Amethyst by Ambrosia Hill - Cover Reveal + Giveaway
Charlie flashed me a big, fatherly smile. The wrinkles around his eyes traveled down the sides of his face, and for a moment I couldn’t believe how time had caught up to him since my last visit. “Well, look at you, Zinnia! You’ve shot up like a string bean.”
Charlie
reached straight for my suitcase and threw it into the truck. His hearty laugh
filled the cabin as we both buckled in. “I almost didn’t recognize you there
with how you’ve grown.” I looked down at my cramped legs, desperate to stretch
out as my knees touched the glove compartment. Charlie patted my back and
turned the key inside the ignition, bringing life to the beat-up truck as the engine groaned like an old dog too tired to wake from its
nap. “Here we go, String Bean! Off like a herd of turtles at the races.”
I cracked a smile at this, almost by accident, before wiping
it away and looking out of the window. I could admit that I liked Ole Charlie.
He’d been neighbors with my aunts for over forty years, and I’d known him all
my life, so I thought it was safe to say that he was basically family. “Wait
till your aunts get a look at you, string bean.”
I rolled my eyes as I tried, and once again failed, to
conceal my smile. Every time I visited my aunts, Ole Charlie gave me a new
nickname. I suppose my nickname for this summer is going to be string bean. I
whispered it to myself for a test drive and annoyingly, it wasn’t so annoying.
“It’s
been a few years since you and your mom visited us on Ambrosia Hill.” Charlie
looked over at me with his old brown eyes full of affection. “Not ashamed to
say we’ve missed you, string bean.”
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10 Comments
This sounds like a book I would enjoy. Great cover.
ReplyDeleteZinnia is a terrific character name. I would personally love to visit a victorian home especially being a lake house. Sounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteNice trailer, great excerpt, like the cover and the book sounds like a must read for me! Thanks for sharing it with me and have an awesome day!
ReplyDeleteYesss
ReplyDeleteI love Victorian homes.
ReplyDeleteI am ready to dive into this new series.
ReplyDeleteNice Victorian house on the cover.
ReplyDeleteThis has a nice cover.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the cover looks great and the book sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI love Victorian homes
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