He’d warned his grandmother not to keep any money on her, but the older woman didn’t believe in credit cards. His mother had been making more frequent visits in the past few months, cleaning out his grandmother’s purse of any cash she had on hand. “I couldn’t stop….” She was crying and he instantly knew who his grandmother was talking about. “Gran?” He ran from the building now, pulling the keys for his truck from his back pocket.

“I’m sorry, son, I hoped… I wanted… More time.” Her words were slurred, and he could hear that her breathing was labored. “Gran?” He dumped some bills on the table and got up.

“Parker?” From the sound of his grandmother’s voice, he knew something was wrong. “What’s up pretty lady?” His grandmother loved flattery. His mother, a junkie hooked on whatever drug she could get her hands on, had at least had the decency to leave him with the one woman he’d loved unconditionally. The woman had given up so much to raise him after his mother had bugged out of his life when he was five. The sound of his phone ringing shook him out of his depression for a moment, especially when he saw his grandmother’s face pop up on the screen. One thing was for sure-he was done dating for a while. He had the talent and skill but lacked the funds to start things off. He’d dreamed of owning his own construction business. He loved what he did but hated being tied to a business where he didn’t have more control over the jobs he took. His dead-end job was a sore spot in his life. He nursed the rest of his beer as he watched people in the bar come and go. It sucked even more when you were stuck in a town where everyone pretty much knew everyone else’s history. Parker watched Robin leave the restaurant and knew he’d been a fool, again. As a series of mysterious accidents plagues the jobsite, he finds himself working one-on-one with the temptress to avoid losing everything. Parker Clark was hired to bring new life to the old building, but he hadn’t expected sparks to fly from the owner’s niece.

She’ll have to use all her skills just to prove that she’s up to the task. But the sexy know-it-all carpenter that her uncle hired to make some changes keeps getting in her way. Sara Jordan has finally been given the chance to run the Golden Oar, a restaurant that’s been in her family for generations. Head back to Pride Oregon to find out what some of your favorite Jill Sanders’ characters are up to. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Discovering Pride by Jill Sanders