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Chapters (57)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Chapter Forty-Five
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Acknowledgments
  56. Discover More
  57. About the Author

The handyman. The corners of my mouth lifted in a smile. I could now cross “follow up with Garrett” from my afternoon to-do list. “Yes. Thanks for returning my call.”

“Sorry it took so long. It’s been a busy couple of days between mold removal from the Gordons’ shower and a leaking toilet at the Smiths’ place. I’ve been crawling around in muck.”

I recoiled. TMI. “Um…sorry?” Feces and fungus. Gross. Two topics I wouldn’t raise in my interview. I shook away the visual before I dry-heaved.

“You said you were a journalist from the city?”

“That’s correct. I’m working on a story for an online magazine about the town and The Hollows. Do you live here in Pleasant Hollow?” Monica and Jennifer had implied as much, but after what happened with Davina, I’d confirm on my own, thank you very much.

“Only my entire life. I’d love to talk to you.”

I pumped my fist in the air. “Great. When are you free to meet?”

“Now would be good.”

“Meet me at the B&B in ten minutes?” After he confirmed, we ended the call.

I called out a goodbye and thank-you to my new friends, then glanced fleetingly at the office trailer. I was dying to know more about Finn’s experience with Habitat for Humanity and his “passion project.” But my work had to come first.

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

Thanks for meeting with me,” Garrett said, his front teeth sparkling like a teeth-whitening commercial come to life as he smiled at me.

I pulled the neck of my shirt away from my chest and let it snap back. It was balmy in the common room of the B&B. Or maybe it was Garrett. He was a snack in mustard-colored overalls, and his biceps strained against the long-sleeved white T-shirt he wore underneath. “No, thank you. You’re doing me a favor.” I was saved from giggling like a schoolgirl when my phone, which was resting on my thigh under the table, pinged with a text message.

Who would play him?

Kate didn’t need to clarify. I knew she meant in the movie. When Garrett had gotten up to refill his thermos of water (I found his carrying a thermos strangely fetching), I’d texted her that I’d found the single guy in town and was, at this very moment, interviewing him for my story. Finn who? I’d described Garrett as a sexy handyman, knowing Kate would respond right away, even if she was in the middle of a deposition or whatever lawyers did all day. I’d been right.

After giving him a rundown on the story I was writing, I asked my first question. “So, tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do here in Pleasant Hollow,” I said, while debating my casting choices.