'Tis the season… For unexpected love!
If news of this visit reached Mr. Whitley, it would serve her better if the transaction had occurred during her predecessor’s tenure. As it was, she only had six months to turn this center around, and this wasn’t a good beginning.
“Just gathering facts, Mrs. Novak.”
“Ms. Novak.” She shrugged as they reached the front of the building. “Brooke works, too. The computer lab is on the second level. Follow me.”
Noise crackled on his walkie-talkie, and she stepped back while he answered.
“I’m going to take a rain check on that tour of the lab.” He glanced at the blue sky, dotted with white fluffy clouds against the verdant mountain peaks, a change from the flatter, brown landscape of Houston. “Not that there’s a hint of rain around.”
That smile surfaced again along with a glimpse of his appealing sense of humor, and her gaze went to his left ring finger, which was bare. She blinked away any curiosity about his marital status while he waited for her to enter the building. Though the officer had an easygoing manner, he’d transitioned to all business when it came to questions regarding this morning’s accident. His trail would hopefully peter out somewhere else. The last thing she needed was for the center to become embroiled in a fake ID scheme.
As much as she wanted to return his smile, not that it was aimed at her as anything other than the director of the center, she couldn’t. She liked her job and intended to keep it. Colin wasn’t the only Novak to like Hollydale, not by a long shot.
Excerpted from The Single Dad’s Holiday Match by Tanya Agler, Copyright © 2021 by Tanya Agler. Published by Harlequin Heartwarming.
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About the Author
She lives in Georgia with her wonderful husband and her four kids (Kath, MJ, Cupcake, and Chunk). She often talks about her new rescue beagle, Linus, on Twitter and Facebook. One of her favorite things to do is to curl up with a glass of iced tea and a dessert while watching a classic movie (think all the way back to Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, snappy dialogue, and shoulder pads).
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