

Ignoring her, I deliberate on the only drawback to the property. Vega?” she calls for me and I have to exhale to keep my patience. My loan approval is a fake, because at this point, it’s none of her business I’m paying cash. Do I look like I boat? I wish she’d shut up. “With your loan approval, you can afford a lovely penthouse overlooking the Potomac. She moves closer, her spiked heels clicking on the aged wood echoes through the empty room. Looking over the snow-covered mountains, or what they consider mountains in Virginia, I think about space and privacy. I wonder what I’ll do staying put for more than a few days at a time. I stare out the window from one of the top-floor bedrooms, wondering what I’ll do with all this square footage. Your commute from way out here will be a bear.” “Are you sure I can’t show you something in the District? Perhaps Georgetown or a brownstone in Arlington would better suit you. I hope you enjoy reading Vines as much as I loved writing it. Thank you, precious readers, for sticking with me and waiting over a year for a new book from this little author. Vines took almost a year for me to write since we were relocated again. As much as I’d love it to be, writing still isn’t a full-time gig. When I first put my fingers to a keyboard in 2013 to see if I could even manage a chapter, I never thought I’d end up where I am. Whitetail is a beautiful blend of the region and history I was blessed to experience during my time there. It took one trip to a local winery to fall in love, and I have to admit, research was not chore. When I moved to Virginia over two years ago, I had no idea I’d be living in wine country. Thank you for taking a chance on my books. I adore you all.Īnd finally, to all my readers and bloggers – Thank you for yours and all your efforts in making Vines everything I dreamed. Time is one of the most precious gifts one human can give another. To Rae Larand, Ivy, Laurie, Penny and Kristan – Thank you for supporting me and always being there to straighten out my possessive/non-possessive issues. The Three T’s will unite someday and when it happens, the world had better brace.

You’ve become the sweetest friends and I treasure you both. I can’t remember the last time a day has gone by and we haven’t connected. You’ll always be the first to read my words. He’s perfect and I love creating characters with you. The next thing I knew, Crew and Addy were born. It feels like just yesterday we were standing in a winery in Virginia doing a tasting when this new world popped into my head.

After twenty-one years of marriage, it just gets better and better. Please purchase only authorized editions.īeautiful Life – The Carpino Series Book 2 Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copy-written materials in violation of author’s rights. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission from the author.
