For your Teaser Tuesday, here’s another peek at single-mom Sarah Lindstrom from The Sheriff’s Son:

If one more straw would snap the camel’s back, as Daddy used to say, then one more debt, one more unplanned doctor visit, one more call from Kevin’s school ought to bring down a whole herd of cattle.

The thought of her son made her sigh again. It was only a few weeks into the new school year, and in that short time, he’d given her more grief than in all seven years of his life combined.

At the sound of the bell over the door, she glanced at the clock. The Bookies had arrived a bit early.

She smoothed the loose curls escaping from her braid, ran a hand over the front of her dress and smiled. Nowadays, besides reading, her only form of entertainment came from The Book Cellar’s novel discussion group, an assortment of local women ranging from former schoolteachers to ranch wives to several of her own stay-at-home-mom friends.

Halfway through the office doorway into the large, overflowing bookstore, she froze. Her mouth hung open, the greeting she’d intended to call out shriveling on her tongue, sliding back down her throat, curdling in her stomach.

Her “one more straw” had arrived.

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The Sheriff’s Son, my first book, is being reissued in larger print, as well as a new e-book format. Both editions are now available for pre-order exclusively at Harlequin.

The original version of the book is still available at your favorite e-tailers, including Amazon.

To read the opening of The Sheriff’s Son, check out the previous post!

Thanks for stopping by.

All my best,

Barbara