TAKE A CHANCE (Chance Colorado Series) (32 page)

“No,” she answered honestly. She was too happy to be nervous. After all, the man of her dreams waited one floor below.

“Well, you will be when you step off that bottom stair. I swear it looks like the whole town is in Mama Odie’s parlor. How they managed to get that many chairs in there is still a mystery to me.”

Allie turned a patient smile on her handsome brother and patted his hand. He didn’t understand. A crowd ten times the size of the one gathered below would have no influence on her at all. When she stepped off that bottom stair, there was only one face, one set of dark brown eyes in the whole room that would hold her attention. The most handsome man in the room.

In the world,
she amended as she stepped off the last stair and her eyes met Logan’s. Her heart thumped in her chest like a kettle drum as Matt escorted her down the aisle, so loud she was surprised people couldn’t hear it over the music.

“Who gives this woman in holy matrimony?” Pastor Gene asked.

“I do,” Matt answered.

And then Logan was taking her hand, drawing her close beside him, sliding a ring on her finger and vowing to love and honor her for the rest of their days together.

With Logan by her side it didn’t matter what the odds were. She’d found the happy ever after she’d spent her entire adult life searching for. Right here in her hometown, where it had been waiting for her all along.

And all she’d had to do to find it was take a chance.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Published by
Melissa Mayhue

Copyright © 2013 Melissa Mayhue

Last Updated - 12/2013

Cover art by
Inspire Creative Services

Edited by
Editing 720

All rights reserved.

Print Edition ISBNs:

ISBN-10:0989827216

ISBN-13:978-0-9898272-1-8

Ebook Edition ISBNs:

ISBN-10: 0989827208

ISBN-13: 978-0-9898272-0-1

Acknowledgments

No book is ever written in a vacuum and the Chance, Colorado Series is no exception.

Special thanks go out to my wonderful friend,
Elaine Levine
. Without her encouragement and assistance, this book might never have seen the light of day. This talented author took time out from her own writing to mentor me through the process of publishing this story and for that, I will always be grateful.

About the Author

MELISSA MAYHUE, married and the mother of three sons, lives at the foot of the Rockies in beautiful Northern Colorado with her family and two very spoiled Boston Terriers. In addition to writing the contemporary feel-good Chance, Colorado series, she has also written two paranormal historical series, The Daughters of the Glen Series and The Warriors series, and is currently working on a third, The Magic of Time Series.

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Other Books by Melissa Mayhue:

~Chance, Colorado Series~

1 - Take a Chance (2013)

2 - Second Chance at Love (Coming in Summer 2014)

~ Warriors Series ~

1 -
Warrior’s Redemption
(2012)

2 -
Warrior’s Last Gift
(2012)

3 -
Warrior Reborn
(2012)

4 -
Warrior Untamed
(2013)

~ Daughters of the Glen Series ~

1 -
Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband
(2007)

2 -
Highland Guardian
(2007)

3 -
Soul of a Highlander
(2008)

4 -
A Highlander of Her Own
(2009)

5 -
A Highlander’s Destiny
(2010)

6 -
A Highlander’s Homecoming
(2010)

7 -
Healing the Highlander
(2011)

8 -
Highlander’s Curse
(2011)

Dear Reader~

Thank you so much for reading TAKE A CHANCE. I do hope you enjoyed spending time with Allie and Logan’s story, and meeting some of the other characters who live in Chance, Colorado.

Next up in the series will be SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE, Liz and Ryan’s story, due out Summer, 2014. If you’d like to be notified when the next books are released, you can sign up for my
New Release Newsletter
.

Want more info on Chance, Colorado and the people who live there? Want to talk to other readers about the series or the characters? Maybe our
Chance, Colorado Facebook Group
is just what you’re looking for! We’d love to have you join in the discussion!

Interested in finding Dulcie’s Recipe for Caramel Apple Bread? You can get it at my website -
HERE

Would you like to browse through a line of jewelry much like the pieces that Desi makes and sells at the Hand of Chance Coffee Emporium? You can see the Chance Inspired line at
Trinkets n’ Tidbits.com

Have a comment or a question? Feel free to like
my Facebook page
and say hello there or contact me directly at
[email protected]
. I’d love to hear from you!

—
Melissa