Moon Over Manhattan: Book 2 of the Moon Series
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“Men we already know?” Liz said. “How would you know that?”
Kiki gave her a sly smile. “I know a lot of things, milady.”
"I'm a bartender, so I do know a lot of men. But most of them aren't my type." She considered that for a moment. "Actually, none of them are my type."
She wasn’t joking about that. Most of the men who came into Simon’s Bar and Grill were Wall Street types who had high-stress jobs, drove Beemers and Jags, and were looking for woman who spent more every month on makeup and clothes than Liz did on her apartment rent.
“The only single men I know are cops,” Kelsey said, “and I'm not going there.”
“Are you sure they’re going to be men we already know?” Liz said.
Kiki gave her that sly smile again. “Whatever Fate decides.”
Fate? Liz sighed. If Fate thought she was going to hook her up with one of the stressed-out, Scotch-drinking, suit-wearing men who never missed happy hour at Simon’s, she needed to think again.
“Keep your eyes open, ladies,” Kiki said, looking up at the sky. “You see the full moon tonight? By the time the next one rises, you'll be in the arms of those wonderful men who’ll love you with all their hearts.”
A little tingle of excitement ran down Liz’s spine. Just as quickly, though, she brushed it off, telling herself it was nothing more than her natural optimism oozing out. Nobody in their right mind would believe what this woman was saying.
“That’s right,” Kiki said. “The next full moon belongs to both of you. This one,” she said, nodding toward the sky, “is Sarah’s.”
Liz felt another tingle, one she just couldn’t quell. After all, Kiki was right. Tonight of all nights, there was a full moon, the very night when Sarah was finally in the arms of the man who really loved her. So that meant that next month—
No! That was crazy. All that natural optimism of hers that was oozing out? She needed to stuff it back in. She was definitely a positive person, but even she wasn’t buying this.
“Walk good, sweeties,” Kiki said as she swished away, her dreadlocks swaying in the night breeze. “Walk good, now.”
Walk good. Jamaican slang for Take care. Be happy. Have a nice life.
“Okay, she was kinda weird,” Liz said.
Kelsey made a scoffing noise. “No kidding.”
“But what if she's right? What if our soul mates are right under our noses?”
“Not a chance,” Kelsey said.
Liz finished the last of her drink, then checked the time. It was still early. Maybe one more after all? She turned toward the beach bar, intending to call out to Kiki.
She wasn’t there.
Confused, Liz looked left and right to see if she was serving other customers on the beach, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Hmm. Very weird.
Finally Liz decided the two drinks she’d had must have been stronger than she realized, so more time had passed than she thought before she looked toward the beach bar. And if her mind was already that messed up, the last thing she needed was one more drink.
“I have an idea,” she said. “The night of the next full moon, we’ll text each other. Just one word. If Kiki was right and you found the love of your life, text YES. If she was wrong, text NO.”
Kelsey played along and exchanged phone numbers, even as Liz knew she thought it was pointless. And maybe it was. Liz thought about Sarah and Nick and felt a bittersweet tug of envy. When was it going to be her turn?
According to Kiki, before the next full moon.
For a moment Liz gave in to the dreamy, optimistic feeling that overcame her as she imagined what it would feel like to turn around and find the man of her dreams standing right behind her. In her heart she knew the likelihood of meeting that perfect man in the next thirty days when it hadn’t happened in the past ten years was almost nonexistent.
But still a girl could hope, couldn’t she?
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THE MOON SERIES
Book 1 - Moon Over Montego Bay
On Sale June 28
A breezy romantic comedy about a man who has three days to fly to Montego Bay, stop his estranged brother's wedding, and steal the bride!
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Book 2 - Moon Over Manhattan
On Sale July 12
A delightfully witty romantic comedy about a sexy, charismatic man who makes a cynical, plain-Jane cop believe in true love for the first time in her life...
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Book 3 - Moon Over Miami
On Sale July 26
A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a straight-laced man who accepts the help of a fun-loving, free-spirited bartender to meet the woman of his dreams, only to fall in love with the matchmaker herself.
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