A December Bride (A Year of Weddings Novella)
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Madison could, after all, just go down to the marina and buy the lessons, but then she wouldn’t be virtually assured of a win, would she? She needed Evan Higgins for that.
“Three fifty, do I hear three fifty …? Got it! Now four, who’ll give me four …?”
A murmur had started in the crowd that remained, a few chuckling at Evangeline’s antics.
The woman lifted her paddle.
“And now we’re at four and a half, four and a half, who’ll give me five, five, five …?”
Madison clenched her jaw. She glared at Evangeline’s silver head. It’s a good cause. It’s a good cause.
“And we have five, five, who’ll give me five fifty, five fifty, five and a half …?”
The rumbling had grown louder, though half the crowd was gone now that the auction was nearly over. The remaining people were being rewarded for their patience with a good show.
“Five fifty, fifty, fifty …?”
Evangeline turned, and their eyes met. Her thin lips widened into a grin, then she folded her hands on top of her paddle.
“I’ve got five, now, five fifty, five fifty … anyone, five fifty …? And … sold at five hundred to Madison McKinley.”
Madison expelled a heavy breath. She was five hundred dollars poorer, but she had her lessons. She was going to learn to sail, and she was going to win the regatta. For Michael’s sake.
The story continues in Barefoot Summer by Denise Hunter.
About the Author
Denise Hunter is the best–selling author of many novels, including The Trouble with Cowboys and Barefoot Summer. She lives in Indiana with her husband, Kevin, and their three sons.
Also by Denise Hunter
Novellas included in Smitten and Secretly Smitten
THE CHAPEL SPRINGS NOVELS
Barefoot Summer
THE BIG SKY ROMANCE SERIES
A Cowboy’s Touch
The Accidental Bride
The Trouble with Cowboys
NANTUCKET LOVE STORIES
Driftwood Lane
Seaside Letters
The Convenient Groom
Surrender Bay
Sweetwater Gap
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December Bride
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Hunter, Denise, 1968-
December bride : a Year of Weddings Novella / Denise Hunter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-310-33874-1 (trade paper : alk. paper) 1. Weddings–Fiction. 2. Brides–Fiction. I.
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