Penny for Your Thoughts
by Elizabeth Lee
Synopsis
Penny for Your Thoughts
Book 1 of the Welcome to Fate's Landing series
Penny
Michaels has a gift. At least that's what her mother has told her since she was
a child. With sharp intuition and the ability to see people for who they really
are, she is her fortune telling mother's daughter. It's a gift she didn't want
until she completely turned her back on it.
Forced to return to the sleepy town of Fate's Landing after ignoring the signs of disaster that always seemed to flash around her marriage, she makes a vow to stop ignoring her abilities. Even if that means never falling in love again.
A.J. Murphy has a lot going for him--great job, gorgeous girlfriend, and a very promising payout if he can convince the people of this nowhere town to get on board with building a resort in their backyard. Everything is going according to plan until he steps foot into the new age shop with the neon psychic sign in the window.
She wants to save him from the heartache she wished she'd avoided. He wants to get in and get out of town and back his regularly scheduled life. What neither of them sees coming is a chance at love that was written in the stars.
This is the first book in the sweet, sexy, small town series, Welcome to Fate's Landing.
Forced to return to the sleepy town of Fate's Landing after ignoring the signs of disaster that always seemed to flash around her marriage, she makes a vow to stop ignoring her abilities. Even if that means never falling in love again.
A.J. Murphy has a lot going for him--great job, gorgeous girlfriend, and a very promising payout if he can convince the people of this nowhere town to get on board with building a resort in their backyard. Everything is going according to plan until he steps foot into the new age shop with the neon psychic sign in the window.
She wants to save him from the heartache she wished she'd avoided. He wants to get in and get out of town and back his regularly scheduled life. What neither of them sees coming is a chance at love that was written in the stars.
This is the first book in the sweet, sexy, small town series, Welcome to Fate's Landing.
What a cute story! Elizabeth Lee is a new author for me. I
enjoy finding new authors to read and enjoy. This is one of those stories where
it’s an incredibly relatable storyline. How often do we hear the story about
the spouse find their spouse cheating on them with the assistant? So we run
off. We run home, to our momma. Am I right, or what? Well this story has a bit
of a wacky twist. Home is in Fate’s Landing, home of her momma’s struggling
psychic business. You can just feel the quirkiness of it all, right?
I really liked Penny and her son Jordan. I just love single parent books. I love seeing the way woman/men find their inner strength and persevere. Penny is a strong woman. I really liked the way Penny and AJ met. It was a bit funny and I really, really enjoyed the way Penny told the snob how it all would go down. Ugh… what a… tool! Anyways, this was just the start. AJ has some plans for the town and the town isn’t thrilled. This is the start of them working together and really bringing a life back into the town and each other. Totally a sweet and charming story and worth a listen.
I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
I really liked Penny and her son Jordan. I just love single parent books. I love seeing the way woman/men find their inner strength and persevere. Penny is a strong woman. I really liked the way Penny and AJ met. It was a bit funny and I really, really enjoyed the way Penny told the snob how it all would go down. Ugh… what a… tool! Anyways, this was just the start. AJ has some plans for the town and the town isn’t thrilled. This is the start of them working together and really bringing a life back into the town and each other. Totally a sweet and charming story and worth a listen.
I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
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EXCERPT
“How
do you know about all of this stuff?” I followed her from room to room.
“My
mother mostly. She’s always been into the new age, holistic, psychic lifestyle.
I’ve been around it all my life. She’s always said we have gypsies and witches
in the family,” she paused and turned to face me. “I’ve never really believed
all of that, but I can’t deny that there’s something different about my
mother.” She hesitated. “About me. Something that has always made us extra
sensitive to people’s emotions, fears, desires…”
Oh
shit. Could she tell my desires?
“… I
fought it for a long time, but decided it was better to just accept it.”
“Might
as well,” I told her. “I’d say it’s working out for you now.”
“Got
a new friend out of the deal.”
Ouch.
Friend?
Is that the desire I’d been
giving off? The desire to be her friend? That couldn’t be further from what I
thought when I was around her.
“So
my dad taught me about building permits while your mom taught you how to read
palms?” I kept talking, trying not to think about how every time she turned
around I checked out her ass. Or how on more than one occasion, I’d imagined
what her lips tasted like.
“Pretty
much.” She nodded.
“We’ve
led incredibly different lives.” I walked over to where she knelt down. She
carefully tapped the burning ends of the smudge stick on a piece of scrap metal
that laid on the floor among the rest of the debris that had scattered in over
the years of abandonment.
“We
have.” She finished extinguishing the burning ends.
I reached out a hand to
help her to her feet. It took everything in me not to pull her close to me when
she reached her feet. I could smell a hint of her perfume or shampoo drift
around me—an earthy, sexy scent that threatened to wrap me up in her even more.
Say
what you want.
Her own words urged me
on. It was time to put the proverbial kibosh on this whole friend thing.
“You
know we’re not friends, right?” I asked as I held onto her hand. I took a step
toward her, closing the gap between us. Realizing that we were still hand in
hand, I intertwined my fingers between hers, not wanting her to slip away. The
feel of her hand in mine was nice. Better than nice.
I watched as her blue
eyes danced nervously around the question and my sudden advancement. It was the
first time that I knew there were no interruptions coming—no friends popping by
or cars driving down the street. We were alone and I wanted to take full
advantage of it.
“What
do you mean?” She eyed me curiously as I moved our bodies the few feet toward
the wall she’d just been running her fingers across. I watched her shiver as
the skin of her bare back rested up against the cool brick and again when I
raised our hands above her head and leaned into her.
“We’re
well passed the friends point of this relationship,” I said before touching my
lips just below her ear. She took in a deep breath as I trailed them lightly
over her skin. “I don’t have friendly thoughts about you, Gypsy.” I pulled back
to look into her eyes. I drew my free hand up to her cheek. “Tell me you don’t
feel the same way and I’ll stop,” I promised, knowing I’d be completely gutted
if she denied me.
When she didn’t speak,
I reminded myself that patience was a virtue. If she needed a few seconds to
think about what I was asking her for, I’d give it to her. When she placed her
free hand on my chest, I saw a flicker in her eyes and the hint of a smile. She
slowly clenched a fist around my t-shirt and pulled me toward her. I saw the
caution slip from her stare as our lips came together for the first time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born and raised in the middle of a Midwestern cornfield (not
literally, that would be weird), I’ve spent my entire life imagining stories.
Stories where the right guy always gets the right girl, first kisses are as
magical as they are on the big screen and anything is completely possible if
you believe.
Although this journey began years ago, it recently took on a whole new life. After years of devouring hundreds of Romance, YA and New Adult novels, I had an epiphany... I should write a book. And I did it!
If I’m not reading, writing, enjoying drinks with my amazing group of girlfriends or chasing around a sarcastically funny kid, I’m probably watching television shows that were created for teenagers, while my husband teases that I’m too old to watch them.
Although this journey began years ago, it recently took on a whole new life. After years of devouring hundreds of Romance, YA and New Adult novels, I had an epiphany... I should write a book. And I did it!
If I’m not reading, writing, enjoying drinks with my amazing group of girlfriends or chasing around a sarcastically funny kid, I’m probably watching television shows that were created for teenagers, while my husband teases that I’m too old to watch them.
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