Unlikely Romance- Part One (Chapter 1)
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Complete, First published Aug 17, 2014
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Love is tricky business.

It is hard to find and not worth the headache…

At least that is the way Jackie sees it anyway.

In part one of this religious short story novelette series, single gal Jackie Grayson is struggling on her lackluster quest to find new love after the break up of her and her long time boyfriend Andrew. Her love life is a mess and no man she tries to date meets up to her standards.

At this point, church, popcorn, reality TV and her best friend Gwen are the high points in her life.

Jackie prays for a new man to come into her life. However, she has resigned to the possibility that perhaps love just is not in the cards for her – that is until the bald headed tattooed Michael Reidland comes into her life.

And this is where the trouble begins…

The two of them are as different as chalk and cheese. Jackie makes it her mission to do anything possible to stay as far away from him as she can.

But will her plan of avoidance work out, or does fate have other plans for her?

The only way to find out what happens is to read this book and discover it for yourself…

A must read for fans of a good, clean inspirational love story, Unlikely Romance is a contemporary Christian romance tale that will  take you on a fun, light hearted journey into the surprising and wacky world of love.
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