A half-hour later, Abby Ruth met him in front of Angelina’s cotton-candy painted house, with a big envelope under her arm. “Well, what did she say?”
“She wants to see the pictures before she’ll agree to take the entry form I filled out for Jenny.”
Abby Ruth snatched the paperwork out of his hand and marched up to Angelina’s door. “I’ll take it from here. The less this whole thing has your fingerprints on it, the better.”
The fifteen minutes he stood in Angelina’s yard felt like the retreat of an Ice Age. Finally, Abby Ruth sauntered outside. He watched her face for a sign she’d been successful, but there was no tell. That woman had one hell of a poker face. He waited, his gut like a daiquiri in a blender.
“We’re in,” Abby Ruth hiked one boot up onto his front bumper. “I knew these pictures would win her over. She was like putty in my hands.”
He sincerely doubted that, but his relief was so huge that he wasn’t about to call Abby Ruth on it.
She pulled out her phone and handed it to him. “She’s more likely to answer the phone if she sees it’s me calling. Let’s see if we can’t convince her to do this art show.”
PURCHASE ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Also by Kelsey Browning
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PROPHECY OF LOVE SERIES
Sexy contemporary romance
Stay With Me
Hard to Love
TEXAS NIGHTS SERIES
Sexy contemporary romance
Personal Assets
Running the Red Light
Problems in Paradise
Designed for Love
G TEAM SERIES w/NANCY NAIGLE
Southern cozy mysteries
In For a Penny
In High Cotton
Under the Gun
Gimme Some Sugar
JENNY & TEAGUE NOVELLAS
Contemporary romance
Always on My Mind
Come a Little Closer
STEELE RIDGE SERIES
Romantic suspense collaboration with Tracey Devlyn & Adrienne Giordano
The BEGINNING
Going HARD
Living FAST
Loving DEEP
Breaking FREE
Roaming WILD
Stripping BARE
Enduring LOVE
STEELE RIDGE: THE KINGSTONS
Craving HEAT
Tasting FIRE
Searing NEED
Striking EDGE (Coming 2019)
Burning ACHE (Coming 2019)
NOVELLAS
Sexy contemporary romance
Love So Sweet
Also by Nancy Naigle
The Adams Grove Series
Book 1:: Sweet Tea and Secrets
Book 2:: Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes
Book 3:: Out of Focus
Book 4:: Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies
Book 5:: Mint Juleps and Justice
Book 6:: Barbecue and Bad News
Boot Creek Series
Book 1:: Life After Perfect
Book 2:: Every Yesterday
Book 3:: Until Tomorrow
Single Titles
Sand Dollar Cove
Christmas Joy
Hope at Christmas
Christmas in Evergreen
Dear Santa
The Secret Ingredient (Coming in 2019)
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (Coming in 2019)
Christmas Angels (Coming in 2019)
inkBLOT – co-written with Phyllis Johnson
About the Authors
USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Browning  writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and cozy mystery. Her Georgia-set, co-authored G Team mystery is described by readers as “The Golden Girls meet Dirty Harry.” Her single title romances garner reviews that call her writing funny, sassy, and full of sizzling chemistry. Originally from a Texas town smaller than the ones she writes about, Kelsey has also lived in the Middle East and Los Angeles, proving she’s either adventurous or downright nuts. These days, she makes her home in northeast Georgia with her tech-savvy husband, her smart-talking son, and a (fingers crossed) future therapy pup. Find Kelsey online at KelseyBrowning.com. For info on her upcoming releases, subscribe to her Sass Kickin’ News.
Acknowledgments
Once again, we want to thank the amazing folks who help us bring the G Team mysteries to you.
HUGE thanks to our bang-up editing team: Deb Nemeth and Tom Justice. Without you, the grannies would never shine so brightly.
A big Southern girl hug to Jaycee DeLorenzo of Sweet N Spicy Designs for giving us the cover of our dreams. We both just wanna dance a jig every time we look at it!
A special thanks to Heather Machel, who keeps Kelsey in line on a daily basis and also does some of the best research in the countryside. If she can’t find the answer, it doesn’t exist.
To Kelsey’s Sass Kicker fan group: thank you for celebrating and supporting every book release!
And to those who help us daily behind the scenes: Miss Bettie, Andrew, Tech Guy, and Smarty Boy - we couldn’t give our fans the books they love without your love and support. Thanks for understanding when dinner duty is on you because we’re in Grannyland!
AND TO ALL OF YOU READING THIS ~ THANK YOU!
Gimme Some Sugar
Copyright © 2017, Kelsey Browning and Nancy Naigle
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9964884-5-7
Large Print ISBN: 978-0-9964884-6-4
Cover Art Design by Jaycee DeLorenzo, Sweet N Spicy Designs
Digital release, May 2017
Trade Paperback release, May 2017
Crossroads Publishing House
P.O. Box 2294
Advance, NC 27006
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