Old Acquaintance

Overview: Avon Gale was once the mayor on Foursquare of Jazzercise and Lollicup, which should tell you all you need to know about her as a person. She likes road trips, rock concerts, drinking Kentucky bourbon and yelling at hockey. She’s a displaced southerner living in a liberal midwestern college town, and when she’s not writing you can find her at the salon, making her clients look and feel fabulous. She never gets tired of people and their stories -- either real or the ones she makes up in her head. Andrew Starling thought when he sold his medical database software to a national corporation, it would finally give him and his wife the financial security needed to build their dream home in the exclusive, wealthy community of Ponte Vedra, Florida. But Andrew{u2019}s wife leaves him for another man before the ink dries on the contract, leaving Andrew to enjoy the fruits of his labors{u2014}and their sprawling, oceanfront home{u2014}all alone. Despite being convinced he has nothing much to celebrate, Andrew goes to the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club{u2019}s annual New Year's Eve party{u2026} and meets Elias Rivas, the young, good-looking server who{u2019}s always had his eye on Andrew. It might be the new beginning Andrew didn{u2019}t even know he needed. A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Advent Calendar package "Sleigh Ride" Is the young, good-looking server Elias at the New Year's Eve party the new beginning Andrew didn{u2019}t even know he needed?