Read Help Wanted: WIFE (Santa Rita Series) Online
Authors: Fleeta Cunningham
Tags: #Family Life/Oriented, #Marriage of Convenience
Help Wanted: WIFE (Santa Rita Series) (6 page)
“She’s part of the package, Cherry. I promise. She lives with us.” His kiss sealed the promise.
“Just one question,” Cherilyn interjected when she could breathe again.
“What’s that?”
“How did you bewitch my cat so she’d accept Reb’s peace offering? She’s never had that much interest in a ball before.”
Cole threw back his head and laughed. “I cheated. I kept it in a sack of catnip overnight, to make sure she’d give me the right answer. I couldn’t disappoint Reb when he made such a generous offer, now, could I? And I knew if I didn’t win Arabella’s favor, I didn’t have a chance in hell of winning yours, Cherry Lynn.”
A word about the author...
A fifth generation Texan, Fleeta Cunningham has lived in a number of small Texas towns. Drawing on all of them, she created Santa Rita and its inhabitants. After a career as a law librarian for a major Texas law firm, writing a monthly column for a professional newsletter and other legal publications, she returned to her home in Central Texas to write full time.
Fleeta has been writing in one form or another since the age of eight. When she isn't writing, Fleeta Cunningham teaches creative writing classes, serves as the wedding coordinator for her church, and keeps house for her feline roommates.
Her other musings can be found at:
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She loves to hear from readers.
The Santa Rita Series includes:
Don't Call Me Darlin’
,
Black Rain Rising
,
Elopement For One
,
Half Past Mourning
, and
Cry Against The Wind
.
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