Once again, Nathan anticipated an expression of dismay, but Celeste merely nodded and asked where the rental car agency was located. “Sorry, hon, but there aren’t going to be any more flights in or out tonight, unless Santa himself shows up with a sleigh and eight flying reindeer.” “You must be Celeste Bell, the passenger scheduled to continue on to New York,” Patty deduced.
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Patty squinted at him and puckered her lips to one side, as if she wasn’t quite buying his answer, but fortunately, she moved on to question his traveling companion, who still appeared a little peaked. If I’m lucky, they’ll break the news to the public so I won’t have to, he thought. In turn, together the two of them would tell the rest of the board members the outcome. And Nathan had no intention of telling anyone else, including his staff, about the outcome of the meeting until he’d called the board president, Mark Gilchrist, tomorrow. The staff and islanders knew he’d applied for a grant, but they had no idea how big or how crucial the monetary award was. Ironically, since Nathan had been at the garage having his tires rotated when the call came in, he was the last person to find out about the meeting-his mechanic told him.Īt least Nathan and the board of directors had been able to keep the center’s financial crisis under wraps after the death of their major benefactor. So, thirty minutes after the rep phoned last week to invite him to a meeting, virtually everyone on the island, including his daughter, knew he was going to Boston to today. However, the community center’s receptionist, Samantha, had a bad habit of sharing the information she gleaned when screening Nathan’s calls, and rumors on the island spread faster than the common cold. They shouldn’t have even known he was meeting with the foundation rep to discuss the grant application in the first place. Not just because he was putting a falsely positive spin on his meeting, but also because Patty, along with all the other residents on Sea Spray Island, had no idea how much was really at stake. They said our proposal was strong, and they’ll let us know the final outcome sometime after Christmas.”Īlthough Nathan’s statement was technically true, he felt a twinge of guilt for misleading her. Instead, he opened the door and the wind pushed her inside.Īlmost immediately they were greeted by one of the five IslandSky employees who lived on the island.
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She looked so downcast he had a fleeting urge to wrap his arm around her. Nathan’s coat hit her legs just below her knees and her hands disappeared within its sleeves. As she trudged toward the terminal, she kept her chin tucked to her chest, her ponytail flailing wildly above her head. Nathan waited to take it and then had to jog to catch up. “You’re going to need this.” He handed her his overcoat, half expecting her to refuse it, but she nodded compliantly and put it on.Īs if in a daze, she disembarked the plane before Gary had a chance to retrieve her carry-on from stowage. She’d been so sympathetic when he’d mentioned his meeting with the foundation, he wanted to reciprocate her kindness. When the plane finally rolled to a stop and the cabin lights came on, Nathan noticed Celeste was trembling. But tis the season…Įnjoy an exclusive excerpt from Celebration at Christmas Cove Thawing their frozen hearts and saving the community center will require a Christmas miracle. When he meets Celeste, Nathan begins to feel a connection and wonders if he’s brave enough to risk his heart once more. Nathan is entirely focused on making sure that his daughter has a happy Christmas, especially with the knowledge that if he can’t raise money for the community center soon, it will close and they’ll have to leave the island. She just doesn’t feel like celebrating.īut that’s exactly what community center executive director Nathan White and his young daughter, Abigail, want to do. Single and still mourning the loss her mother a year earlier, Celeste is desperate to avoid any emotional entanglements and all holiday festivities.
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