For some frolicking fun, be sure to read, MY FAVORITE
GHOST, an unusual paranormal romance!
MY FAVORITE GHOST
Author: Susanne Marie Knight
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Blurb:
Is it possible to make love to a ghost?
HIS DREAM COME TRUE
Billionaire Timothy Bolland Carter is having a very
interesting day... and night. First he finds out that he has a previously
unknown great grandmother, Emaline, who is not only turning one hundred years
old, but who also practices Appalachian Granny Magic. Then, he receives a
wake-up call--literally. A very friendly... and passionate ghost visits his bed
in the dark of the night. He doesn’t know the woman and she doesn’t let herself
be seen. When morning arrives, not only is she gone but there’s absolutely no
way she could have entered or departed from his penthouse apartment. She says
she’s a ghost, but is she really? How can Carter find her again?
HER WORST NIGHTMARE
Doctor Gabrielle (Gabby) Rossi has her life on track.
So what if she’s twenty-nine, single, with no special man on the horizon? When
billionaire Timothy Bolland Carter arrives at her medical office to handle a
cyber attack, she ignores him as if he had the plague. This man was responsible
for “knocking up” and abandoning her best friend. But even though she gives him
the cold shoulder, she can’t help but fantasize about indulging in some late
night aerobics... in the privacy of her mind, of course. A couple of intense
dreams later, and then... Wait a minute! How did she get pregnant?
Scene Set-Up:
Arriving at the medical offices of Health Solutions 4
Today, cyber security expert Timothy Bolland Carter wanders the hallway in
search of his new client.
EXCERPT
Just as Carter was about to walk past an open room to
the right of him, he heard a young voice, begging.
“Pease? Pease, Doctor Gabby, can’t you play another
game w’me?”
Intrigued, he leaned against the threshold to peer
inside. Wallpaper the color of a tropical forest impinged on his gaze, complete
with colorful long-billed toucans, beautiful Monarch butterflies, a
slow-as-a-tortoise turtle, and some adorably cute capuchin monkeys. Clever.
This room looked like it was in the middle of the
Amazon--jungle, not retail center. Stacked against the walls were an assortment
of games, figurines, toy cars, etc.
Carter smiled. Points regained due to this
jungle-themed playroom for Health Solutions 4 Today clients’ children.
Sitting on the grass-styled carpet was a mere wisp of
a girl with tiny pigtails. He’d guess she was only four. She had her hands
clasped against her skinny chest and her lower lip was extended in a pout. Her
small hand patted the game board of the ever-popular Candyland.
“Pease,” the little girl beseeched again.
The Doctor Gabby the girl was talking to also sat on
the floor, her very shapely legs stretched out in front of her. With perfect
posture, she regarded her young charge. The woman’s honey brown hair was pulled
up into a bun, revealing a lovely curve of her neck. As for what she was
wearing, he couldn’t tell. A white lab coat covered her outfit.
Her pert mouth beamed in a dazzling smile as she
glanced at the young girl.
In truth, there was something about the woman that
took his breath away.
“It’s time for us to clean up, Lana.” The woman
suited her actions to her words and then set the game on the stack against the
wall. “There. Now Candyland is ready for the next person to play it. So, give
me your hand and we’ll go back to Ms. Abigail’s office where I’m sure your
mother is waiting for you.”
Doctor Gabby gave the little girl a kiss on the
forehead. “We can play Candyland again next time.”
Neither of them had seen him yet. From his position
against the threshold, he was an observer, not a participant. He needed to
change the equation so he interrupted. “This playroom makes me want to be a kid
again.”
They both stared at him--him as an intruder. The
little girl, Lana, stared with curious eyes, but Doctor Gabby, well, her grey
eyes widened but not with pleasure. She recognized him; he could tell. Her eyes
narrowed.
She got to her feet, brushed down her lab coat, and
then looked at him. “Are you lost?”
What a delightful introduction! He had to laugh.
“That’s a matter of debate. No, actually I had an appointment with Doctor
Holmes.”
She pressed her plump lips together and nodded. “Yes,
Doctor Holmes would’ve been here, but as it happens, his vacation to celebrate
his fortieth wedding anniversary started this morning. By now he and his wife
should be flying over the Pacific. Jack O’Connor will be talking with you.”
An informative and intelligent answer. He nodded
back. “So you know who I am?”
If he wasn’t mistaken, and he wasn’t, her delicate
nostrils flared for a brief second. She was annoyed with him. Actually annoyed.
How very interesting.
“Yes,” was all she said.
Then Lana pulled on Doctor Gabby’s arm. In response,
the woman picked up the child to carry her. “Let’s get you back to your
mother.”
In effect, he was dismissed. Him, the CEO of a
Fortune 500 company? Unheard of.
An unusual emotion coursed through him. A yearning. A
desire to be acknowledged by this young woman.
No. He wasn’t going to let her get away just yet.
Even though her arms were full with a four-year-old child, her right hand was
still free.
He extended his for a shake. “We haven’t been
introduced. I’m Carter with CBP Enterprises.”
Her stormy grey eyes narrowed even further. Huffing a
breath, she quickly completed the handshake and then disconnected. “And I’m
Doctor Gabby. If you’ll excuse me, please.”
She walked away, carrying little Lana into the
corridor and out of sight.
The next thing he heard was the sound of her voice
floating down the hallway. “Jack, you look like you’ve lost someone. I believe
you’ll find him in the playroom.”
Carter grinned. He had to get to know this Doctor Gabby better.
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Happy Reading!
Susanne Marie Knight
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