Snippet Sunday – Nuts in the family tree #MFRWauthor #contemporaryromance

Hi, Readers! Hope you’re having a lovely Easter, if you celebrate it.

For the last Snippet Sunday of the month, I’m sharing a clip from Family Matters. In this story, the heroine often needs to jump in to rescue a family member—especially her scheming uncle:

The amusement park had closed down during her high-school days and the rides had ceased running years before that. Still, the sight of Rainbow’s End stirred many of her childhood memories. A great many of which, she’d rather forget.

Swallowing hard, she did her best to hold back a groan. “What do you want with an old amusement park, anyhow? Did you even discuss this with Gran first?”

“Sure, I did, and she’s jumped on the deal with me—”

“No.” This time, her groan escaped despite her effort to contain it. “Please tell me you didn’t coerce her—”

“Kerry.”

She tried to ignore his jaw-sagging expression of hurt. He was the man of a million faces, and who knew which ones you could trust?

“What do you take me for?” he went on. “Of course, I didn’t twist your gran’s arm. Joining in was all her own idea.” He grinned and added, “Besides, you know she won’t do anything she doesn’t have a mind to do.”

“True enough.” She tried a smile, feeling her face stretch like a newly framed canvas. “So. What exactly is your plan?”

“Rejuvenation!” he cried in the tones of a snake-oil salesman. “Revitalization! Resurrection! Put another way, we’re going to bring Rainbow’s End back to life.”

“Not if that hotheaded lawyer kills it.” The image of Matt’s dark eyes was enough to make her shiver. This time, she wasn’t sure why.

“Ah, now, Kerry, me girl, you’ll not be doubting your Uncle Brendan?”

The accentuated lilt in his voice gave him away. Gran always said Uncle Bren became more Irish than the Irish when he had something cooking. How could his own mother, knowing him so well, have fallen for his crazy scheme?

But of course, Gran was another unsteady branch on the MacBride family tree.