by Julie Frayn
August ran a thumb across Reese’s cheek, prompting a big gummy smile. “Nope. He’s clean as a whistle.”
A hand touched her shoulder and her father’s voice resonated past her ear.
“Miss, may we buy you dinner?”
“Amber, this is my dad.”
Amber’s smile was enormous. “Nice to meet you. I’d really appreciate that.”
August and Amber walked hand in hand toward the truck.
“I like your father,” Amber whispered.
“Yeah. He’s cool.”
He buckled Reese into his seat and helped August up beside her son. Then he opened the passenger door for Amber.
“Young lady, have you ever milked a cow?”
** END **
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About the Author
Julie Frayn pens award-winning novels and short stories that pack a punch. And a few stabs. She has published three novels and two short, short story collections. Her work has won the 2014 Indie Reader Discovery Award for Literary Fiction (Mazie Baby), two gold medals in the 2013 Authorsdb cover contest (Romeo is Homeless, formerly Suicide City), the Books and Pals 2014 Readers’ Choice award for women’s fiction (It Isn’t Cheating if He’s Dead), and been named to 3 Best of 2014 lists including Indie Reader, Readfree.ly, and Suspense Magazine (Mazie Baby).
A bean counter by day, Julie revels in the written word. When she is not working or writing, she spends as much time as possible with her two children (grown adults, really), while they still think she’s cool.
Julie can be found all over the world wide web. Please connect with her online:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/juliefrayn
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Website: http://www.juliefrayn.com
More fiction by Julie Frayn
Novels:
Mazie Baby
Goody One Shoe
It Isn’t Cheating if He’s Dead
Short Story Collections:
A Trilogy of Unrelated Shorts
Two Wins and an Honourable Mention
Acknowledgements
Without my children, nothing would be possible. Thank you Brynn for your unending encouragement, friendship, and faith in me when I needed it most. Thank you Charlie for your unending sarcasm, honesty, and bear hugs when I needed them most.
Thanks to my systir, Carolyn, my brother, John, and my mother, Irene. I know they are always there, always love me, always believe in me.
To my beta readers, Brynn Archibald, Carolyn Frayn, David Miller, Deb Grondin-White, Barb Munro, Sandra Kam, Laren Murphy, Alida Visbach, Jo Morris, Joanne Dutka, Jen Chatfield, Liz Siciliani, Natalie Siciliani, Shelley Priebe, Brenda Whitter, Jeff Hodgson, Jim and Christine Akeson, James Frayn, Chris Black, and Colinda Davis (and her whole book club).
A special thank you to Lori Moritz, a fellow writer whose feedback gave Reese a voice and made this story so much better.
And finally, a big thanks and shout out to my fabulous editor, Scott Morgan. Hire him. Really. I love that guy.