Christmas in Smithville by Kirsten Fullmer

He shrugged, then straightened and shoved one hand in the front pocket of his jeans. Do they train you on this stuff at the police academy?” What do you do when you meet someone on the street, and you know intimate details about their personal life?” She waited, but he just pumped the paint rollers up and down in the water, so she tried again. “It’s true though, especially with your job. “Don’t be embarrassed,” Gloria said, feeling bad for him. Frustrated, he stopped talking and turned back to the water bucket. “I… I d-didn’t mean… I-I w-wasn’t…” His stutterĪlways got much worse when he was upset.

“Oh, I’m sure you don’t know which guys in town burp at the table, who is connected at the hip to their momma, or who snores-” The words chopped off and it was his turn to blush. Ned’s laughter rang out into the workshop. “Of course, I’ve forgotten all about those guys…” She faltered, her words fading away and her cheeks burning red under her freckles. “Given my past, I know-” She stopped, realizing what she was saying. “Yeah, okay, the baby was kind of a big deal,” he conceded, “Usually, I just end up learning w-way more about people than I want to know.”

Ned reached out to take her paint roller. “Well, baking a casserole is one thing, but-” “When the time comes and work needs doing, folks like us st-step up.” “I can’t believe you delivered a baby by the side of the road. Gloria stared at him, her eyes wide in fascination. “Then I just had to wr-wrap the baby up and hand her to her mother,” Ned said as he dropped his paint roller in the bucket of hot water. Fall in love and be swept away with the Christmas Eve celebration of your dreams. Your favorite characters from the Hometown Series bring craziness, love, and Smithville Christmas style, to a whole new romance about overcoming your past and sharing your deepest secrets. It looks like the upcoming Christmas Pageant will offer him the opportunity to spend time with her, but can he overcome a frustrating stutter and talk to her, face to face? Ned has heard all the gossip, but being the Sheriff’s Deputy, he sees all the kind things Gloria does behind the scenes for the folks of Smithville. Now that she wants to make a fresh start, will Smithville give her a second chance? Sure, she may have dressed a little flashy and dated pretty much every single guy in town, but that’s the past. Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, RomanceĮven though Gloria is determined to change her reputation, most of the women in town still think she’s a tramp.

Christmas in Smithville by Kirsten Fullmer