Cliffhanger excerpt from PICTURE PERFECT LEGACY, by Genie Gabriel
Marly grabbed her coat on the way out the door. She had spent twenty-eight years with seven brothers. She could tell when she had been bamboozled. Too bad she had wasted an entire day dazzled by the deputy's sexy body before her brain kicked in and realized he deliberately stalled her about going to see Claudia deGras.
By the time Marly marched to the barbershop, the lights were out. She pressed her nose to the glass and peered inside, but saw only the shadows of a single barber chair. No people. She scowled and silently cursed Dawson Browning's small-town hide. He probably thought she would go away if he stalled her long enough.
Well, good. He wouldn't know she learned about patronizing male attitudes from her brothers. Wouldn't know she often beat her brothers at their own games. The element of surprise was on her side.
Marly moved down the sidewalk, considering her options. She could look for him and run the risk of frostbite. Or she could cause enough of a commotion for him to come to her.
She stood in front of the Assayer's Office, wondering if breaking a small window would cause enough noise to bring the deputy. Then she noticed several people in this supposedly empty building.
One of them was Deputy Dawson Browning.
Gotcha. Marly smiled with satisfaction as she turned the doorknob.
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