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    Kindling Friendships
    Kindling Friendships
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    Kindling Friendships

    By Veronica Purcell

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    Contemporary Fiction, Suspense

    An ordinary evening turns tragic in an instant.

    Moving to a new town is difficult enough, but when an ordinary get together turns into a tragic event, calling a place home becomes even more challenging.

    To Alan and Anne, newcomers to a small town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, making friends was proving a challenge.  Then, Stephen and Jane move in across the street and Anne takes the opportunity to invite them over one night for coffee.  The biggest snowstorm in years doesn’t stop the evening from happening, but the bad weather is the least of their worries. 

    A relaxing evening turns into a night none of them will ever forget.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoyal Oaks Publishing
    Release dateMay 13, 2016
    ISBN9780994048912
    Kindling Friendships
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    Veronica Purcell

    V.A. Purcell lives on the South Shore of Nova Scotia with her husband Gerry and their Standard Poodle, Griffyn. She is the author of the novels Rogue Wave, The Blue Portal Book Two; Tendrils, The Blue Portal Book One, and the novella, Kindling Friendships. Visit her at www.vapurcell.com

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      Book preview

      Kindling Friendships - Veronica Purcell

      By

      Veronica A. Purcell

      Curly Cue Ruth

      Kindling Friendships

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2015 Veronica A. Purcell

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or a portion thereof, in any form except for the use of brief quotations in articles or reviews. This book may not be resold or uploaded for distribution to others.

      This is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, distilleries or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

      Cover Design: Robin Bourque

      Cover Photos: Charles Doucet

      E-book Formatter: Lucinda Campbell

      ISBN-978-0-9940489-1-2

      To Gerry,

      my real life hero.

      Acknowledgements

      Curly Cue Ruth

      ––––––––

      To Tom and Janet Davis for their friendship and support. I wish everyone had the good fortune to have neighbors like them.

      To my family and friends who read my manuscript, thank you for your encouragement and suggestions.

      To Mike and his team at SystemCare, thanks for all you did to get me back home again.

      To the Pleasantville Fire Department and surrounding fire departments for all their efforts to save my home.

      To my editor, Pat Thomas for helping me turn an idea into a story.

      KINDLING FRIENDSHIPS

      Curly Cue Ruth

      ––––––––

      It’s funny how my brain makes sense of information that it collects – mine made all sorts of crazy connections when I heard the strange sounds coming from the mudroom that evening. They distracted me from the conversation I wanted to have with my new neighbours because I couldn’t figure out what was causing them.

      At first, I thought the popping noises were from something in the oven, but I dismissed that idea because I wasn’t cooking anything. Then, I had the bizarre idea that it was icicles falling off the eaves trough onto the ground. Finally, when I’d exhausted all the explanations that flitted through my mind, I got up to investigate.

      You need to know I’m from Toronto, Ontario. Born and bred there. It’s where all the members of my family live, including my children and grandchildren. Knowing that, you might wonder why I am living here on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

      It’s because of my husband, Alan. He’s an East Coast boy. It was always his dream to come home to the South Shore of Nova Scotia. So, when the opportunity to buy his

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