Sending out Happy Mother’s Day wishes in advance to anyone who fills this very special role in someone’s life!
If ever a mother deserved some extra love and attention, it would be Sarah, the struggling single mom and heroine of my first published book, The Sheriff’s Son. I hope you enjoy reading a bit about her and the latest crisis in her complicated life.
From the book cover:
Why Is Tanner Jones Back In Town?
Seven-year-old Kevin has been a handful for single mom Sarah Lindstrom, and when the new sheriff walks through her door holding her son by the scruff of his neck for egging his car, she knows she’s lost control. But can she control herself—and keep the secret she’s kept for so many years?
Tanner Jones has no idea Kevin is his son—he lost the right to that information when he abandoned Sarah soon after graduation. Just because he’s back in town doesn’t mean he can waltz into her life—and Kevin’s—to pick up where they left off. But Sarah can’t deny the feelings she still harbors for Tanner, and can’t deny how her son is benefiting from his attentions.
When Tanner finds out the truth, what is he going to do?
Excerpt
The eeny-meeny-miny-mo approach to paying bills wouldn’t keep creditors from her door much longer. Sarah Lindstrom sighed, planted her elbows on the desk and buried her face in her hands.
What she wouldn’t do for some matches or a fireplace. But the only bookstore in Dillon, Texas, wasn’t the place to find either of those things, even if she were dumb enough to resort to drastic measures. Burning the bills would only add to her problems, not solve them.
If one more straw would snap the camel’s back, as Daddy used to say, then one more debt, one more unplanned doctor visit, one more call from Kevin’s school ought to bring down a whole herd of cattle.
The thought of her son made her sigh again. It was only a few weeks into the new school year, and in that short time, he’d given her more grief than in all seven years of his life combined.
At the sound of the bell over the door, she glanced at the clock. The Bookies had arrived a bit early. She smoothed the loose curls escaping from her braid, ran a hand over the front of her dress and smiled. Nowadays, besides reading, her only form of entertainment came from The Book Cellar’s novel discussion group, an assortment of local women ranging from former schoolteachers to ranch wives to several of her own stay-at-home-mom friends.
Halfway through the office doorway into the large, overflowing bookstore, she froze. Her mouth hung open, the greeting she’d intended to call out shriveling on her tongue, sliding back down her throat, curdling in her stomach.
Her “one more straw” had arrived.
Tanner Jones seemed to fill her vision, standing taller and more broad-shouldered than she ever remembered, but looking, unfortunately, all too familiar. Except for the deputy sheriff’s badge decorating his chest and the gun resting on his hip.
A frown rumpled his brow and his hand gripped the back of a bright blue T-shirt, pulling up with just enough pressure to keep the boy inside the shirt dancing on tiptoe.
A single mother’s worst nightmare. Doubled.
The son she never wanted to see in trouble.
The man she’d once loved. Once lost. And never wanted to see again.
Find the book
Amazon http://bit.ly/2KtsszvJ
Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sheriffs-son-barbara-white-daille/1007881628?ean=9781460369876
Books-a-Million https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Sheriffs-Son/Barbara-White-Daille/Q116488734?id=6188230701440
Harlequin https://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=55991
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-sheriff-s-son-10
About Barbara
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara also loves writing, reading, and chocolate. You can find her books, blog, and newsletter signup here:
https://www.barbarawhitedaille.com
Best,
Barbara
Heartwarming characters…hometown charm
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Barbara White Daille
2 years agoThanks for sharing The Sheriff’s Son here at Coffee Time Romance!
Sarah and Tanner’s story will always be near and dear to my heart, and I appreciate the chance to have new readers learn about this couple – and of course, Kevin. 😉
Happy Mother’s Day again in advance to anyone celebrating this very special day.