Thank you to my sweet pets who are all watching over me from heaven.
And last but not least, thank you to all of you who are readers and fans. Thank you for wanting to read about Charlotte and her family and friends and the fictional world of Providence, Ohio.
Say cheese!
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LIST OF CHARACTERS
Charlotte Bessette—cheese shop owner, thirties, single
Amy, Claire—twin nieces (really first cousins once removed) of Charlotte, daughters of Matthew
Bozz Bozzuto—teenaged assistant and Internet guru in cheese shop
Delilah—owner of Country Kitchen, Charlotte’s good friend
Freckles—owner of Sew Inspired and friend to Charlotte
Grandmere—Charlotte’s grandmother, mayor of town, manager of theater aka Bernadette
Jordan Pace—cheese farmer
Lois Smith—owns Lavender and Lace B&B
Matthew Bessette—owner/sommelier, father of twins, cousin of Charlotte
Meredith Vance—teacher, best friend to Charlotte, engaged to Matthew
Pepere—Charlotte’s grandfather aka Etienne Bessette
Prudence Hart—dress shop owner and local diva
Rebecca Zook—assistant in cheese shop
Sylvie Bessette—Matthew’s British ex-wife
Umberto Urso—chief of police
Ainsley Smith the “Cube”—husband to Lois who owns Lavender and Lace B&B
Arlo MacMillan—local curmudgeon, owns chicken farm
Barton & Emma Burrell—cattle farmers
Chippendale Cooper—Ex-fiance of Charlotte
Deputy Rodham—assistant to Chief Urso
Georgia Plachette—CFO of Clydesdale Enterprises
Ipo Ho—honeybee farmer
Jacky Peterson—sister to Jordan Pace
Kaitlyn Clydesdale—former resident, entrepreneur and Do-Gooder
Luigi Bozzuto—restaurant owner, Bozz’s uncle
Octavia Tibble—librarian and Realtor, friend to Charlotte
Oscar Carson—workman at Ipo Ho’s Quail Ridge Honeybee Farm
Quigley—reporter
Tallulah Barker—local animal rescuer
Tyanne Thompson—Hurricane Katrina survivor and friend to Charlotte
Violet—owner of Violet’s Victoriana Inn
Rags—Charlotte’s Ragdoll rescue cat
Rocket—Briard rescue, given to Amy and Clair by their mother
Table Of Content
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
CHAPTER
“I thought I’d seen a ghost, Charlotte,” Matthew said.
“It wasn’t Chip.” I popped off the lid of another Tupperware box of decorations we’d lugged from The Cheese Shop. “Chip lives in France, not Providence.”
“He was blond, broad-shouldered, and fast.”
“So are you.”
“I’m telling you, the guy could run. What if it was him?”
I blew a stray hair off my face. “My ex-fiance is not loping through the Winter Wonderland faire in the middle of February. Last I heard, he hated winter.” And hated me, but that was water over the falls.
“I worry that he’ll hurt—”
“It wasn’t him. We have tourists. Lots and lots of tourists. One looked like him, that’s all.” A fog of breath wisped out of my mouth. I buttoned my pearl-colored sweater and tightened the gold filigree scarf around my neck to ward off the morning chill. Wearing corduroys, a turtleneck, and extra socks beneath my boots wasn’t doing the trick.
Every year, in celebration of Providence’s Founder’s Day, the Village Green transformed itself into a Winter Wonderland faire. Farmers, vintners, and crafters from all over Holmes County and beyond joined in the weekend
