by Peggy Webb
“I already did that, Robin. It just took me a long time to realize it.” She sat beside him on the sofa. “If you have an hour or two, I’ll tell you exactly how I fell in love with Samuel and why I was too stubborn to admit it.”
“Wait right there, Molly. I’ll heat the coffee.”
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From: Bea
To: Molly, Clemmie, Janet, Joanna, Belinda, Catherine
Re: Sam
Molly, what in the world’s happening over there? Mother said Sam got your address from them then flew to Paris, and I’m just dying to know what’s happening!!! Why haven’t you emailed? Has Sam acted a horse’s ass? If he’s done anything to hurt you, I’m going to fly over there and give him a piece of my mind!!!
Bea
From: Janet
To: Molly, Clemmie, Bea, Joanna, Belinda, Catherine
Re: Panic
Even I’m in a panic, Molly, and you know I never panic.
What’s going on?
Janet
From: Clemmie
To: Molly, Janet, Bea, Joanna, Belinda, Catherine
Re: Good news!
I just know it’s good news! This morning my horoscope said expect good news, and it’s never wrong. Well, except that time it said, expect a tall, dark, and handsome stranger to sweep you off your feet. Obviously, that never happened. So what’s the good news, Molly?
Clemmie
From: Catherine
To: Molly, Janet, Bea, Joanna, Clemmie, Belinda
Re: Horoscope
My horoscope is always wrong! I can hardly study for wondering what’s happen to you, Molly. If I fail my next test, I’m blaming you! (Just kidding, sweetie, but do let us know something!)
Cat
From: Belinda
To: Molly, Janet, Bea, Joanna, Clemmie, Catherine
Re: Paris
Reeve and I are flying to Paris next week. He’s got this big business trip and I’m going to SHOP!!! Molly, if I haven’t heard from you by then, I’m going to batter your door down, and I don’t care what you’d doing behind it.
Belinda
From: Joanna
To: Molly, Janet, Bea, Belinda, Clemmie, Catherine
Re: Rule Four
Oh, Molly, I HOPE you and Sam are breaking RULE FOUR!!!
Joanna
From: Molly
To: Joanna, Bea, Janet, Belinda, Clemmie, Catherine
Re: Wedding!
Even better! WE’RE MARRIED!!!! Oh, I know we said we’d be bridesmaids at each other’s weddings, and there were these darling little pink dresses with French beading I had my eye on for all of you, but Sam and I just couldn’t wait!
We got married in the park beside the carousel. Sam’s idea! Can you believe it! He said the joy of the carousel is symbolic of me, or something really sweet like that. Robin baked a banana-raisin cake with plenty of nuts, because most of our wedding guests were squirrels, and we wanted them to enjoy the reception.
Pirate was there, too. Oh, I didn’t tell you…Sam bought me the cutest little poodle. It was in a BIG box of whimsical gifts he bought to convince me he really love me!
After the wedding, Sam broke the speed limit getting back to the hotel. It was hot in the park, so he’s in the shower cooling off. He insisted I take mine first – he’s so sweet like that! And he knew I’d be dying to tell all of you about the wedding.
Oh…he’s turned the water off. I’ve gotta go! I’m can’t wait to find out what it feels like when my husband explores Virginia!
Molly
Molly closed the laptop just as Samuel stepped through the bathroom door.
“Mrs. Adams, have I told you today that I love you?”
“Only sixteen times. I’m feeling a little deprived.”
“I’ll have to think of some way to make it up to you.” He took the little dog from her arms and transferred him to the doggie basket in the bathroom. “Sorry, little fellow. You’ll have to play with your plastic cat for a while. I have plans for your mistress.”
When Samuel came back to Molly, he caught her face between his hands.
“Molly, I’ve waited forever for you.” His hands dropped to her shoulders. “I promise I will never make you sorry you married me. I promise you I’ll be gentle.”
“Gentle? Oh, shoot! I want everything—thundering heart and sweaty limbs and a wild ride to paradise.”
He threw back his head and laughed. “Venus, what books have you been reading lately?”
“None. That’s how Robin described it to me.”
He picked her up and marched to the bed.
“It wouldn’t do to make Robin a liar, now would it?”
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From: Bea
To: Molly, Janet, Joanna, Clemmie, Belinda, Catherine
Re: Wedding
You did what!!!! My brother said what!!!! Tell me this is not one of your pranks, Molly!!!
Bea
From: Bea
To: Molly, Janet, Joanna, Clemmie, Belinda, Catherine
Re: Hello?
