Ghost of a Chance E-Book

Giselle Renarde

• Herausgeber: Giselle Renarde
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

When Marcie's invited to yet another wedding, she's not exactly enthused. She should be happy that her niece is in love, but divorce has left her a little jaded. There's only one man on the planet she can imagine remarrying: William, her schoolyard chum, the one who got away. But Marcie hasn't kept in touch with the old gang. When she finds out from a mutual friend that William has passed on, she’s crushed. Now Marcie will never get the chance to love him. Or will she...? A Sensual Paranormal Second Chance Romance Short from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.

Leseprobe

Ghost of a Chance © 2018 by Giselle Renarde

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This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, organizations, events or locales is entirely coincidental. All sexually active characters in this work are 18 years of age or older.

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Cover design © 2018 Giselle Renarde

First Ebook Edition 2018

Ghost of a Chance appears in the anthology Older Women, Wild Desires.

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Ghost of a Chance

A Sensual Paranormal Second Chance Romance Short

By Giselle Renarde

Small world, isn’t it?

I mean, what are the chances? My niece is getting married—fourth niece to tie the knot in two years—and I’m at the point where I don’t look good in anything I own. I don’t look good in anything they carry in stores either, and damned if I’m going to pull out the old sewing machine. (Does it even work anymore? And do I really have the patience to thread a needle?)

So, in my frustration, I wear black. To a wedding. Not even a dress! Black pants, and a top with enough ruffles to hide my belly.

When my daughter arrives to pick me up, she says I look fine. She says a lot of people wear black to weddings now. But look at her! Summery floral fabric, little white shoes. She looks like a million bucks and she isn’t even wearing makeup.

At the ceremony, I feel conspicuous beyond belief. As my niece and the dumbo she’s marrying recite their vows, I gaze across the space searching for someone else, anyone else, in black. Men are wearing black, sure, but men can get away with anything. Lucky bastards.

And then I spot one! A woman my age, and she’s dressed just like me. She’s watching the ceremony with a serene smile, and suddenly I’m staring, fixating, because I recognize her from somewhere. From where?

She walks up to me at the reception with her arms wide open. “Marcie Sedgewood! I thought it was you. It’s been… how long? Almost fifty years!”

I ask, “Fifty?” and finally realize who I’d spent most of the ceremony staring at. “Zelda, you always were prone to exaggeration.”