Falling for His Proper Mistress (2010)
“Well, almost everything, Guy Jarrod amended as he strode into the cobbled square that lay at the heart of Aspen’s famous Jarrod Ridge resort.
Erica Prentice, his newly discovered half sister, had sprung the unwelcome news on the family at breakfast this morning that Art Lloyd, one of the Food and Wine Gala speakers, had called yesterday to cancel his appearance because of a bad bout of influenza. Apart from the minor headache of finding someone to replace Art, the annual festival was on track a...nd the tall, snowy-white marquees that lined the square on three sides hummed with activity.
If his old man had been here, even he would’ve admitted that the spectacle was impressive.
Heaviness pressed down on Guy’s heart. Don Jarrod, his father—and an Aspen legend—was gone. Forever. Yet Jarrod Ridge remained a monument to his father’s life’s work.
A large shadow floated over Guy. Squinting skyward, he saw awestruck faces peering down at him from baskets that hung below brightly hued balloons drifting lazily across the morning sky.MoreLess
Erica Prentice, his newly discovered half sister, had sprung the unwelcome news on the family at breakfast this morning that Art Lloyd, one of the Food and Wine Gala speakers, had called yesterday to cancel his appearance because of a bad bout of influenza. Apart from the minor headache of finding someone to replace Art, the annual festival was on track a...nd the tall, snowy-white marquees that lined the square on three sides hummed with activity.
If his old man had been here, even he would’ve admitted that the spectacle was impressive.
Heaviness pressed down on Guy’s heart. Don Jarrod, his father—and an Aspen legend—was gone. Forever. Yet Jarrod Ridge remained a monument to his father’s life’s work.
A large shadow floated over Guy. Squinting skyward, he saw awestruck faces peering down at him from baskets that hung below brightly hued balloons drifting lazily across the morning sky.MoreLess
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