Sometimes Life Just Needs a Little Plaid

Another Thursday already? Time flies! Today's excerpt is from Just a Little Romance. I know most people go to a casino to relax and have fun. I find myself far more fascinated by the security measures than I do the actual gaming. How about you? Do you look up at the ceiling and count the cameras? Do you look for the ones that are hidden? Can you guess just who in the crowd around you is undercover security?

Summary: Valentine's Day isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you're alone and working in the midst of happy (and unhappy) couples in a casino. Jeremiah is stuck between working a double shift, loneliness, his best friend's little sister out to snare him, and a wish for a little romance. Little does he know that the dreaded "holiday" just might end up a little better than expected.

( Here it is. I’m just gearing up for that magical weekend when love is in the air and sex is in every elevator we’ve got. )

Congratulations to Shanna - she was the winner of my February Contest and has already received her copy of Just a Little Romance.

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I'm pleased to say that Fallen Angel Reviews has posted reviews on 4 of my short stories. Follow the links for the full review or view the short versions that follow:

( Review for Bridge of Dreams )
( Review for Brush with Desire )
( Review for Business Before Pleasure )
( Review for Just a Little Romance )

So I was perusing madeleineurban 's latest posting and saw she had a review by elisa_rolle for "The Proposition" which is a story in Mr. Right Now .

So I happily pop off to read and was stunned to realize "Hey, Elisa mentions "Odds Are" too!

Color me giddy. That's my first review on a published story.

Quoted here:

"I like this story but I'm also a pretty sad that there is not and [sic] happily ever after for Rick and Jonah... As I read Jonah, he would be a perfect partner for Rick."

Thank you very much, Elisa.

There's been two common threads in comments I've received from "Odds Are". Top of the list was that people wanted to hear more about Jonah's gambling grandmother and also like you, they wanted a hint of what the future held for Rick and Jonah.

So, in celebration of my first review on a published story here's an excerpt from a story that should have been finished already were it not for my right wrist being semi-immobilised in this pesky arm brace.

( Just a Little Romance - Excerpt )