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    Artful Dodger: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories #3)
    Artful Dodger: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories #3)
    Artful Dodger: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories #3)
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    Artful Dodger: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories #3)

    By Wendy Lynn Clark

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    Shy Kat bares her secrets to arrogant photographer Talon...

    Five years ago, Katelina knew what it was like to be hidden in plain sight. But she never dreamed it was possible to change - until a strange connection binds her to the uncompromising photographer. Now an adult, she is shocked to find her feelings haven't changed.

    And neither have his...

    ARTFUL DODGER is the third in a series of new short stories set around the crisp green San Juan Islands in Northwestern Washington. Refreshing as an iced vanilla latte and local as a salad with Ranch dressing and sesame seeds, these stories capture the essence that every journey - no matter how far - is truly about finding your way back home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWendy Lynn Clark
    Release dateSep 10, 2013
    ISBN9780989692021
    Artful Dodger: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories #3)
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    Wendy Lynn Clark

    Wendy Lynn Clark is an award-winning author of contemporary and science fiction romance. She loves snuggling with her cats, drinking tea, and hiking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Find out more at wendylynnclark.com.

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      Artful Dodger - Wendy Lynn Clark

      Artful Dodger

      San Juan Island Stories #3

      by

      Wendy Lynn Clark

      Smashwords Edition

      *****

      Published on Smashwords by:

      Wendy Lynn Clark Publishing

      PO Box 1993

      Vancouver, WA 98668

      wendy@wendylynnclark.com

      San Juan Island Stories #3: Artful Dodger

      Copyright 2013 Wendy Lynn Clark

      ISBN13: 978-0-9896920-2-1

      ISBN10: 0989692027

      This estory is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This estory may not be used for any purpose other than enjoyment. If you would like to share this estory with another person like your mom or your book club or your psychic advisor (who already knows), please preface it with your estimation of exactly how much enjoyment you think they will receive from reading it. (Somewhere above a 7 on a scale of 1-11 is fine). If you're reading this estory and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, I hope that you support your local library. With your wallet. And not just to reach in and pull out your library card. In fact, please buy this story for your local library. Buy every story for your local library. Think of the children and the elderly who might not enjoy the same advantages you do, you successful, healthy, attractive-looking adult you. Thanks for respecting the awesome.

      Artful Dodger is a short [13,000-word] story about: Just before her five-year reunion, a woman's high school crush uncovers her very adult secret.

      Table of Contents

      Artful Dodger

      Thank You

      Acknowledgements

      Biography

      What's Next?

      As Katelina Archer rode the crowded glass elevator to the top of the Seattle Space Needle, a broken camera strap in her hand and the $6.95 in her bank account not nearly enough to replace it, a familiar tingling grew at the base of her spine.

      He was here.

      In a city of over half a million, at a landmark visited by twice that, on the very day she had lost her job and her apartment and her way in the world, the universe had granted her one unspoken request.

      To see him.

      She tugged her sleeves over her wrists and smoothed the turtleneck up to her chin as she circumnavigated the inner disc. The last days of an Indian summer shone on the tall panes of outwardly tilted, polarized glass. She stepped onto the wind-whipped rim.

      Warmth in her spine intensified like someone had clicked on a halogen.

      He stood with his back to her, leaning at the curved railing over the far edge of the world. His elbow rested on a viewfinder; his other hand hung loose in his fitted slacks pocket. His hair, which used to be slicked back like a blond banker, now tousled every which way, helpless against the same wind that lifted her own loose strands and lashed them against her face.

      She wrangled the escaped locks into a rubber band with practiced fingers and tested the thickness of her foundation at the hairline. Supple and unbroken, concealing what lay beneath. Because it was so windy, she tucked her ponytail into her soft hood and cinched the tie. Just to be safe.

      Then she raised her camera. Against the duller, muted colors, he popped from the landscape like the only three-dimensional object.

      He glanced to his left.

      She twisted the lenses to focus on his patrician nose and clicked the f-stop needle until his sharp eyebrows slashed dark against his pale skin.

      The shutter snapped.

      She wound the film to the next blank image, cranking the long lever with her thumb.

      He shifted.

      She took three more in quick succession.

      A teen jostled him without apologizing. He moved out of her scope.

      She lowered the camera.

      He followed the curve of the rail into the inner deck's tinted glass.

      She sidled next to the teen and placed her feet in his invisible cooling footprints, standing exactly where she imagined he had stood. Below, the miniature city inched out in all directions, sharply in focus. Easy to reach. Easy to conquer.

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