“Okay,” Maisie said, taking a seat across from Clara. “Got it.”
Clara stared down into her scotch glass, slowly shaking her head. “This is bad. So bad.”
Maisie exchanged a long look with Amelia, who turned to Clara and said, “You’re going to have to fill in the missing pieces. I’m not really getting why this is bad enough to make you look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
Clara reached for her glass of scotch and downed the entire thing in one gulp. She slammed the glass down and wiped her mouth, very unladylike. Very unlike Clara. “His uncle is sending him to check out the brewery.”
Maisie tried to piece things together. “Which is bad because you’re still hurt, and you don’t want to see him again?”
“No.” Clara shook her head, adamant. When she looked between the sisters, she took a deep, pained breath and closed her eyes. “It’s not that I don’t want to see him. It’s who I don’t want him to see.”
Amelia’s eyes widened.
Maisie now understood. Every suspicion Maisie and Amelia ever had made sense, especially because Mason had a killer arm and seemed to have natural talent at baseball. “Because Sullivan is Mason’s father?”
Clara stole Maisie’s glass and downed that one too. “Yup, and he’s coming here tomorrow to take a look at the brewery, having no idea that he’s about to meet the kid he never knew about.”
Maisie parted her lips and shut them, having no words.
Amelia finally sighed, pushing her glass over to Clara. “Here, you need this one too.”
Clara reached for the glass as a low voice said from the doorway, “Good thing I brought the big guns.”
Maisie glanced at Hayes, finding him holding a few bottles of wine and double chocolate ice cream. Her heart melted. She jumped up and met him with a hug. “I think you just got hotter. Thank for you bringing this.”
He winked. “It’s about time someone else took care of everyone around here.”
She smiled, and her heart warmed further when Hayes said to Clara, “I heard nothing. I saw nothing. Just drink and worry about it all tomorrow.”
Clara gave him a small smile and then gestured across from her, to the spot where Pops used to sit, “Well, are you just going to stand there or get drunk with us?”
Hayes’s gaze locked on Maisie as he took a seat, and Maisie smiled after him. Death had caused them to have terrible, heartbreaking gatherings at this table. Life brought them ecstatic moments here. But as Maisie slid onto Hayes’s lap, and he locked his arm around her, she knew these sweet, happy, middle parts mattered the most.
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FEISTY RED
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From USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy comes a second-chance romance featuring a cowboy hero who needs some serious redeeming, a serious heroine who needs some cowboy lovin’, and a mischievous little boy who needs his parents to find their happily-ever-after.
She’s prepared for anything… except for the second chance with her cowboy ex she never saw coming.
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Clara Carter is the brains behind Three Chicks Brewery. The oldest and most responsible of the Carter sisters, she doesn’t have time for anything but taking care of her son and making sure her family’s top beer, Foxy Diva, gets into bars across North America. Which means getting the brew in front of Colorado’s biggest beer distributor. Unfortunately, that becomes tricky when the man in charge of distribution is none other than Sullivan Kenne, the cowboy who ran out on her seven years ago.
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Sullivan’s life has been one wrong move after another. First, he tried to prove himself to his bastard father by signing a contract to play professional baseball, a choice Sullivan still regrets. Then he bailed on Clara, the only woman he’s ever loved. Seeing her again makes Sullivan determined to right his wrongs. Unfortunately, he wasn’t counting on one of those wrongs being a six-year-old son he never knew about.
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Reuniting with Clara and meeting his son is a shocking—and amazing—experience. But as much as Sullivan tries to return to his roots and be the stand-up cowboy of Clara’s dreams, the reality is, she’s having trouble trusting him. Luckily, Sullivan knows the way to Clara’s heart, and he’ll prove to her that a second chance with a cowboy is worth the risk.
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Check out the next book in the Three Chicks Brewery series:
From USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy comes a second-chance romance featuring a cowboy hero who needs some serious redeeming, a serious heroine who needs some cowboy lovin', and a mischievous little boy who needs his parents to find their happily-ever-after.
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She's prepared for anything... except for the second chance with her cowboy ex she never saw coming.
Clara Carter is the brains behind Three Chicks Brewery. The oldest and most responsible of the Carter sisters, she doesn't have time for anything but taking care of her son and making sure her family's top beer, Foxy Diva, gets into bars across North America. Whic h means getting the brew in front of Colorado's biggest beer distributor. Unfortunately, that becomes tricky when the man in charge of distribution is none other than Sullivan Kenne, the cowboy who ran out on her seven years ago.
Sullivan's life has been one wrong move after another. First, he tried to prove himself to his bastard father by signing a contract to play professional baseball, a choice Sullivan still regrets. Then he bailed on Clara, the only woman he's ever loved. Seeing her again makes Sullivan determined to right his wrongs. Unfortunately, he wasn't counting on one of those wrongs being a six-year-old son he never knew about.
Reuniting with Clara and meeting his son is a shocking--and amazing--experience. But as much as Sullivan tries to return to his roots and be the stand-up cowboy of Clara's dreams, the reality is, she's having trouble trusting him. Luckily, Sullivan knows the way to Clara's heart, and he'll prove to her that a second chance with a cowboy is worth the risk.
About the Author
Stacey Kennedy is a USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romances full of heat, heart, and happily ever afters. With over 50 titles published, her books have hit Amazon, B&N, and Apple Books bestseller lists.
Stacey lives with her husband and two children in southwestern Ontario—in a city that’s just as charming as any of the small towns she creates. Most days, you’ll find her enjoying the outdoors with her family or venturing into the forest with her horse, Priya. Stacey’s just as happy curled up indoors, where she writes surrounded by her lazy dogs. She believes that sexy books about hot cowboys or alpha heroes can fix any bad day. But wine and chocolate help too.