“That’s the one,” Daniel said, wrapping his arms around my waist. “That’s my very favorite. From here on out, I’m a White Peach Mountain Blueberry man.”
I laughed.
I’d finally gotten the recipe right. Turns out it needed just a little bit more cinnamon to tie all the flavors together.
“I’ll hold you to that,” I said. “It’s going to be on the menu from now on.”
“Fine by me.”
We sat a while longer, soaking up the sun, feeling as free as two people could on this earth.
After a while, I turned over to face him.
“I think it’s time,” I said.
He stared at me for a moment, and then smiled.
“You’re sure?”
I nodded.
“As long as you are,” I said. “If you still want to.”
“You already know the answer to that,” he said.
He grabbed my hands.
“You’re gonna have to stand, though,” he said. “If we’re going to do this properly.”
He stood up and helped pull me to my feet. Then he fished around in his pocket until he found the small black box.
He fell to his knees.
My heart fluttered.
He looked up at me and smiled. And I suddenly felt that a woman couldn’t love a man as much as I loved Daniel Brightman.
“Cinnamon Peters,” he said. “My headstrong, fiery, pie-baking beauty, will you marry me?”
He popped open the black box and the ring glittered brightly.
I took a deep breath.
Geronimo.
About the Author
Meg Muldoon writes cozy fiction mysteries. She enjoys bourbon bread pudding, red cowboy boots, and craft glue guns.
She lives in central Oregon with an Australian cattle dog named Huckleberry.
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Look for the third installment of the Christmas River series, Madness in Christmas River, in Fall 2013.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50