Her Little Secret

Only in a small town like Prescott, Arizonia can the butcher recommend a larger steak, and corn rather than broccoli because a date doesn't eat it. And only in a small town like Prescott is matchmaking the favorite pastime of the old-lady set. But no one can endure introductions, gifts of tuna casserole with peas, and coconut-fig cookies forever. So Sheriff Cable Montana has just the solution to put an end to the matchmaking. He never expected his plot to backfire.Cable has already done the marriage-divorce thing, and doesn't intend for a repeat performance. In the year and a half since arriving in Prescott, he hasn't even dated. But when his new puppy treats a lilac bush as a squeeze toy, his trip to the local nursery leads to meeting Lindsey Patterson, a woman who also intends to avoid all matchmaking. But new puppy and another chance encounter lead to a plot to thwart matchmakers, by making a preemptive strike. Cable and Lindsey will have a few dinners, a few movies, spend time together, and then break up with no hard feelings. Their subsequent healing time will prevent any more arrival of tuna casserole. They didn't expect the sensual mist that seems to create a world that only includes the two of them. Cable and Lindsey find themselves irresistibly drawn together. This was not part of the plan. Especially since Lindsey strives to maintain a inner peace and contentment, accepting life on life's terms. She's long since accepted that she will never marry and have children. Nevertheless, painful memories haunt Lindsey, and her secret separates her from the possibility of marriage.Joan Elliot Pickart creates a humorously delightful tale of love and puppy destruction in HER LITTLE SECRET. The harder these memorable characters fight love, the faster they fall. And Buddy, the eight week old German Shepherd puppy provides just the right touch of disaster to keep the reader in stitches. A light read, in HER LITTLE SECRET is Highly recommended.