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    Wings of a Dove: Those Flirty Forties and Nifty Fifties, #2
    Wings of a Dove: Those Flirty Forties and Nifty Fifties, #2
    Wings of a Dove: Those Flirty Forties and Nifty Fifties, #2
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    Wings of a Dove: Those Flirty Forties and Nifty Fifties, #2

    By Amanda Ward

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    On Christmas Eve, Bed and Breakfast owner Joy Welles will take a step into her happy ever after and finally wed her long-time love Christian Moore. However an accident earlier in the year during the Inn's expansion renders her immobile.  Christian hires extra staff and even recruits three high school students for work experience.  The teenage boy becomes the first piece in a puzzle that Joy must solve.

    In the sequel to the Bed & Breakfast Man, the box Joy placed all her past memories and experiences is finally opened. Secrets are revealed, manipulation and deceit exposed.  With Christian's unwavering love for her and faith in her strength of character, Joy is determined to uncover the truth and fit all the pieces of the jigsaw together.  No matter how many are missing.

    Will Joy and Christian get their happy ending? Or will the ghosts of Joy's past engulf and destroy her?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks To Go Now
    Release dateOct 30, 2017
    ISBN9781386790808
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      Wings of a Dove - Amanda Ward

      Excerpt from Wings of a Dove

      BETH POURED THE TEA handing them both a steaming cup and saucer. The doorbell chimed. I’ll get it, Christian said already heading down the hall. You stay put, he ordered. He greeted the three teenagers—two girls and one boy who was almost as tall as he was. Come on in kids, I’ll introduce you to your boss for the next three weeks.

      I thought it was two, The teen with liberally streaked hair complained.

      Christian rolled his eyes. Ahh, the teenage years, he thought. This is going to be a long three weeks.

      Kids...sorry I don’t know your names. I’d like to introduce you to Beth Carter, who is our manager while your boss and my fiancée, Joy Welles, is currently out of action. He gestured to the rather obvious plaster cast and then continued, She owns the bed and breakfast—

      "We own it, remember Christian?" Joy raised her eyebrows teasingly, emphasising the ‘we.’

      Christian heard a chuckle from the lad.

      That’s the same look my mum gives my dad when he’s in trouble.

      Christian glanced at Joy, who despite the lack of colour from her stay in hospital, paled even more, if she could. Instinctively, his gut told him something didn’t smell right—and it wasn’t Billingsgate.

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      Wings of a Dove

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      Copyright © Amanda Ward 2017

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      Warning: the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, any place, events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. The characters and story lines are created from the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously.

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      A family is like a jigsaw puzzle.

      So long as you can see the picture,

      It doesn’t matter how many pieces are missing.

      Amanda Ward October 2017

      I would like to acknowledge my amazing, geeky and patient husband Matthew Ward for adopting my teenage son Adam in June thereby completing the Ward family jigsaw.

      To Peggy & Peter Ward who are my inspirational in-laws who have been married for over 60 years. If they hadn’t adopted Matthew this book would never have been written.

      It is because of them this idea was born.

      And finally I’d like to acknowledge Julie Rathbone, my FB friend whose badgering at me to write the sequel is very much appreciated. Cheers Matey!

      PROLOGUE

      BECCLES ON A CHRISTMAS Day morning could be one of the loneliest places in the world. Eerily still and yet so very quiet, Joy thought. Leaning against the fence at the bottom of her garden, her gaze transfixed on the river Waveney. The ripples of water tossed and tumbled over rocks and through weeds, on the water’s determined journey to the sea. Joy snuggled the snowflake printed chenille blanket around her body, huddling into its warmth. She glanced up, shuddering at the sudden drop in temperature. The normally cotton wool white clouds, had turned to grey, heavy with moisture.

      She wondered if the snow would come and drew the blanket tighter around herself, turning her gaze back down to the meandering water flowing in front of her. Joy smiled, and for some reason, the birds singing their morning melody comforted her.

      .

      CHAPTER ONE

      APRIL.

      Grrr. Go on...scoot. Joy clapped her hands sharply catching sight of two black cats heading into the kitchen nonchalantly. Her own cat, Monty, lay on his back in the sun, completely oblivious to the invasion of his territory.

      Get out of there, go on...bugger off! she hissed, clapping her hands again whilst trying to retain her balance on her one good leg.

      What on earth is going on? Christian asked stepping into the midday sun. Two streaks of black zoomed past him and with effortless ease and grace, leapt over the fence into next door’s garden.

      "It’s the ‘Thompson Twins’ again," Joy explained wobbling on her leg. She reached out for the crutches beside her before she lost her balance, but felt instead the safety of Christian’s arm holding her securely. She leant into his strength as he led her to the gazebo, helping her to sit down and raising her booted leg onto a rattan chair.

      What were you told about resting that leg? He scolded. The only reason you are in the boot is because you told the doctor you would take the cast off yourself.

      It’s not a boot, it’s a blasted leg cage, Joy grumbled. The contraption wrapped itself from mid-thigh encompassing her foot. It was heavy and cumbersome, but less so than the cast. At least she was able to stand for short periods of time to prepare meals for the bed and breakfast she ran. So, how did the talk go at the school?

      Surprisingly well, darling. Christian leaned over to drop a kiss on her lips. Hi Joy, he whispered with a smile. As a political satirist, Christian had regular columns in major newspapers and he’d recently embarked on visiting high schools, giving talks about his career. A

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