The Sweetness of Honey (A Hope Springs Novel Book 3)

by Alison Kent

  As they turned to go, she swore she saw movement in the trees at the edge of the lot, a brush of black wings, perhaps, or the feral cat who kept the place free of mice leaping from a branch into the brush. But she couldn’t be bothered with figuring it out. As much as she loved her cottage and the Gardens on Three Wishes Road and the birds and the bees and the wildlife, nothing mattered but life with the man at her side.

  Laughing, giddy, her heart in her throat, her chest as tight as a balloon, she linked her arm through Oliver’s as, together, they hurried through a shower of tossed birdseed for the car. Sending them on their way was a chorus of cheerful voices, those of friends, those of family, and the soft, constant hum of her bees.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Thanks to Susan Doerr and Oscar for my Oliver’s Susan.

  Thanks to Wendy Duren for the “man in training wheels,” and to the chat group for the discussion that followed. You helped me pinpoint Indiana’s fascination with Robby.

  Thanks to Walt, as always, for everything.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Photo © 2012 Robyn Arouty

  Alison Kent is the author of more than fifty published works, including her debut novel, Call Me, which she sold live on CBS’s 48 Hours, in an episode called “Isn’t It Romantic?” Her novels A Long, Hard Ride and Striptease were both finalists for the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, while The Beach Alibi was honored by the national Quill Awards and No Limits was elected by Cosmopolitan as a Red Hot Read. The author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance and a veteran blogger, Alison decided long ago that if there’s a better career than writing, she doesn’t want to know about it. She lives in her native Texas with her geologist husband and a passel of pets.