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For Love or Money
(Family Secrets #1)
by Tara Taylor Quinn
Adult Contemporary Romance
Mass Market Paperback & ebook, 384 pages
August 1st 2016 by Harlequin HeartwarmingThere's no way that struggling single mom Janie Young is going to lose Family Secrets. Not even to Dr. Burke Carter. The prize money and media exposure from the cooking-competition show will secure the future for her and her son, who has special needs. Sure, Burke is a talented chef with his own reasons to win, but he already has so much: wealth, a beautiful daughter, great looks…and definitely her attention. As their families become closer, Janie is beginning to care too much about him. But she can't afford to get involved. Not when everything is riding on beating him.
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Excerpt :
This is an excerpt
from a prequel to this series, THE MARRIAGE GIFT, which shows this book’s
heroine, Janie Young, winning a chance to compete on the Family Secrets cooking
show. The prequel was available for free last year and will go on sale this
November in a Harlequin Heartwarming Thanksgiving anthology.
Corrine practically ran for the door when the bell sounded.
It wasn't like Janie to be late.
The table wasn't set, but her friend was too astute to call
her on it. Unlike Joe who used to understand her but didn't pick up on her
vibes anymore. One of the many reasons she was glad for the divorce.
It hurt too much to live with someone who treated you as
though you were invisible half the time, and someone who didn't know you the
rest of the time. And hurt too much to live with him knowing that you were no
longer making him happy.
Relief from pain brought joy.
"Where's Dawson?" The words were Joe's coming from
right behind her. "Where is he?" she said, right on the tail end of
Joe's question.
"Out in the car." Janie looked odd. Not worried.
Or scared. But...nervous. She handed Joe the big lidded roasting pan that had
been cooking their Thanksgiving Day bird for more than ten years. It had been a
bridal shower gift from Dillon's Mom.
Corrine stepped past them. "I'll go get him," she
said. Dawson would be calling her name, his rendition of it, as he always did
when his mother pulled onto Corrine's street.
"No!" Janie's voice split the air, and split the
calm inside of Corrine. "Wait." She stood there rubbing her hands
together. Smiling. And looking worriedly between the two of them.
"I'm really sorry, guys. I know I shouldn't have done
this...I knew yesterday that I shouldn't, but I did, and here we are,
and..."
She gave them each another long glance, as though assessing
their reaction to whatever she'd done before she actually let them know what it
was.
Joe held the twenty pound bird in front of him as though it
weighed no more than the towel surrounding the pan.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" Corrine asked. She and
Janie had been best friends their entire lives. They told each other
everything.
Except, apparently, when they didn't.
"You know that ad I saw about the Thanksgiving contest
for that Family Secrets cooking show?" she asked, her hands kneading each
other in double time now.
"You sent in your grandmother's dressing recipe,"
Corinne said, starting to feed off of Janie's excitement. She had no idea what
this had to do with Dawson still being in the car, but... "Did you hear
something back from them?"
Janie nodded, her grin growing slowly until it was a full blown
smile. Accompanied by a gush. "I got the call yesterday! I'm a finalist!
Can you believe it? The show's host, Natasha Stevens, is making dinner on set
here in Palm Springs today, using all of the finalists' recipes. She had people
write in who couldn't afford to make Thanksgiving dinner this year and chose
four families to join her on stage to share her meal. The adults and kids all
vote for their favorite dish, and the one that wins is a contestant this
upcoming season!" The words came out loud enough for the neighbors to
hear. But so quickly they were almost hard to understand.
"Well, let's get that boy out of the car and start
celebrating," Corrine said, stopping to hug her friend tightly on her way
to the car.
"No, wait," Corrine said, holding both of
Corrine's forearms as she went to pull away. "That's just it. We aren't
staying...."
The smile left her face. Or most of it did. The little bit
that was left was tremulous at best. "Ms. Stevens invited all of the
finalists to be in the audience for today's Thanksgiving special live show. She
wants the winner to appear on stage at the end of the show, as a promo for the
upcoming season. She even offered to pay flight and hotel for those who weren't
local. So...I'm..."
"Going!" Joe said, nodding, the pan still
suspended between his hands. "We'll be happy to watch Dawson for
you!"
Corrine was frowning. Why hadn't Janie called her yesterday
with this incredibly momentous news? As a single mother with no real marketable
skills aside from cooking, Janie was having difficulty finding a way to afford
all the time necessary to get Dawson to the therapies that would greatly
increase his chances of integrating into regular classrooms and lead a fully
productive life.
If she could make it as a chef, her financial and time
worries would be over.
"Thank you, but..." Janie said, stilling holding
on to Corinne. She looked her straight in the eye, begging for forgiveness?
Understanding? "I'm allowed to bring one guest," she said, and
Corinne instantly caught her meaning. She wanted Joe to watch Dawson alone so
the two of them could—
"And I'm taking Dawson," Janie said. Then added in
a rush, "It's a family show. Families' secret recipes. And Dawson...he's
my family..."
When tears filled Janie's eyes, Corinne finally clued in.
"You want to win more than just about anything, but you can't be on the
show if Dawson is going to be an issue...."
Janie had already lost two jobs due to situations with her
son. Once, when Dawson flipped out in daycare and she'd had to leave work, and
another time when she'd been unable to travel due to her son's special needs.
Corinne and Joe had been on vacation in Bali that time, or they'd have taken
the boy.
Janie nodded her head.
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I'm such a sucker for adult contemporary romances, and this cover is positively adorable!! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love the excerpt! I'm definitely reading it. :)
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