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Mail Order Angel
by Mandy Colton
Fun characters, humor,
drama, and heartwarming moments…
Heartbreaking loss
strikes two people living happy and carefree lives in polar opposite places of
the North American map. Young and adventurous, Lance Colburn left home years
ago and worked his way north to Alaska, eventually settling in Nome. After
building a successful business, he’s still a very content bachelor, living in a
brand new home he constructed himself. Life couldn’t get much better…until the
worst news a single guy could get finds him after a family member is stricken
with a fatal illness. He learns that his simple—and slightly selfish—existence
is about to get flipped upside down and crowded. Worst of all, he’s going to
need a specific kind of help that can’t be found in Nome.
Having lived a happy
and sheltered life with her parents in Boston, Massachusetts, Angel McBride is
about to become an adult and spread her wings. While taking a summer vacation
in Europe with her friends before starting college, tragedy strikes at home.
After returning, she is shocked to find that her life has already drastically
changed and is about to get worse. She needs an escape plan—and quickly.
With little time and no
other choices at hand, both Lance and Angel come up with the same ridiculous
idea at the same time: Marriage to a stranger.
But neither are
prepared or quite mature enough to handle the big leap. Can they overcome her
deception and his wily ways to find true happiness?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now for an excerpt:
The next morning, Lance knocked on Anna’s bedroom door and
walked in. Out of the closet, he pulled the pretty off-white dress and heels that
he’d picked for her and told her to get ready. When she’d dressed and walked
into the living room and saw him wearing a suit, she knew immediately where
they were going. Today was her fake wedding day. His eyes slowly moved over
her, becoming a shade darker, his lids heavier. No words were needed to
describe what she saw there on his handsome face. She’d dated enough boys and
read enough smarmy romance novels to know that what she was seeing in his eyes
was desire. Well, she could ditto that look. Sweet baby Jesus, did he make a
suit look good.
He smiled and stuck his hand out for her to take. Guess they
really were doing this. Okay. It wouldn’t be real. It would not be real. Angel
placed her hand in his big warm one and it felt sooo good, it set her whole arm
to tingling. Then out the door they went. To get fake married, Angel. Don’t
slobber and stop mooning over the guy.
There was only the two of them and two witnesses present at
the ceremony. It was a couple who were obviously friends of Lance’s. He’d
muttered their names to her, and the Justice of the Peace went right to it. He
spoke some words, told her and Lance what to repeat, she sputtered over her
lines on purpose, and it was quickly over. Lance slipped a plain, cold gold
band on her finger and pecked her on the cheek. He shook hands with the Justice
guy and his friend. Some legal papers were signed by all parties, and that was
that. Married. Not too awkward or terribly painful.
As soon as Angel had that last thought, out of the corner of
her eye, she saw the woman with Lance’s friend moving closer toward her. The
woman opened her mouth to speak, and Angel was about to shake her head, to let
her know that she couldn’t speak the language, when the woman let go a string
of words that shocked her when they hit her ears. Flat left her dumbstruck and,
seconds later, feeling nauseous. It wasn’t what she’d said; it was the fact
that Angel had no frigging idea what she’d said. She was pretty sure the words
were in Russian.
Aww, come on! Of all the bum luck. She seemed to be loaded
with it now.
This just couldn’t be happening. A surge of bile started
rushing straight up the pipeline, and she grabbed her stomach and pitched
forward. The other woman grabbed her hand and pulled her along fast down a
nearby hallway and pushed her through a door. Ah…a restroom. Goody. Sometimes
you didn’t need words. Everybody understands the look of an urp coming. Angel
barely had time to raise the toilet lid before she was throwing up. Not much
came up, because thankfully, they hadn’t eaten breakfast yet.
Angel rinsed her mouth out with water and looked in the
mirror. What was she going to do now? She just stood there, rattled and
shaking, until there was a knock.
When she cracked the door open, Lance was standing there
looking concerned. “Anna? You okay?”
No. Definitely not. She shook her head.
He said, “Oh. We were all going to have lunch, but we can go
home instead.”
She nodded. “Yes. Home. Please,” she stuttered, begging with
her eyes.
Behind him, the man and woman stood, and the woman placed
her hand on Lance’s arm, as if to get his attention. Angel felt another wave
coming and shut the door in Lance’s face, locking it. She heaved again. Poor
Lance was rapping on the door and calling to her, sounding really concerned,
and then she heard the other man’s voice whispering.
“You need to take her to the doctor, friend. Right now.
These women arrive in all kinds of states. They can be sick, pregnant, have
venereal diseases—even AIDS. Sorry to bust your bubble, but it’s been known to
happen.”
Angel heard what sounded like a growly hiss. “You could have
fucking told me this before I married her, Raymond!”
“Sorry pal. She sounds real sick in there, and I’m just
sayin’…”
“Yeah? Well, thanks for nothin’. Pal!”
Oh. How. Embarrassing.
The rapping on the door became more insistent. When she
opened it this time, Lance reached around, snatched her hand, and pulled her
out, practically dragging her down the hallway. He put her in his truck and
buckled her in, jumped in, and spun out of the parking lot like a mad man on a
mission. He pulled out his phone. “Doc, need to see you right away.”
She heard a man’s voice say something on the other end, and
Lance erupted. “Tell Earl to sleep it off somewhere else. This is an emergency,
goddammit!”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About the Author:
Mandy Colton is from Louisville, KY, and lives a very
quiet life with her husband and teenage son. A fan of romance, fun
Although she’s
a great fan of the human imagination, she is also of the opinion that there are
just no better stories than those that involve a bit of true life.
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Thanks for hosting!
Hello Wendi and readers. Thanks for having me here. If you like the excerpt, the book is available for a free download on Amazon through tomorrow.
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