Today is the final day of the blog blitz for
Her Independent Spirt
by Zina Abbott
Today I will share with you excerpt #5
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About
the Book:
Beth Dodd has made a promise to help “Lulu”, a
young prostitute at the Blue Feather, keep her baby if she decides to leave the
whorehouse and become a respectable woman. But Beth hadn’t counted on the
obstacles she and the new mother will face from society in the mining town of
Lundy. From the obstinate landlady, Mrs. Ford, to her intractable German boss,
Gus Herschel, Beth must fight for the woman she’s promised to help. But Beth
Dodd never gives in, and she keeps her word with a stubbornness that Lundy folks
are not accustomed to seeing from a woman.
Once Lulu, now known as the more respectable Louisa Parmley, starts working for
Gus in his kitchen, she proves that Beth was right to take a chance on her. She
has every intention of making a good life for her new daughter. But can she
also hope to find happiness with Gus? And will Gus be able to accept her and
baby Sophie Ann as his? Love was never in the cards for Gus, but Louisa dreams
of happiness with the stoic man, and Beth is determined to bring them together
through HER INDEPENDENT SPIRIT.
Excerpt
#5:
Beth
critically eyed the face of her handsome future husband with his olive
complexion surrounded by dark hair and a beard. In a voice a little sharper
than she intended, she asked, “You aimin’ to shave off your beard for summer
just because your brother Luther done shaved off his?”
With
a twinkle in his eyes, Val broke into a teasing smile. “Do you want me to shave
my beard off, Bethie Rose? It’ll make my face nice and smooth to the touch.”
Beth
knew that Val called her Bethie Rose—Rose being her middle name—when he teased
her about getting prickly over an issue. But, aware that her annoyed employer
she still needed to calm down stood mere feet away from her, she refused to
rise to his bait. She merely looked down at her mixing bowl and shook her head
while she fought the blush she could feel starting to creep up her neck. “Ain’t
no call to go shavin’ your beard on my account. I like it right fine.”
Photo:
This photo of the May Lundy Mine taken in the 1890’s shows the location of the
mine that, along with the May Lundy Mill, was the biggest employer in Lundy
until both were closed down on August 21, 1884 until unpaid debts were
satisfied. To learn more, please click
here.
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