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Wait, there was so physical with her Now he couldn’t remember what it was In fact, his hands were at her waist, traveling down to explore the pink skirt
Oh, man
Dear Reader,
I had sowith New York/California stereotypes to create a story of contrasts I grew up in central New Jersey, and my husband is from California, so we are well aware that not everyone in New York is driven and harsh, and not everyone in California is a surfer dude, but those types served my story theme and provided a lot of fun, so I didn’t flinch
Eva Meyer and her twin sister, Chris, learn a lot about the coasts, coffee shops and lives I hope you enjoy Eva’s experience trading a tiny West Coast town for the nonstop thrill ride of New York City And I hope in February you’ll look for her sister’s story, in which former New Yorker Chris tries to cope with the slow pace of life in California and too many hot men!
Cheers,
Isabel Sharpe
Prologue
THE SUN WAS setting over the Pacific Eva Meyer sat on Aura Beach on California’s Central Coast, a cup of her own blend of orange cha ceiling of pink, orange and burgundy, reflected in the clouds and across the water Over her cheeks blew a gentle, fresh Septe necks doubled back, wings arcing, heading south Anythe ocean’s restless surface could happen
She was bored stiff
As aoff center and uncharacteristically low for the past several months Around here they’d put her funk down to sory spirits or whatever ht be at work—but her sensiblefor atoo hard, h, definitely she hadn’t been getting enough sex But boredo Get Bored had been her accountant mother’s mantra, which Eva had lived by—often to an excess her mother didn’t approve of
But today, during this relatively rare ly truth had burst fro place and smacked her across the face
Ow
For the past three of her twenty-eight years she’d been the proud owner of the Slow Pour coffee shop in the tiny town of Car its reputation Though she totally loved the shop, loved the friendly vibe it put out in the community for residents and tourists alike, was totally into the challenge of keeping the business afloat, underneath it all she was