Water Bearer
by Wendi Christner
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
In a small Southern community,
inseparable lifelong friends prepare to follow their own paths, but one last
summer together changes their lives forever.
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EXCERPT:
Jared
parked the tractor next to the barn and stepped down. He had a clear view of
Cassidy as she hefted a rug over the clothesline behind Gima’s house. Her dark
blond ponytail swung with the effort, and her long legs extended as she rose
onto her toes. The shift of her body twisted his gut and sent an ache even
lower. He couldn’t imagine a day when she wouldn’t be there, but that day was
coming. And coming fast.
She
whacked the rug with a broom, and a cloud of dust billowed out around her.
“When’s
she leaving?” Clarence asked.
Jared
glanced over his shoulder. He stood taller than his father. Two years ago
they’d been the same height, but Clarence’s shoulders had started to bow. The
lines in his face were carved too deep, and his hair had turned solid gray. He
was too young to look as old as he did.
“End
of August. Week after the Corn Dance.”
“Sooner
the better.” Clarence slapped him on the shoulder and started toward the barn.
“Just let her go.”
“I’m
going to town,” Jared called after him.
“See
if Lilith needs anything.”
Jared
wiped the sweat from his brow and climbed in his truck. At the end of his
driveway he turned right and pulled onto the narrow rutted path that led to
Gima’s.
He
heard Cassidy coughing before he made it to the back of the house. If she’d
heard him drive up, she didn’t let it stop her from her chore. Dirt smudged her
face, and the sweat that trickled from her temples had left trails in the grime.
A
familiar heaviness settled on his heart at the same time his groin tightened.
She was the only girl he’d ever seen who would look beautiful if she wrestled a
pig on its own turf, and she didn’t have a clue how gorgeous she was or what
she did to him.
“Hey,
beautiful,” he said with a smirk.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Wendi Christner is the author of Writer’s Digest Short-Short Story
Competition winner “Throwing Stones,” a fairy self-help book, and several
novels written under various pseudonyms. Her gritty, emotional stories tend to
have a Southern voice born of her roots in the Florida panhandle. She currently
lives in Tampa with her husband, son, and their fur family.
www.WendiChristner.com
www.facebook.com/WendiChristnerAuthor
Twitter/Instagram @WendiDarlin
Buy Link:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Bearer-Southern-Skies-Collection-ebook/dp/B01JIWVIUG/ref=sr_1_1
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