Walk-Ins Welcome by Sue C Dugan
Walk-Ins WelcomeSue C Dugan
Genre: Paranormal RomancePublisher: The Wild Rose PressDate of Publication: May 24, 2023ISBN:978-1-5092-4908-4Number of pages:336Word Count: 73,299Cover Artist: Kim Mendoza Tagline: True love repeats itself in unexpected ways Book Description:
Adult education teacher, Alison Larkin has a second chance at love after her husband is killed in a car accident. Her new love interest comes in the form of a 20-year old student called HB, whose reputation as a bad boy and poor student has everyone questioning her attraction to him. Alison finds him to be nothing like his reputation as a drug-dealer and trouble maker.
Although HB has few high school credits to his name, he is flying through the coursework in adult education. Alison learns she and HB share a memory of a dramatic rescue at a local amusement park.
HB has a secret he has yet to discover, but when he does, he must convince Alison to give him another chance at love.
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She put the flowerson the coffee table and moved her hand toward the sofa. He sat, and she didtoo. “Didn’t you have something you want to talk to me about?”
Momentarily, he couldn’t remember what it was.
“Did you forget?” Shegave him an encouraging smile. “So much has happened. It seems like ages ago.”
Then it came rushingback to him—Dr. Sims—the things he remembered and the yearbook pictures. He satwith his hands clasped and his head down, thinking. Was now the time to tellher? He jerked his head up. “I’m not sure this is a good time to tell you whatI know.”
She frowned. “Thatsounds serious.”
“It is and a bitweird too.”
She leaned forwardand clasped her hands together. “Why don’t you tell me, and I’ll decide howserious it is.”
HB shifted on thecouch, trying to find a comfortable position. Finding none, he straightened andlooked at her. “You know I felt like a different person when I came out of mycoma?”
Alison nodded butremained quiet.
“And I wrote aboutthe rescue at Cedar Springs?”
She remained stockstill.
“I started adding oneplus one, and I came up with something bizarre out there.”
Clearing her throat,Alison finally said, “You’re scaring me.”
He noisily let outhis breath. “I’ve been seeing a counselor, and he told me about one of hispatients, Ashton.” HB paused and rearranged his thoughts. “I talked to Ashton,who told me he had tried to kill himself but failed.”
“Oh, no!” Alisoncried. “Please don’t tell me you want to kill yourself!” She leaned forward andtried to grasp his hand.
“No, I want to liveagain!” He let her touch his fingers before pulling back. Althoughcontemplating suicide might be easier than telling Alison he was her deadhusband—Robert.
“Anyway,” HBswallowed, “Ashton told me about soul walk-ins.”
“What did you say?”Alison asked, alarm creasing her brow. “Wait!” She jumped up and hurried downthe hallway while he waited. He moved his forefinger over his thumb, wonderingwhat would make her leave like that.
She returned with asmall book, sat, and clutched it to her chest as if protecting it. Then,slowly, she eased the book onto her lap and opened it.
He murmured thetitle. “Communicating with the Dead… So you believe in that?”
“I don’t know what Ibelieve. But this book mentions walk-in souls and—”
“I think I haveRobert’s soul in my body,” he exclaimed before he could change his mind.
HB didn’t mean tointerrupt her, but it just happened. He couldn’t help it. He watched as
Alison’s eyes rolledback, and she slumped over.
“Alison?” He patted her hand and then her cheeks untilher eyes fluttered open.
“How…” She looked confused. “Why?What?” She fell back on the couch. “I don’t believe it,” she said with a shakeof her head, and her features turned stony. “I think you should leave.”
“What?” HB cried. “No! No. I’msorry!” Tears immediately filled his eyes. “I knew it was a bad time.”
“What a cruel and mean joke to playon me after what I’ve gone through!” Her eyes flashed with anger, something hecouldn’t pinpoint.
“I’ll let myself out.” He jumped up.He’d blown it with Alison, and she didn’t want to believe him. And he might nothave a chance to convince her.
Sue writes five-star LitPick novels that keep readers of all ages turning pages long into the night. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, attending author events, or walking her dogs. She’s has two children and five grandchildren. Snack wise, Sue is a salty-type gal, but wouldn’t say no to an occasional chocolate kiss or two! She isn’t sure she’s a reincarnated novelist, but if she was, she’d want to be Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, or Emily Brontë. When her novels are run through author comparison sites, she gets Anne Rice through Mark Twain—quite a wide spread which makes for interesting reading (Tom Sawyer was a Vampire?). Twitter: https://twitter.com/dugan_sue/
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