A Chance Encounter Stirred More Than Curiosity

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Enjoy this excerpt from The New Girl in Town - And Other Journeys Above and Below the Belt

I tried not to stare.

I even pretended to be drawn to a newly stocked bin of potatoes, so the other shoppers wouldn’t realize I was homesteading the aisle — watching her.

Maybe it was her shoulder-length chestnut hair, or her slender arms and trim waist. Or the fact that the contrast between her w...