Coming Home
Chapter One
CHANTELLE transferred the last bag of groceries into the boot and closed it, then she
returned the shopping trolley to a nearby bay. Minutes later she eased her mother's Lexus out
from the car park and joined the flow of traffic heading north.
Handling left-hand drive after a four-year absence didn't pose any problems at all, and she slid
her sunglasses down to shade her eyes from the glare of the midsummer sun as she headed
towards Sovereign Islands, a top-end luxury residential estate on Queensland's Gold Coast,
comprising numerous waterways where boats and cruisers lay moored adjacent waterfront
homes.
It was an idyllic setting, and she approved of her parents' move from their frenetic Sydney
lifestyle. Mother and stepfather, she mentally corrected, although Jean-Paul had taken on the
role of father when she'd been nine years old. Too long ago for her to regard him as anything
other than a much-loved parent.
The past few years had wrought several changes, she reflected musingly.
Who would have thought at twenty-four she'd have thr ... read full excerpt from A Christmas Marriage Ultimatum ebook
