Help Wanted: WIFE
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Fleeta Cunningham
A fifth generation Texan, Fleeta Cunningham has lived her entire life in Texas, both small towns and big cities. Drawing on all of them, she writes about the unique character--and characters--of the southern states. After a career as a law librarian for a major Texas law firm, writing a monthly column for a professional newsletter and other legal publications, she returned to her home in Central Texas to write full time. Fleeta has been writing in one form or another since the age of eight. When she isn't writing, she teaches creative writing classes, makes quilts, and designs miniature gowns for her huge collection of fashion dolls.
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Help Wanted - Fleeta Cunningham
Inc.
Help Wanted:
WIFE
by
Fleeta Cunningham
Santa Rita Series, Book Six
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.
Help Wanted: WIFE
COPYRIGHT © 2014 by Fleeta Cunningham
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press, Inc. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
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Cover Art by Kim Mendoza
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Publishing History
First Vintage Rose Edition, 2014
Digital ISBN 978-1-62830-277-6
Santa Rita Series, Book Six
Published in the United States of America
Praise for Fleeta Cunningham and…
ELOPEMENT FOR ONE
Well-crafted story...exciting plot...interesting characters …The love between the two main characters is precious, from beginning to the final, exciting conclusion.... I am now determined to read the rest of the series.
~The Romance Studio (5 Stars)
BLACK RAIN RISING
One of the most fantastic books I've read this year...grabbed my attention from the first sentence.... A memorable, entertaining, and well-written story.... An author of increasing distinction who will never disappoint her readers.
~Two Lips Reviews (5 Lips, Recommended)
DON'T CALL ME DARLIN'
A warm, thought-provoking book...an enticing hero and a wounded yet proud heroine. A realistic picture of 1957...an image of small town America that both warms and terrifies.... The best thing is she balances the build-up with a really good ending.
~WRDF (rated Fantastic)
~*~
Books by Fleeta Cunningham
available at The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Elopement for One
Black Rain Rising
Don’t Call Me Darlin’
Half Past Mourning
Cry Against the Wind
Bal Masque
Close Encounter with a Crumpet
Help Wanted: WIFE
Dedication
To Herbie, who reminds me that I never walk alone
Marriage-minded man, 37, in good health, with comfortable income, seeks home-loving woman to share life. Should be accomplished cook and adequate housekeeper. Somewhat isolated ranch with good house and modern conveniences. Household includes elderly uncle, widowed brother, and teenage nephew. Address replies to R.F.D. Route 3, Santa Rita, Texas.
Cherilyn Bixby refolded the paper. She’d reread it so many times she knew every word by heart. Was she a total fool to have taken the chance? She’d begun to think so. Especially during the three hours and thirty-seven minutes she’d been sitting alone outside a darkened bus depot in the rain. A slight movement in the wire carrier on the other bench reminded her she wasn’t quite alone. Arabella was none too happy with their situation either.
I’m sure he’s coming,
she told the cat sitting in regal disdain. Her words did little to reassure either of them. Rain continued to drum on the awning above, and Cherilyn saw the canvas sagging with the weight of pooled water. To avoid a possible deluge, she shifted to the opposite bench and tucked her fluffy skirts tight against her legs. Another foolish thing she’d done, changing from her serviceable grey skirt and pinstriped blouse to her best pink-and-white nylon shirtwaist. She’d wanted to look pretty, possibly even a little bride-like, for this first meeting with Cole Witherspoon. She hadn’t counted on the rain—or on the man she’d crossed Texas to meet being more than three hours late.
Another set of headlights appeared in the distance. Four pickups and a tractor had passed since she’d arrived. All had driven on. After the last one, Cherilyn had debated trying to flag a driver to ask for a lift into town. At least she could probably find a public phone booth there. It couldn’t be more than three or four miles, close but too far to walk carrying two big suitcases and Arabella’s carrier. I will wave at this one. I can’t sit here