#tuesdayTease 5.7.2024

Since LOVE MATCH will be releasing in 2 weeks (!) I figured I’d do a little tease for it today to whet your reading appetites.

Here’s a little motivation as to why Cody is such a playa…

She nodded. “So. You were out with the Canterbury girl last night.” The way she said it had the hairs on his forearms jumping to attention.

“Oh? Who’d you hear that from?”

She flipped her fingers in the air. “Just someone who happened to be at The Love Shack the same time you were.”

Mentally, his eyes dragged around the bar to try and remember who could have spotted, then reported, to his mother on his whereabouts. She had her spies everywhere around town.

“Katie’s a sweet girl,” he said.

“Yes. She is. A girl, that is. Has she even graduated from college yet?”

It took everything in him not to toss her a snide comeback. He knew his mother. His divorce had devastated her. Almost as much as it had him. The difference was she wanted him to get married again, while he was content to be single the rest of his life and just simply play the field as long as he could, which he hoped would be until he was six feet under.

Dating girls who were much younger than he was, who were only looking to be taken out and treated good by a guy without any of the happily-ever-after notions front and center was a plan that was fitting him nicely. The one drawback was his mother’s persistent disregard for his playboy – as much as you could be one in a small town – persona.

“Yes, Mom, she did,” he responded after taking a swig of beer. “With a degree in nursing, too. But you know that since her mom’s in your book club. I’m sure Mrs. Canterbury has mentioned how proud she is of her daughter and her new job over at Holy Mother of God Hospital.”

Sally bit down on her lip. Two could play at this spy thing. Katie had told him last night their mothers were in the same club that met every Tuesday night. She offered that she thought they didn’t read and discuss a book as much as drink wine, eat cookies, and gossip about everyone in town.

That sounded right up his mom’s alley.

 “It’s just that she’s so, so…” She shrugged.

“Nice? Sweet? Pretty?”

“Young. She’s almost half your age, Cody.”

Okay, she wasn’t wrong. Forty to Katie’s twenty-three was a bit of a stretch. But it wasn’t like he was going to marry her or forge a life with her. They were friends. Simply having some fun, a few laughs over drinks and dinner. And if that progressed to friends with some benefits, well that was his business and Katie’s.

“I just don’t want to see her hurt,” his mother said.

“Why would she be hurt? Katie knows the score. I’m very up-front with all the girls I date. They know from the get-go that I’m not looking to get married again. Been there; bought the t-shirt.”

Got my heart broken he kept to himself.

Intrigued? Hee hee. You can preorder/order it a few ways:

Through my webstore, where you’ll get an autographed print copy. Of course, this is my favorite way because you get it directly from me, no middleman, and you get presents from me when you order, too, LOL!

Through Amazon for print or kindle/ku

Oh, and if you’re wondering how I picture Cody Fonda in my head when I’m writing, here ya go: