Please help me welcome Tina Gayle to my blog. Summer’s Growth is the 1st Book in the “Family
Tree” series.
After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.
Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.
Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.
Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.
Can these two women achieve their goals?
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Excerpt:
Standing by the bay window in the front room, Mattie watched
the car approach. Her new recruit’s arrival had goose bumps popping out on
Mattie’s skin, adding to her anxieties.
She wanted to run, but instead glanced at the kindhearted
spirit of Opal, her distant grandmother. Dressed in her best early American
gown, the many layers of her petticoat swished with a soft hiss when she moved.
“There’s no reason to be nervous. Once you meet Amber, you’ll
see she caps the climax,” Opal voiced in a soothing tone. “Your Aunt Rachel is
absolutely thrilled to have a descendant from her branch of the family as
keeper.”
Looking beyond her at the rest of the room, Mattie searched
for the other members of the family council. They always offered her their
support when she faced a big decision. Yet, today they were conspicuously
absent.
“Don’t worry. The whole family is behind you. We just thought
it better if we didn’t all hover.”
Shifting from foot to foot, she wrung her hands together. A
simple process of a changing of the guard for them, Amber’s arrival marked the
end of the life Mattie loved.
The beautiful spirits around her didn’t understand how cruel
humans could be to each other. What if she screwed up and the girl left? Or the
girl hated living with a house full of spirits?
Unease pricked at Mattie’s mind. She had no experience in
dealing with strangers. All her business associates understood her likes and
didn’t force her to attend any social events.
A quick glance out the window, and a car rounded the
fountain. She wasn’t prepared to entertain Amber. How could she be? She never
invited guests to the estate.
“Now, Pumpkin, there’s no need to worry. It’s time another
branch of the family realize what a pain it is to be keeper.” Opal smiled,
offering her special form of reassurance. “We’re all here to help with the
transition.”
The high notes of Beethoven’s Fifth sprang from the piano.
Mattie jumped in surprise at the sudden noise. She whipped around to see Uncle
Samuel, the artist of the family, standing next to the piano.
“The game is afoot.” He arched his eyebrows and grinned, then
disappeared.
“I’d better leave.” Her aunt patted Mattie’s shoulder. “Just
remember, the girl is uneasy too.”
Opal disappeared.
With a deep breath, Mattie turned and gripped the cold metal
knob in her hand.
Soon her home would belong
to a stranger, and then what would she do?
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