Crime and Periodicals, an all-new heart-felt single dad romance from Nora Everly, is available now!
In Green Valley, Tennessee everybody knows everybody, but nobody knows Sabrina Logan.
Sabrina has been hiding in plain sight for years. Living her life inside of books, dutifully helping her family, and hoping no one will notice her. So far? Mission accomplished!
Yet when sexy—and distrustful—sheriff, Wyatt Monroe returns to town with his daughters, he definitely notices the quiet librarian everyone else overlooks. The single dad can’t seem to shake thoughts of shy Sabrina. Without quite understanding the impulse, Wyatt makes his mission finding her again, so he can . . . well, he’ll just have to reckon with that later.
What Wyatt discovers is a woman who trusts too easily, but who’s afraid to live. Trust doesn’t come easily to Wyatt. But living? That’s never been a problem.
And he’d sure like to show her how.
'Crime and Periodicals' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#2 in the Green Valley Library series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.
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Excerpt
“Wow,
he can dance,” I observed.
I
gasped when Wyatt’s hand on my waist slid up my side then up the underside of
my arm to take my hand from his shoulder and link our fingers together. It was
just like in Dirty Dancing, except I was facing him instead
of away like in the movie. His grin grew a little bit wicked right before he
used both of my hands to turn me. His front was now at my back with our arms
crossed in front of us.
I
felt his warm, hard body behind mine and I felt…way too much. Tingles covered
every square inch of me. The air felt different against my skin; I was burning
up.
His
chin dipped low to rest on my shoulder. “Are you okay?” he whispered into my
ear. His breath ruffled the hair against my neck, and I shivered.
“Yes,”
I whispered. Then I nodded in case he didn’t hear me. I felt his stubbled jaw
graze the side of my face and I began to experience heretofore unknown
feelings. My perception of what was possible for my life shifted. My brain had
disengaged, and I floated along on pure sensation.
We
rocked side to side like that—closer than I’d ever been to anyone in my life.
His chest rose and fell against my back as his arms tightened around me and he
sighed against my hair. The last of my conscious thoughts dissolved and I
succumbed to pure feeling. His body moving against mine became my world. His
hands in mine kept me tethered, lest I float away on this cloud of sensation
that was gradually becoming overwhelming.
I
had never felt anything like this. I never even thought feelings like this were
possible in real life. In romance novels, sure. But to feel such contentment
laced with giddiness right now was something I had not expected. Before I could
succumb to the spreading tingles and dwindling brain power and embarrass
myself, he raised our arms up high and twirled me around and around underneath
them. I giggled and squealed. Apparently, I was that girl—a squealy, laughing,
girly girl. But maybe we were all that girl in the right circumstance.
He
was right. I did not need to know how to slow dance when I was with him. We
danced close; so close his knee was between my legs. I delighted at the feel of
his soft, warm skin when he placed one of my hands on the back of his neck. He
moved his free hand low on my waist, hooking his thumb in my belt loop to guide
me in slow, small circles over our spot on the dance floor, then back and forth
using his hands to push me out and pull me back into his body. He coaxed me
where I needed to go. I felt weightless and graceful.
The whole bar and everyone in it
disappeared until it was just us dancing together, bathed in the moonlight
filtering in through the high windows, and the little lights—so much like
stars—illuminating the dance floor with their tiny rays. As the song ended, he
spun me out and then back up against his body to dip me low with his arm
wrapped tight around my waist. He grinned down at me with those gorgeous lips
and beautiful chocolate brown eyes and I—I
would never forget this moment—not ever.
My review: 4.25 stars
Small town romances are my catnip and I really enjoyed going back to Green Valley for Crime and Periodicals. I always relate to heroines with anxiety, being a sufferer myself, so I felt a kinship with library assistant Sabrina. Deputy Sheriff Wyatt was downright swoony, and his kids were totally adorable. I loved the scenes with Wyatt's family and Sabrina and her special-needs nephew that she was planning to adopt. What a fantastic pair these two made.
About Nora Everly
Nora Everly is a lifelong bookworm. She started reading the good stuff once she grew tall enough to sneak the romance novels off the top of her mother’s bookshelf and it has been non-stop ever since.
Once upon a time she was a substitute teacher and an educational assistant. Now she’s a writer and stay at home mom to two small humans and one fat cat.
Nora lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and her overactive imagination.
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About Katie Ashley
Katie Ashley is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Top Five Best-Selling author of both Indie and Traditionally published books. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her daughter, Olivia, her two rescue dogs named for Disney Princesses, Belle & Elsa, an out-numbered cat, Harry Potter, and one Betta fish. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. 
