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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Snippet Sunday and Weekend Writing Warriors: Turnaround Farm


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Turnaround Farm is available at https://wingsepress.com/turnaround-farm/

Blurb:


If up and coming realtor Holly Grant can buy Turnaround Farm for her client, her business will boom. Who says you have to have a man in your life to complete you? She’s fine as she is thank you very much. Her first problem is that Jeb Wakefield doesn’t want to sell his farm, and her second problem is Jeb’s grandson Dan, the finest looking man Holly’s ever seen. 

Excerpt: Chapter One
Last week

"I want them to think about what selling the farm would mean to them. And don’t forget that my buyer upped his offer.”

“Don’t you ever think about anything but business?”Loretta asked, her voice almost snatched away by the wind. “There’s a world of exciting things to think about besides business.”  

Holly rolled her eyes at her exasperating assistant.“No, I don’t, and you should get your mind off Michael Stuart and think a little more about business yourself.”

“I’m engaged to Michael! Why shouldn’t I think about him? This time next year we’ll be married, for goodness sake.”

Holly scowled.

This Week: Holly is speaking where we left off last week.

“Marriage is a trap. Most men expecttheir wives to help them earn a living, but do they help out around the house in return? No, they don’t. They’re soegotistical they want to reproduce themselves, so their wives have to take care of the kids on top of everything else they do. Well, if you want to fall into that trap, goahead. I’m not that dumb.”

Loretta sighed and bent her head against the wind while Holly hid a smile. Her assistant had learned not to argue with her when she jumped on her soapbox. The leaden sky smelled of snow. How were they going to get their car out of that ditch? Call a wrecker maybe.

7 comments:

  1. Good not to argue with anyone on their soapbox, especially on matters of religion (from personal experiences)#8sunday

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  2. I do believe you've captured the essence of many couples problems. Well done, my friend.

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  3. Oh my, Holly is certainly opinionated. But good idea not to argue with the boss...interesting excerpt! Quite an insight into Holly!

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  4. Can't say Holly is wrong in some cases. Not all though :)
    Great snippet!

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  5. Can't argue with someone who won't listen. But I don't think every marriage is like that!

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  6. Time for a hero to show up and settle this argument!

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  7. I agree with her assessment. Sadly, that's how it is.

    I'm glad I have my Top Gun. He's absolutely wonderful and when I worked full time, he did all the 'wife' chores when he was home (and not deployed somewhere for months on end) so that we could have our weekends together.

    Even now, he still does a LOT and we have a true partnership.

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