Molly? Hello! Anybody there?
OMG, you really are my sister-in-law! That big shout you hear is me all the way out here in Texas yelling hallelujah!!!!!!!
Bea
-The End-
While Carrie Bradshaw was looking for Sex in the City, the Dixie Virgins were looking for love, marriage and a baby carriage! Sassy, funny and charming, The Dixie Virgin Chronicles is a seven-book series that follows the feisty, independent women who met at a summer camp for girls, and live by the rule Never let the boys from Camp Geronimo get close enough to see your Virginia. Books one, two and three are available as e-books now, books four and five are coming in early October, 2013, and books six and seven will be available by the end of October, 2013.
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Belinda (Book One)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Janet (Book Two)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Molly (Book Three)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Bea (Book Four)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Clemmie (Book Five)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Joanna (Book Six)
The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Catherine (Book Seven)
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Book 4: Excerpt - The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Bea
Peggy Webb
Prologue
From: Bea ([email protected])
To: Molly, Janet, Joanna, Clemmie, Catherine, Belinda
Re: Home!
Another Mr. Right turned out to be Mr. Wrong! He broke up via text message. Can you believe that!!! What a coward! It boggles my mind how many men start out with potential and then end up nowhere close to the altar! At this rate, Virginia will be bald and gray before anybody get close enough to even say hello, let alone get up close and personal!
I can’t wait to get back to Alabama so Mother can tell me everything is going to be all right. I know better, of course, but still it helps to hear her say it. And Molly, it will be amazing to see you. I still can’t believe you married my brother!!!! Don’t let him turn you into a banker’s wife! Just be the same mischievous Dixie Virgin we all love and adore! Of course, you’re not technically a virgin anymore, but I can’t even go there!!!!
Dang, I hope this new car makes it. Well, it’s used, very used, but it’s new to me. It’s a red Jag; can you believe it!!! I look like a million bucks in this car!
Hugs,
Bea
From: Molly ([email protected])
To: Bea, Belinda, Janet, Joanna, Clemmie, Catherine
Re: Florence
OMG, my honeymoon in Paris was AWESOME!!!! We’re back in Florence now, settling into our house, and OH, Bea, I can’t wait to see you!!!
Me? Perfectly proper and non-controversial? NEVER!
Much love,
Molly
From: Janet ([email protected])
To: Molly, Bea, Clemmie, Catherine, Belinda, Joanna
Re: Breaking Up
Hang in there, Bea. Breakups can’t be easy. I think I’d di
e if Dan ever told me he was leaving! Oh, did I tell you! I’ve got a job offer at the hospital here in Tupelo, which is such a relief! Now, I can concentrate on getting my husband to cut out the junk food and eat healthy!
Listen, Bea, have you ever thought about why you keep breaking up? What man in his right mind would ditch you! I think you may be subconsciously pushing them away because of the way Taylor Adams left. I know this isn’t easy to hear, but children whose fathers leave the family often have abandonment issues.
Now that I’ve had my doctor’s say, do you want me to come to Texas and kick his ass?
Xo
Janet
From: Belinda ([email protected])
To: Bea, Molly, Janet, Joanna, Clemmie, Catherine
Re: Pregnant
Bea, I do wish you could find a wonderful man like Reeve. He worships the quicksand I walk on. We’re still trying to get pregnant, but I can’t seem make a baby with him. I’m so upset!
Janet, reckon I ought to go to a fertility clinic?
XO
Belinda
From: Janet ([email protected])
To: Belinda, Bea, Clemmie, Catherine, Molly, Joanna
Re: Fertility Clinic
No, Belinda! Give nature a chance to take its course.
Janet
From: Clemmie ([email protected])
To: Bea, Janet, Belinda, Catherine, Molly, Joanna
Re: Peppertown
Bea, if you need some extra petting, stop by the boarding house on your way to Florence. We’ll sit in the gazebo out back and laugh and cry and eat chocolate, and I’ll send you on your way with a big care package of cookies.
Hugs,
Clemmie
From: Catherine ([email protected])
To: Bea, Janet, Belinda, Molly, Clemmie, Joanna
Re: New Orleans
OMG, Bea. The next man who breaks up with you is going to get a piece of my mind! Not that I have much mind left! OMG, some of these veterinary medicine classes are killing me. If I didn’t have the unveiling of my Virginia to look forward to, I’d throw myself into the Mississippi River!
