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    Candy Hearts: A Romantic Valentine’s Day Story
    Candy Hearts: A Romantic Valentine’s Day Story
    Candy Hearts: A Romantic Valentine’s Day Story
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    Candy Hearts: A Romantic Valentine’s Day Story

    By Rusty Fischer

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    Cara Styles is happy to be working at Snowflakes ‘N Scones on Valentine’s Day. At least it keeps her busy while she’s trying to get over her cheating, no-good, two-timing ex-boyfriend. It doesn’t hurt that her young coworker, Rory Fox, is doing everything he can to make this a Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget...

    This 4,175-word short story is 24 pages long.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRusty Fischer
    Release dateJan 25, 2014
    Candy Hearts: A Romantic Valentine’s Day Story
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    Rusty Fischer

    Rusty Fischer is a full-time freelance writer, multi-published ghostwriter and the author of dozens of published books across a variety of genres, from nonfiction to fiction, including his popular A Living Dead Love Story series from Medallion Press. Visit him at www.rustyfischer.com to read more!

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      Book preview

      Candy Hearts - Rusty Fischer

      Candy Hearts:

      A Valentine’s Day Story

      By Rusty Fischer, author of A Town Called Snowflake

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      Candy Hearts

      Rusty Fischer

      Copyright 2014 by Rusty Fischer

      Smashwords Edition

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      This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

      Cover credit: © Oleksandr Kotenko – Fotolia.com

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      Author’s Note:

      The following is a FREE short story edited by the author himself. If you see any glaring mistakes, I apologize and hope you don’t take it out on my poor characters, who had nothing to do with their author’s bad grammar! Happy reading… and happy holidays!

      Enjoy!

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      Candy Hearts:

      A Valentine’s Day Story

      How do we run out of candy hearts? I ask, voice a little high, tone a little tight, … on Valentine’s Day?

      Rory Cates, part-timer extraordinaire, he of the bushy mop of brown hair and adorable pug nose, flinches, a blush rising to his young cheeks.

      I-I-I, he stammers, "I mean, Cara, I thought we had plenty. It’s

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