Welcome To Whitsborough Bay #1
Never give up on a wish for a happy ever after…
Callie Derbyshire has it all: her dream job as a carer at Bay View, finally she has found the love of her life. Everything is perfect.
Well, almost.
Ex-partners are insistent on stirring up trouble, and Callie’s favourite resident, Ruby, hasn’t been her usual self.
But after discovering the truth about Ruby’s lost love, Callie is determined to give Ruby’s romantic story the happy ending it deserves. After all, it’s never too late to let love in again. Or is it?
This book was previously published as two novellas – Raving About Rhys and Callie’s Christmas Wish
Extract
How was your evening with your sugar daddy?’ Ruby asked the next morning as I called at her room with her medication.
‘Not good. I think I’ve been dumped.’
‘How can you think you’ve been dumped. You either have or you haven’t.’
I shrugged. ‘I don’t really understand what happened. He accused me of being high-maintenance and stormed out.’
She shook her head. ‘You don’t need him, darling. When I was your age, I had six suitors on the go. One for each day of the week and Sunday off—’
‘To repent your sins?’
Ruby laughed, her eyes twinkling with mischief. ‘Goodness, no! Sunday was for whomever had pleased me best during the week. I wanted to spend my day off pleasurably.’
‘Are you not finished your rounds yet, Carolyn?’ The She-Devil’s pitchy voice bore into me, wiping the smile from my face.
‘Nearly.’
‘Nearly isn’t good enough. You should have finished ten minutes ago.’
‘It was my fault,’ Ruby said. ‘I had a funny turn. Callie had to help me out.’
The She-Devil’s eyes bore into me. ‘Is this true?’
I nodded and crossed my fingers behind my back. ‘Ruby went a bit dizzy.’
She turned to Ruby. ‘You’re fine now?’
‘Yes. Much better. Callie was amazing as always. She’s such a gem.’
I had to look away. The She-Devil would not have appreciated the compliment.
‘Yes, well, finish your rounds, Carolyn, then report to my office. One of the residents has only just advised us that they had an accident in the night. I’ll need you to strip their bed.’
I could imagine the grin on her face as she sashayed down the corridor towards her office, delighted that I had a soggy mattress to deal with. Or worse. I bet she’d been saving that task especially for me, as usual. Cow.
‘Thanks for defending me, Ruby,’ I said.
‘Any time. Couldn’t have you dumped and sacked in the space of twenty-four hours, could we?’
I smiled. ‘Will you be down for dominoes this afternoon?’
‘Of course. I need to beat that Iris Davies this week. I’m sure she’s cheating.’
‘She was the North Yorkshire Pub Dominoes Champion for a decade, Ruby.’
‘Yes. No doubt by cheating. I’m onto her.’ She pointed two fingers at her eyes, then flicked them away, then back again.
‘I’ll see you later.’ I laughed as I kicked the brake off the trolley and started to push it away.
‘Callie!’ she called. ‘If you really have parted company with your sugar daddy, you could always court my grandson, Rhys.’
I turned to face her. The cheeky grin on her face matched her playful tone. ‘Would this be the illusive grandson who never visits?
‘It might be.’
‘Are you sure he exists?’
She laughed as she tapped the side of her nose. ‘That’s for me to know and you to find out.’
Thank you, Jessica Redland and Boldwood Books
About the author
Jessica Redland is the author of nine novels including Searching for Steven which are all set around the fictional location of Whitsborough Bay. Inspired by her hometown of Scarborough she writes uplifting women’s fiction which has garnered many devoted fans.
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