Book Snippets;

This one from June Flower - 8th and Final Book of The Dandelions Series"Okay, hand me that wrench," Ricky said to his son.
Seventeen-year-old Eric Kino reached for the wrench while still holding the heavy wooden beam in place. Scooping it up, he handed it to his father.
Ricky quickly tightened the bolts. They were about half-way finished with the Saturday project, which was to build a new swing set and play gym in the backyard of the Kino family homestead.
The old one had long been torn apart by three rough-housing boys. The only thing left of it had been one of the swings which Taylor used even to this day when she was being melancholy, as young teen girls had a tendency to be. Shelley insisted it was time for a new one. Sophia would be three in May and the new babies were fifteen-months old and needing something fun and safe to play on when they were at Grandma's house. And so, the elaborate play set was today's project.
Currently, Joey was at Ameritech handling some logistics. Mark, JoJo and Logan were hard at work putting together one of the slides that would attach to the end of the swing set. Shelley had placed herself in charge of the landscaping that surrounded the new equipment. Eric lugged large green plants back and forth as Shelley tried to figure out the perfect spot to place them.
Ricky gave the last bolt a final twist and nodded at his son. "Go ahead and hang the swings and double check the ones with the safety straps for the babies."
"Gotcha," young Eric said.
Ricky smiled as Bree approached. The world revered her. Men fantasized about her. He was one of them. He thanked his lucky stars every day that he'd pushed past her meager defenses and awakened her to the love they shared.
"What are you grinning about?" she asked as she kissed him lightly on the mouth.
"Can't help but smile when I see you," he admitted, snaking his arm around her waist and pulling her in close. "Have I told you lately how much I love you?"
"Not in the past four hours."
He gazed into her eyes. "I'm more in love with you now than I was eighteen years ago on the day you drugged Jeff and tried to make a deal with the bad guys."
She laughed. "Will you ever let me forget that?"
"No and you know why? Because your toughness has always been a turn on for me." He let his hand slip down to the back of her hip and press softly.
"Geez, you guys, will you get a room?" young Eric complained.
Mark, JoJo and Logan snickered as they maneuvered the slide into place.