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Rory asked, the enthusiasm on his face making him look happy for the first time since Noel had met the man, “Does this mean the plant will reopen and the townspeople will get their livelihood back?”
“Yes. We’ll be resuming business in a very short time. Bedford Falls will be able to put this bad time behind them and resume their small-town wonderful way of life.”
Noel held Mary’s hand and lifted it for a kiss. He grinned at his brother and felt unmitigated happiness when their eyes connected and Harry grinned back.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a tiny bell ringing in the distance. Looking over to where he knew the tinkling came from, he winked and whispered, “Atta boy, Clarence.”
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Mischievous Christmas Angel
a book cover with a couple hugging and a child blowing at the glitter in her hands
Angels with Attitudes Book #5
By
Mimi Barbour
New York Times & USAT bestselling author
Copyright © 2019
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Description:
After one night of blistering lovemaking that would bring any sane man to his knees clutching a ring, Jack’s forced to accept Mia’s unexpected rejection. Then when she seems to be warming up to having a relationship, danger erupts around him infreakish accidents and mystical happenings. How can he permit her and her little girl to be anywhere near these threats?
Mia lovingly adopts her best friend’s four-year-old child in accordance with her will. She also agrees to move her new family and her business to live with her aunt before the Christmas holidays arrive. But… she isn’t willing to hold on to a man because of one incredible night’s loss of restraint.
After one night of blistering lovemaking that would bring any sane man to his knees clutching a ring, Jack’s forced to accept Mia’s unexpected rejection. Her little girl wants him & so a relationship seems possible until danger erupts in freakish accidents & mystical happenings.
He needs to get that sorted before the Christmas holidays arrive.
Chapter One
Mia Sloan stood at the bedside of Maisie, her best friend’s four-year-old daughter and made a vow. “I loved your mama, Maisie. She was my best friend. Now that she’s gone, I’ll take good care of you. I’ll love you, little girl, just as if you were my own baby.”
Mia flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder and away from her face. Staring down at the sleeping angel, her gaze slid from the child’s wild thick red curls to the chubby hands clinging to her favorite fuzzy, white stuffed puppy.
Mia remembered a week ago standing in this very spot, only that time Jasmine had been there beside her.
“Funny how I look at my beautiful little girl,” Jasmine murmured, “and the idea that I ever contemplated giving her up for adoption is so far-fetched that I shudder at the thought.”
“You were in hell at the time. Romeo had just dumped you, and we were so poor in those days. You wanted what was best for your child. It was understandable.”
Jasmine reached over to tuck Mia’s hair back over her shoulder so her face was visible, and she smiled sadly. “You never once considered that option. In fact, if it wasn’t for you, I truly believe I would have opted for the easy way.”
“Hey, pal, if I had been brought up by a single mother like yours, addicted to booze and men, a woman who left you when you were only sixteen, I have no doubt, I’d have acted as you did. You were scared.”
Jasmine leaned her head against Mia’s shoulder, her beautifully made up face glowing in the light from the open door, and she sighed. “It seems I’ve always been scared. I don’t know how I would have survived if your mom and dad hadn’t taken me in to live with your family back then. They were so kind, and you… you just cleaned out drawers and packed up half your closet to give me room. Then you talked them into buying us twin beds ‘cause there were only two bedrooms and I’d have to move in with you. I’ll never forget the first night when your mom came in to say goodnight, and she bent over to give me a kiss just like she did for you. She whispered in my ear something I never told you.”
“Can you tell me now?” Mia leaned against her friend and rubbed her arm.