XOXO
Cat
From: Joanna ([email protected])
To: Bea, Molly, Catherine, Janet, Clemmie, Belinda
Re: Unveiling Virginia
LOL!!! Bea, I’m so mad on your behalf I’d be right there kicking ass and telling Mr. Wrong off if I could! But a RED JAG!!! You go, girlfriend!!! Even your VIRGINIA looks better in that!
I’m sick of being stuck in Madrid with a bunch of nuns! If I ever get out of school, you’ll hear me screaming all the way across the ocean.
Big Hugs!!!
Joanna
From: Bea ([email protected])
To: Molly, Catherine, Janet, Clemmie, Belinda, Joanna
Re: Friends
I feel better already! As soon as I program my GPS and figure out how to let the top down on my snazzy car, I’ll be on the road!
Bea
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About Peggy Webb
Peggy Webb is a USA Today Bestselling author from Mississippi with 70 books to her credit. She writes romance and the hilarious Southern Cousins cozy mystery series starring Elvis, the basset hound who thinks he’s the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll reincarnated. Her peers call her a “comic genius.” She also writes literary fiction under the pen names Anna Michaels (for Simon & Schuster) and Elaine Hussey (The Sweetest Hallelujah, MIRA, July 30, 2013). Pat Conroy calls her literary work “astonishing.” This critically acclaimed author has won many awards, including a Romantic Times Pioneer Award for creating the sub-genre of romantic comedy. Several of her romances have been optioned for film.
Peggy is a member of Novelists, Inc., Authors Guild, International Thriller Writers, and Romance Writers of America. She is excited about bringing her romance classics back to readers as E-books. The award-winning Touched by Angels and A Prince for Jenny, as well as the Donovans of the Delta series, have all been Kindle Top 100 bestsellers.
Follow the author on her websites: www.peggywebb.com, www.elainehussey.com and www.annamichaels.net and on Facebook and Twitter
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Other E-Books from Peggy Webb
Classic Romance
Dark Fire
Touched by Angels (RT Reviewer’s Choice)
A Prince for Jenny, sequel to Touched by Angels
The Edge of Paradise
Duplicity (Rave review, RT Reviewer’s Choice)
Where Dolphins Go (RT Reviewer’s Choice, women’s fiction, optioned for film)
Night of the Dragon (time travel romance)
Christmas in Time (time travel, prequel to Only Yesterday)
Only Yesterday, (time travel, sequel to Christmas in Time)
Summer Jazz
Taming Maggie (#1 on romance bestseller list)
That Jones Girl (sequel to the Mississippi McGills series)
The Donovans of the Delta Series:
Donovan’s Angel (Paul Donovan’s story)
Sleepless Nights (Tanner Donovan’s story)
Hallie’s Destiny (award winning book, Hallie Donovan’s story)
Any Thursday (Hannah Donovan’s story)
Higher Than Eagles (Jacob Donovan’s story)
The Mississippi McGills Series (spin-off from Donovans of the Delta)
Valley of Fire (Rick McGill’s story)
Until Morning Comes (Jo Beth McGill and Colter Gray Wolf’s story)
Saturday Mornings (Andrew McGill’s story)
Forever Friends series
Can’t Stop Loving You (Book 1, Helen’s story)
Only His Touch (Kat’s story, Book 2)
Bringing Up Baxter (B. J.’s story, Book 3)
Angels on Zebras (Maxie’s story, Book 4)
Romantic Suspense, originally published as Bantam Fanfare
Witch Dance
From A Distance
E-books Coming Soon
The Secret Life of Elizabeth McCade
Southern Cousins Mysteries, Peggy Webb (available in print and e-books)
Published by Kensington
Elvis and the Dearly Departed, 2008
Elvis and the Grateful Dead, 2009
Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders, 2010
Elvis and the Tropical Double Trouble, 2011
Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse, 2012
Coming SOON
Jack Loves Callie Tender (prequel to the series, digital only)
Elvis and the Bridegroon Stiffs, Book Six of the Southern Cousins Mysteries
Novels written as Anna Michaels (available in hardcover and e-book)
The Tender Mercy of Roses ( Gallery, Simon & Schuster)
The Language of Silence (Gallery, Simon & Schuster, coming December of 2013)
Novels written as Elaine Hussey (available in trade paperback, e-book, and audio)
The Sweetest Hallelujah (MIRA, July 30, 2013)
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Book 4: Excerpt - The Dixie Virgin Chronicles: Bea
Prologue
About Peggy Webb