by Jane Toombs
The tenth of July, Davis thought, looking around the foyer of his house in satisfaction. A date he'd never forget, one he'd happily remember forever. If he'd had any sense he'd have swept Elena off her feet five years ago, after their first meeting, and married her then. No other woman had ever really meant anything to him once he'd seen Elena.
Flowers graced the foyer, not in the usual wedding whites and muted pinks but, at Elena's request, in what she called "California colors"--brilliant reds and purples and fuchsias and oranges. As Meg had said a few minutes ago--the old place sang with color.
He liked the song. Their wedding was to be at the El Doblez church but the reception would be here--again, as Elena had wished. She'd asked that Antonio, Felicia's boy, be allowed to be a ring bearer along with Patrick, since theirs was to be a double ring ceremony. Davis was aware some of the guests would raise an eyebrow but he didn't care. He might not be able to give Elena the title of countess but anything else she wanted was hers.
Now that she'd finally consented to be his wife, she'd never escape him again. "Elena," Meg had told him this morning, "is one of a kind. The stubborn kind. Do you know she insists on wearing that poppy pin you gave her? She says she wouldn't dream of being married without it. I managed to persuade her into pinning it onto her glove instead of, Lord forbid, on her wedding gown. But I couldn't talk her out of donning that old family locket of hers."
Davis smiled. Something old, something new. He had no quarrel with her Gabaldon ancestors and he was touched because the poppy pin meant so much to her. God knows it had been a gift from his heart.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jane Toombs, the Viking from her past and their calico grandcat, Kinko, live on the south shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness. Here they enjoy refreshing Springs, beautiful Summers, colorful Falls and tolerate miserable Winters. Jane is edging toward ninety with her published books and has over twenty-five novellas and short stories to her credit. She’s been published in every genre except men’s action and erotica, but paranormal is her favorite. She’s a member of a closed twelve author promo group called Jewels Of The Quill, where she’s “Dame Turquoise” at
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