by Amy E. Lilly
"Don't get too ahead of yourself. I'll be back in the morning at six a.m. to show you how to milk the does that need it and then once a week you have to muck out the barn," Wade instructed her.
"Milk? As in, milk coming from goats?" Claire gave Wade an incredulous look. "Mucking?"
"You see that building over there?" Wade pointed to a small building that Claire hadn't noticed before. A small stone path led between it and the house. "That is the milking shed and cheese house. Your aunt made goat cheese and sold it to the local restaurants in the area. She also sold it with her organic vegetables at the farmer's market in town on Saturday mornings. I assumed that whoever took over the farm was going to continue with the cheese and gardening."
"I don't know anything about cheese except that it tastes really good on a sandwich and I definitely don't know anything about gardening. What was my mother was thinking sending me up here to take care of this place? I should just get Gingersnap and head home.” Claire gave a defected kick to the dirt in front of her. She noticed her designer boots had mud and muck from the barnyard on them. Great.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Lilly grew up in the small town of Cedaredge, Colorado where she spent her free time reading Nancy Drew mysteries and using her Junior Detective Kit to solve mysteries on her family farm. Amy earned a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa and her M.L.S. from SUNY at Buffalo. She spends her free time raising goats, chickens, a herd of well-fed cats and two hyperactive Jack Russell Terriers. She is married with two sons and two beautiful, smart granddaughters.