Good Husband Material
As Natalie Briggs looped her name badge around her neck, she casually checked out the remaining badges on the table.Casually, until she saw the one that read Josh Carlson. Then she had to swallow hard and look away, hoping her panic wasn't obvious. How was this possible?
Her friend Melissa had assured her Josh wouldn't come. He'd made partner a couple of years ago at the Houston law firm he'd been working for since he got his law degree. That meant he didn't have time for a silly class reunion.
She didn't bear him malice, really. But it would be so awkward seeing him after all these years.
"Natalie!"
She found herself scooped into a bear hug by a five-foot-two tornado. Though Natalie couldn't see the tornado's face, she knew it was Melissa Bailey Pelton, the only person in tiny Camden, Texas, she'd kept in touch with over the last several years.
With her mounds of bright red hair—always completely out of control—and mischievous green eyes, Melissa had an eternal youthfulness about her that would probably still be with her when she was a hundred. "Natalie, you look fabulous! I can't believe you actually came!"
"I told you I was coming, didn't I?" Th ... read full excerpt from Good Husband Material ebook
