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    Closer Than They Appear
    Closer Than They Appear
    Closer Than They Appear
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    Closer Than They Appear

    By Sabrina Jeffries

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    He's sexy, Scottish, and too good to be true.
    That's the problem.

    David Crogan's got the voice, the looks, the charm, and he loves to read. Mossy Creek librarian Hannah Longstreet can't resist that combination, though it's the first time in years this single mom has let her guard down. She allows herself to be romanced by the handsome, if mysterious, photographer, who's in town for a few weeks to photograph Mossy Creek's colorful people and places. But just when she's about to toss all caution to the wind, she finds out who he really is. And his real purpose will break her heart.



    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBelleBooks
    Release dateSep 22, 2014
    ISBN9781611945317
    Closer Than They Appear
    Author

    Sabrina Jeffries

    Sabrina Jeffries is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of several Regency-set historical romance series, including the Royal Brotherhood, the School for Heiresses, the Hellions of Halstead Hall, the Duke’s Men, and the Sinful Suitors. When she’s not writing in a coffee-fueled haze, she’s traveling with her husband, caring for her adult autistic son, or indulging in one of her passions: jigsaw puzzles, chocolate, music, and costume parties. With more than nine million books in print in twenty languages, the North Carolina author never regrets tossing aside a budding career in academics for the sheer joy of writing fun fiction and hopes that one day a book of hers will end up saving the world. She always dreams big.

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    Closer Than They Appear - Sabrina Jeffries

    The Mossy Creek

    Hometown Novels

    Mossy Creek

    Reunion in Mossy Creek

    Summer in Mossy Creek

    Blessings of Mossy Creek

    A Day in Mossy Creek

    At Home in Mossy Creek

    Critters of Mossy Creek

    Homecoming in Mossy Creek

    Closer Than They Appear

    A Mossy Creek Short Story

    by

    Sabrina Jeffries

    Belle Rabbit Books

    Copyright

    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events or locations is entirely coincidental.

    Belle Rabbit Books

    PO BOX 300921

    Memphis, TN 38130

    Print ISBN: 978-1-61194-531-7

    Belle Rabbit Books is an imprint of BelleBooks, Inc.

    Copyright © 2007 by Sabrina Jeffries

    Printed and bound in the United States of America.

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

    This short story was previously published in a collective novel, At Home in Mossy Creek by BelleBooks in 2007

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    Cover design: Debra Dixon

    Interior design: Hank Smith

    Photo/Art credits:

    Girl at field © Vladimir Nikulin | Dreamstime.com

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    A Note to Readers

    This story is closely connected to the Mossy Creek small town world developed by BelleBooks. As such, it contains a few references to characters and stories from that world. The series is a wonderful compilation of ongoing tales about the town (some of them romances), and this particular piece is part of a volume in which a Cirque de Soleil type traveling group gets stranded in Mossy Creek on Valentine’s Day. So if you like my complete romance tale between Hannah the librarian and a photographer new in town, you should definitely check out the Mossy Creek books! They’re some of my very favorites.

    Closer Than They Appear

    HE’S HEADED THIS way, Mrs. Longstreet, my intern Linda Polk announced from the glass front door, which she was supposed to be cleaning. He’s, like, three blocks away now.

    I scowled at her from behind the circulation desk. He who?

    You know who. Linda faced me with a self-satisfied smile. Mr. Crogan has a thing for you, you know. That’s why he comes here after he’s done for the day.

    He comes here because he likes to read, I said firmly as I keyed in an interlibrary loan request and tried to ignore the silly skip in my pulse. He comes here because there’s little else to do in Mossy Creek at night at the Hamilton House Inn. To my knowledge, it doesn’t have cable.

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