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    True's Love
    True's Love
    True's Love
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    True's Love

    By Pepper Pace

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    When Trulane stepped off the bus landing smack dab in the middle of a small mountain town with no prospects or no money, she does what anyone would—finds a job and a place to sleep that won’t cost her any money. The only thing is that there is no such thing as being secretive in Estill County Kentucky—not when you’re about the only black person in the entire town.
    With no knowledge that she is about to cross the only person in town that doesn’t gossip about her, True hopes that Clay, the big grumpy and very sexy mountain man won’t turn out like so many others that treat her as if she is beneath them.
    True’s Love is a short romance from award winning author Pepper Pace and brings the readers back to the little town That Lt. Christopher Jameson aka Beast is from. If you like the stories about Estill County and its lively inhabitants than be sure to read A Wrong Turn Toward’s love and Beast.

    Author's Note: This story first appeared as a free read in the Pepper Pace newsletter March 2016.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPepper Pace
    Release dateFeb 19, 2017
    ISBN9781370677467
    True's Love
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    Pepper Pace

    Pepper Pace stories span the gamut from humorous to heartfelt, however the common theme is crossing boundaries.Pepper's unique stories deal with taboo topics such as mental illness and homelessness. Readers find themselves questioning their own sense of right and wrong, attraction and desire.In addition to writing, the author is also an artist, an introverted recluse, a self proclaimed empath and a foodie. Please check out her e-book trailers on this page! You may contact the author at pepperpace.author@yahoo.comJoin the Pepper Pace Newsletter and receive free stories! http://eepurl.com/bGV4tb

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      This is my 1st book by this author and it was an enjoyable quick read. I will definitely explore her other titles ☺
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    True's Love - Pepper Pace

    TRUE’S LOVE

    Pepper Pace

    ©Pepper Pace Publications

    Cover Design: Pepper Pace

    Copyright © 2016, 2017 Pepper Pace. True’s Love, all rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever, except for short excerpts appearing in book reviews. For reprint or excerpt permission inquiries, please contact the author by e-mail at: pepperpace.author@yahoo.com or http://pepperpacefeedback.blogspot.com

    This story is a work of fiction. Characters – including their names, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are otherwise used fictitiously. Any similarity from this book to events occurring in real life – including locations, or persons living or dead is wholly coincidental. The use of musical titles and the naming of musical artists is not an infringement of copyright per sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work.

    When True handed over the last of her money at the bus station, she had no idea where she would land and how she would make due. Surprised that she was deposited in a sleepy mountain town that has evidently never seen a black person, True is determined to make this place home. Warning: graphic language, sexual situations.

    Chapter One

    True was happy that the bus depot was right across the street from The Last Stop Diner. It truly felt like the last stop for her. When she’d bought her bus ticket for ‘Anywhere but here USA’ she didn’t imagine that when she laid sixty dollars on the counter and asked how far south this would take her, that she would end up on the outskirts of a mountain town in Kentucky. It was still cold here, just as cold as Michigan. The point of going down south was to be warm while she was homeless.

    It was a stroke of possible luck that there was a little sign taped on the diner’s door reading Help Wanted.

    But when she opened the door she was frozen there, not due to the brisk cold but due to the eyes that pinned her in place. Everyone in the establishment was white. A hush fell over the entire restaurant and it was like she was thrown back in time and these white people had never before set eyes on a freed black. However the cold and her angry stabs of hunger over-ruled her reluctance to breach the cold reception. She walked to the counter, shrugged off her backpack and sat down on a stool with a cracked and worn red vinyl covering.

    She stared at a plastic two-sided menu and was happy to see that she could get coffee, toast, 2 scrambled eggs and 2 slices of bacon for under five dollars. That would put a dent in her meager funds but she couldn’t stomach another ninety-nine cent hotdog at a Quicky Mart.

    How can I help you, sugah? A harried waitress asked her. Despite looking tired and rushed, the forty-something woman was pretty and shapely with long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. Her makeup was perfect and she waitressed wearing four inch clogs. Her broad smile helped to warm True a little.

    Um, yes ma’am. Can I get the bacon and egg special? True replied.

    After taking her order the waitress disappeared returning a few moments later with an empty coffee cup in one hand and a pot of hot coffee in the other.

    Cream and sugah is right there and your order will be right up-

    Tiffany, where are my hash browns! A man bellowed.

    Hold your horses, Hank I ain’t got but two hands!

    True’s eyes lifted towards the man making the ruckus, but she then saw that his expression was playful. She sipped the coffee taking it black more because she didn’t want to waste time with cream or sugar. The warm liquid thawed her further and she cupped her hands around the porcelain and continued to drink as she took stock of her surroundings.

    It was crowded, nearly every seat was filled with men women and children. Either the food was phenomenal, or this was the only restaurant for miles around. She later learned it was both. Most everyone continued to either give her the side-eye, or outright stare. She ignored the attention with the hopes that she hadn’t parked herself right smack in the middle of KKK land.

    True’s order came almost as soon as her coffee was finished and everything was cooked to perfection. She ate with gusto, having to force herself not to shovel the warm food into her hungry body.

    When she was nearly finished with her meal, the waitress quickly slapped the bill on the counter. There were only two waitresses and True noted that Tiffany was covering both the counter and a section of tables. She dashed off to deliver an order to a table with a large family. True dug into her pocket for a five-dollar bill and then added to that two crumpled singles.

    She caught Tiffany as she moved to collect the bill. "Excuse me. I saw the help wanted sign. I’d

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