Seabreeze Gala by Jan Moran EPUVB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jan Moran
- Language: English
- Genre: Later in Life Romance
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Carrying a vintage orange crate from the garage, Ivy opened the
kitchen door with her sneaker, taking care to navigate around little
Daisy, who was now crawling across the kitchen floor toward a shaft of
sunlight on the linoleum.
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Her sister Shelly was a relaxed beach mom who thought germs were a
necessary part of life. Fortunately, they had just mopped.
Ivy plopped the box on the counter and rolled up her sleeves. “I found
more decorations we might use for the fundraiser.” She removed the dusty
muslin fabric covering the former owner’s party treasures they’d found.
Her younger sister and their niece traded a quick guilty glance.
Ivy knew that look. She waggled a finger between them. “What’s up
with you two?”
“Why do you always think that?” Shelly shot back. “Hey, slow down,
Daisy-cakes.” She swept back her tumbling chestnut hair, then scooped up
her daughter and pointed her in a new direction away from the stove.
Ivy rubbed her neck, slightly exasperated at whatever secret they were
keeping. “If there’s something I should know, don’t hold back. This gala
will decide the fate of the Seabreeze Inn.”
Poppy raised her brow. “Aunt Ivy, we think the event should be grand
enough for wealthy donors to feel compelled to contribute to the restoration
fund, but…”
“Not too spectacular,” Shelly finished. “Or they’ll think we don’t need
their help. Maybe we should let a few cracks in the façade show.”
“No shortage of those.” Grinning, Ivy pushed her hair from her
forehead. “We could share photos of our antiquated plumbing and electrical
systems. Better yet, let’s put buckets under the leaky ceilings. Decorated, of
course.”
“That would be novel,” Shelly said, chuckling. “But Viola might have a
fit.”
Ivy hooked her thumbs in the pockets of her workday blue jeans. “Look,
anyone who’s ever owned a home knows you can’t patch and paint forever
—especially a property of this age. Still, I want people to see what a
magnificent historical property this is—and how much better it could be.
It’s for all of Summer Beach now, not only us.”
For the past few years, she had been keeping the old beach house
together with a combination of luck, fortitude, and quick fixes. But that
recipe for marginal success wouldn’t stretch much farther in a house now a
hundred years old.
When Ivy arrived in Summer Beach, her goal had been to make the
rooms comfortable enough to rent for income. Yet, the more she learned
about the historical home, the more she felt drawn to restore the inn to its
former glory as a centerpiece of the community.
“Wow, would you look at this?” Poppy unwrapped a slightly dented
silver serving dish blackened with age. “This place might be a little
downtrodden, but I suppose guests from San Francisco and the Bay Area
will expect an elegant affair. This piece should polish up well.”
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