Welcome to Sinclair Books. Today Author Elaine Cantrell is posting an exclusive excerpt from "A New Dream". You can find, A New Dream, at Astraea Press & Amazon Kindle. So grab a nice cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the excerpt.
After an auto accident destroys his pro-football career, Matt McCallum struggles to find a new dream for his life, but nothing engages him the way football did. After a stint in rehab, he takes a job managing a grocery store where he meets Violet Emerson.Violet works in the bakery department, but her dreams carry her far beyond the doors of Chef’s Pantry. As soon as she can save the money, she plans to open a catering business. And she thinks the new manager’s broad shoulders and blue eyes are simply divine.
Thrown together at work, Matt and Violet find a common dream for their lives, but a loose end from Matt’s past returns to jeopardize their future. Will love be enough to save their new dream before it turns into a nightmare?
In this excerpt Matt’s brother asks him about his first date with Violet Emerson.
Matt didn’t quite get his bedroom door closed before Chris showed up. He poked his head around the corner and demanded, “Did you kiss her?”
Matt scowled at him as he pulled his shirt off and tossed it in a basket at the foot of his bed.“Chris, that’s none of your business,” he protested, feeling warmth spread up his face.
“You did kiss her,” Chris declared, satisfaction oozing from his voice. He moved into the room and threw himself down on the bottom of Matt’s bed. “If you hadn’t kissed her, you’d oh so virtuously tell me so.”
“Chris…”
“Is she the first since Stacey?”
“Chris…”
“She must be the first. Way to go, bro. It’s about time you woke up and realized your life isn’t over.”
“Chris…”
Chris picked up Matt’s Super Bowl ring that lay on the night stand beside the bed and slipped it on his finger. “That includes women too, Matt. Violet looked at you like you walk on water. Do you think you could be serious about her?”
Matt grabbed the ring and tossed it into a small wooden box on his dresser. “Chris…”
“I hope you won’t think I’m out of line, Matt, but I don’t think Violet’s the same kind of woman as Stacey.”
“Chris…”
“I mean, Stacey didn’t have a problem sleeping with you, but I think Violet would. Pam’s family knows Violet’s family, and she said Violet’s father is real strict. He raised the girls to have high moral standards.”
“Chris…”
“You should think about getting married. You’re old enough, and you have a good job. If you got married you could move out of here. Just think about that.”
“Chris…”
“But the best part of it would be that you’d have a woman tocuddle with at night. Don’t you miss female companionship?”
Matt sighed and sank down on the bed beside Chris. “Yes, but…”
“But nothing. You think about it, Matt. Violet’s beautiful, and you need a wife. You could do worse.”
“Chris…”
“I’ve got to go to bed, Matt. I enjoyed our talk.”
Chris slammed the door behind him, leaving Matt with a smile on his face and a heart overflowing with laughter. “I enjoyed it too, Chris.”
