendly wave.

John put down his menu and stood when Amity reached the table.

“This is a treat. I didn’t expect to see you here,” Amity exclaimed. She cast a friendly glance in John’s direction. “Always a pleasure to see a handsome guy.”

John grinned. “Won’t you join us?”

“I don’t want to intrude.” Amity brought a long nail to her lips, the hot pink perfectly matching one of the colors in the fringed kimono top she wore over black leggings. “Everyone has been raving about the Bellyburgers here so I thought I’d pop by and get one to go.”

“Stay,” Hope urged. “Eat with us.”

If she and John were going to try to make their marriage work, socializing with friends would be part of the plan.

“Since you insist.” Amity slid into a chair across from Hope and cast John a curious glance, and Hope began to fill her friend in on the details of her wedding. When Hope told her about their teenage elopement, Amity sat slack-jawed and demanded to know every “scandalous” detail.

The waitress had just brought Amity a menu and a glass of iced tea when Pastor Dan strolled through the door.

Interest flared in Amity’s eyes when the minister caught sight of them and started over. “Who’s Mr. Hunky? He looks familiar. Was he at the soup supper?”

Hope didn’t have time to reply before Dan was at the table.

John rose to shake his hand. “Good to see you.”

“I decided it was time to check out the Bellyburgers everyone is talking about,” the pastor said.

“That’s why I’m here too.” Amity gazed at Dan through lowered lashes. “Will you be taking one home to your wife?”

Hope recognized the predatory gleam in her friend’s eyes. She stifled a groan. The pastor might not know it yet, but he was in Amity’s crosshairs.

“I’m not married,” Dan said with an easy smile.

“In that case”—Amity gestured to the empty chair—“join us.”

“I don’t want to intrude—”

“Don’t worry your gorgeous head about that,” Amity told him. “I already intruded on Hope and John’s little tête-à-tête. What’s one more interloper?”

Dan laughed. “When you put it that way . . .”

The minister—looking very un-ministerial in jeans and a chambray shirt—took a seat, and this time it was John who performed the introductions. Hope wondered if the omission of “pastor” was deliberate or an oversight.

The waitress took their orders, and Amity’s gaze remained focused on Dan. She tilted her head. “I was certain I knew every handsome man in this town. How did you escape my notice?”

“I thought I knew every beautiful woman,” Dan returned. “How did you escape my notice?”

“I like your style.” Amity batted her long, dark lashes at him.

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