Maybe they’d have a nice dinner after all. Joy flowed through him like liquid honey. It’s been too long.” Her beautiful dark brown eyes sparkled. As Nat King Cole continued singing in the background, she leaned toward him. “I’m trying to keep trim and cheesecake is not on my list of foods.”īefore he could comment she touched his arm. “But I don’t know if I can indulge.” She patted her flat stomach. “Oh, I love cheesecake.” She shook her head and beckoned him inside. She glanced down at the cheesecake, and her smile faltered. “I thought we could eat this after supper.” He presented her with his after-dinner gift. “Sorry.” His heart continued to pound wildly. He supposed he could call his break from work a vacation. I finally made it into town for my vacation this afternoon.” Vacation was an understatement. He swallowed, still clutching the Saran-wrapped cheesecake. The urge to kiss her slammed through him like a freight train. He gave her a hard, one-armed hug since he was still holding the cheesecake in one hand. Before he could say anything, she hugged him. “Kyle, it’s so good to see you.” Well good thing she wasn’t annoyed that he was over an hour early. Well, in his opinion, her wish had come true. He remembered her when she’d been an overweight kid, sporting braces, stating that she wished she looked like the models she’d seen in magazines. She grinned, showing off her perfect white teeth.
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Her nut-brown skin glowed in the early afternoon sunlight. She was prettier than the last time he’d seen her – which, he reckoned was about five years ago when he’d been pumped up on alcohol every night.
“Coming.” Oh, how he loved the sound of Melanie’s voice. Hopefully the music would help to calm his frazzled nerves. Pushing the memory away, he knocked on the door, silently singing along with the song. He recalled his dad telling him once that this was his mom’s favorite song. A memory, fresh and vivid as newly fallen snow, wrapped through his mind. He grabbed the cheesecake just as the first notes of Nat King Cole’s A Christmas Song crooned through the closed door. He’d known Melanie for most of his life, so, why should he feel so nervous about seeing her today? Lord, give me the courage to talk to Melanie. He stopped pacing and gulped, set the cheesecake on the ledge, and wiped his damp palms on his pants. Kyle Baxter paced on Melanie Richard’s front porch, clutching the store-bought cheesecake he’d purchased for Thanksgiving dessert. – Amazon ReviewerĪll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Great job Cecelia! I look forward to your next novel. I was in his corner and wanted to see him succeed. The author did a great job describing his character, including his faults and weaknesses, to make him humble and interesting. It was wonderful to have the main character be a male. Rocky Road Dreams is a page turner with some mystery, family conflicts, a winter Midwest blizzard, a believable resolution, mouth watering chocolate and can be read as a standalone. This avid reader, mom and grandma related with Kyle and Melanie’s dilemmas – weight struggle, alcoholism, an overbearing Uncle Larry, and verbal abusive. Rocky Road Dreams is an inspiring romance. Rocky Road Dreams has received 5-star reviews from Amazon: I hope you will enjoy listening, and reading, the first few chapters of Rocky Road Dreams. This blog post is being sponsored by Divine Desserts Publishing LLC. ROCKY ROAD DREAMS CHAPTER 1 ROCKY ROAD DREAMS CHAPTER 2 ROCKY ROAD DREAMS CHAPTER 3
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