Callie Endicott: Finally, A Family

He’s a world-famous photographer...

Setting his sights on a single mom!

Former fashion photographer Logan Kensington’s turning his lens on his new career as part owner of an expanding talent agency. First order of business: persuading Jessica Parrish to relocate her family-owned shop, a move she’s dead set against. But the spunky single mom’s making Logan view life differently, opening his eyes to a secret longing for a home and family...

As a kid, CALLIE ENDICOTThad her nose stuck in a book so often it frequently got her in trouble. The trouble hasn’t stopped—she keeps having to buy new bookshelves. Luckily ebooks don’t take up much space. Writing has been another help, since she’s usually on the computer creating stories instead of buying them. Callie loves bringing characters to life and never knows what will prompt an idea. So she still travels, hikes, explores and pursues her other passions, knowing a novel may be just around the corner.

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Finally, A Family

Callie Endicott

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ISBN: 978-1-474-09604-1

FINALLY, A FAMILY

© 2019 Callie Endicott

Published in Great Britain 2019

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Logan was transfixed by her.

As inconvenient as Jessica and the shop might be for the agency’s expansion, he’d hate it if she wasn’t there. It was a feeling he didn’t want to examine too closely.

“What you’re thinking isn’t true,” he said quietly. “In fact, the shop is why I wanted to talk. I’ve told my friends, or business partners, about your idea and we’re all interested in seeing if it’s feasible. But before a decision can be made, I have to do research on renovation costs, etc.”

The glow from the lowering sun slanted across Jessica’s face and turned her eyes an even more intense blue. He’d been impressed by her strong leadership during the meeting, but now she looked enchanted.

Would one kiss spoil everything?

There was only one way to find out.

Dear Reader,

It’s a lot of fun to be a writer and have the power to create characters, explore lives and even establish towns that don’t exist. That was the case with Regen Valley. While a talent agency was necessarily in a metropolitan area, I wanted a small town for Jessica and Lindsey’s home. Regen comes from a German word referring to rain, which seemed eminently appropriate for the Seattle region.

Jessica’s affection for Regen Valley is unsurprising, since she spent many happy summers as a child visiting her grandparents there. She finds it difficult, however, to believe Logan will stay. He’s always lived in cities and worked on an international scale. As I wrote their story, I loved exploring whether, after all his travels, he just might find home and joy in a place and people he’d never heard of before.

I love hearing from readers and can be contacted through my Facebook page at Facebook.com/callie.endicott.author.

Best wishes,

Callie

To Missy, with love

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Dear Reader

Dedication

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

EPILOGUE

Extract

About the Publisher

PROLOGUE

TIME SEEMED TO stand still as Logan Kensington focused his camera on a magnificent buck, outlined by the first rays of sunlight. Mount Rainier rose beyond, white and majestic in the stillness. It was a fitting background to the deer, who surveyed his world with lordly arrogance.

The faint whirring sound from the camera caught the buck’s attention and it looked at the undergrowth where Logan was hidden. He kept his finger on the shutter release button to take a continuous burst of pictures.

Earlier in the year, Logan had spotted the game trail and small stream on a hike. Suspecting it would be a good place for photos, he’d returned and spent last night under cover, alert to the faintest movement and sound. Deer, a fox, raccoons, a pair of skunks, rabbits, even a snuffling bear—each of their images captured by his sensitive equipment. Now he was getting daylight shots.

A moment later the buck was gone, leaping effortlessly over the stream.

Aware that time was passing, Logan crawled from his photography blind and stretched. His clothes were damp from the rain that had come and gone over the hours he’d waited, and he needed to get back to Seattle for a meeting at the Moonlight Ventures Talent Agency. He was one of four partners who owned the agency, but so far his participation had mostly been long-distance. Once his last contract as a fashion photographer was fulfilled, he could remain in Seattle permanently instead of spending a week or two whenever he could manage. In the meantime, he’d gotten a studio apartment and an SUV to make his frequent trips to the Pacific Northwest easier.