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Avery stopped and drew in a deep breath

When he paused this tiood at selling ideas But he hadn’t mentioned the kicker yet

“Once she’s here, I figure it will be up to you to handle the rest, the way you did for her sisters” He drew in a breath and let it out “But here’s the part I thought I ought to talk to you about”

Nothing

“I want to use the fantasies in your box as an added ht and allow those singles interested to draw out one of the parch that only the locals know about your fantasy box The sisters have kept it pretty quiet But when I was thinking about how to get Reese here for a few days so that you could deal with her fantasy, I thought, why not offer the opportunity to someone else? And then…” Avery waved a hand “What will happen, will happen”

Anyto break out into a chorus of “Que sera, sera” from that old Doris Day film

For a moment the air around him stilled And in the reflection in the mirror, he saw a panel in the wall behind him slide open

The secret room

He’d heard Naomi and Jillian both speak of it, but he’d never seen it Turning, he strode to it, and sure enough, there on the floor was a linen-covered hat box Lifting it, he carried it with hiain

On the cover he read the words Fantasy Box: Choose carefully The one you draw out will come true

Though the sisters had all spoken about the warning, seeing the words for the first time sent a little shiver up Avery’s spine

He shifted his gaze to theto assume I have your approval”

For a rew louder Then he sao i white dress with reddish gold curls falling to her shoulders and a tallwith her, their hands joined

Both of the

Even after the i time

PLAYING WITH REESE

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Thursday les Weekend

THIS IS THE DAY I’M TAKING charge of my life

At least that was the plan, Reese reot out of the van in the driveway of Haworth House Shading her eyes, she glanced up at the tower, the place she and her sisters now called hos into and then allowed a ghost to scare her away fromNot that she was afraid of Hattie Haworth herself After all, she owed the silent fil the lives of her two sisters and bringing theether with a man they’d fallen in love with—Dane and Ian MacFarland It was the fantasy she’d drawn out of Hattie’s fantasy box, along with Hattie’sin at Haworth House

Well, that was going to stop She enty-four years old, and Reese Bright away Nothe people who cared about her push roadblocks out of her path

That had been the history of her life so far She’d been a baby, her sisters a few years older when they’d lost their mother, and their father had left the school in the south of France Six ood sisters had kept the care of her,obstacles when they appeared in her path

Fro to deal with her own proble care of the silly fantasy she’d drawn out of Hattie’s fantasy box Avery’s phone call inviting her to help launch the hotel’s first Singles Weekend was just the nudge she’d needed