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    All In
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    All In

    By Alexandria Blaelock

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    Do Cinderella slippers come in Chelsea boots?
    Rosa Velázquez. Heroine. Ran into a burning building. Twice.
    Jude Webb. Bespoke shoemaker. Believes his life is complicated enough.
    Is Rosa brave enough to take a chance on Jude?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlueMere Books
    Release dateApr 12, 2022
    ISBN9781922744289
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    Alexandria Blaelock

    Alexandria Blaelock writes stories, some of them for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. She's also written four self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters like getting dressed, cleaning house, and feeding your friends. As a recovering Project Manager, she’s probably too fond of sticking to plan. She lives in a forest because she enjoys birdsong, the scent of gum leaves and the sun on her face. When not telecommuting to parallel universes from her Melbourne based imagination, she watches K-dramas, talks to animals, and drinks Campari. At the same time. Discover more at www.alexandriablaelock.com.

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      Rosa Velázquez forced herself up the last five steps, and believing the sound wouldn’t travel through the solid door at the top, stood panting on the red brick landing.

      Her thighs ached, and her feet screamed in agony.

      God, she was out of shape.

      Would she ever be that fit again? With her feet that scarred, it didn’t seem likely.

      The door was plain, stained a rich jarrah red, with an old-fashioned black steel lever handle.

      And a tiny, handwritten tag in a black steel frame beside the door; Jude Webb, Bespoke Shoes.

      He was supposed to be the best in Melbourne.

      Which was why she’d climbed three flights of stairs to his Hardware Lane workshop.

      Despite her misgivings about the anonymous donation of his services.

      Quite frankly she was suspicious of both of him and her benefactor. Always assuming they were, in fact, different people.

      But her feet hurt with every step she took, and the lure of handmade shoes, with extra cushioning in the sole was too tempting to stand on her principles and refuse.

      She tapped on the door.

      No sound of acknowledgement came from within.

      She thumped it as hard as she could.

      Still nothing.

      Admittedly, her thumping barely made much more noise than her tapping.

      She pulled the handle down, leaned into it with

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