Stopping at an ATM machine Gina Thompson, a school
teacher, is waylaid
by an ad taped to the inside wall. A kerosene heater is
exactly what she
needs. This has been an extremely cold winter in
Huntsville, Alabama
and Gina's home is old, drafty and cold with her present
system. The
kerosene heater would keep her cozy. With this in mind,
her phone call is
answered by Mr. Johann Glibmann and a meeting arranged.
What she
doesn't suspect is that the cunning old man is really
seeking a wife for his
nephew, Kenneth Armstrong, the only living member of his
German family,
but yes, he really does have a heater for sale.
Both Gina and Kenneth have experienced miserable and
disappointing
relationships and are sworn off involvements. But of
course, at first
glance at each other, there is definitely something there
on both sides.
The gorgeous woman and the handsome man with the startling
violet/blue
eyes are stricken. Kenneth works for Marshall Space
Flight Center
(NASA) and Gina teaches astronomy at Grissom High School,
which plays
right into the scheme of things. Gina's students can
profit by Ken's help
in researching for their special school projects. Thus
begins their
attraction while each tries desperately to ward off
becoming attached.
The daydreams and nightmares of the knight in the black
shining armor
that resembles a photo in Ken's apartment, keeps Gina
unsettled and
rethinking her choices involving Ken. An interfering
older sister, Janice,
and twin brother, Andy, push just too far and threaten
their objective at
finding their sister a forever mate.
THIS JUST IN is the first novel I have had the pleasure of
reading by Kathryn Scarborough, but
have to say she certainly has the imagination to develop
an interesting
read. The two characters have both been stung by love and
do not
appreciate the interference by their family, pushing them
towards another
disappointment. THIS JUST IN is amusing and certainly
keeps you on your
toes just keeping up with her daydreams and self-
conversations. I would
like to read more tales from Kathryn Scarborough in the
future and will strive to
search for them.
Science teacher Gina Thompson is as pragmatic and level
headed as the next person except for the perpetual TV
announcer that lives in her head and comments on
everything
she thinks. Her large family drives her crazy by getting
her
the worst blind dates on the planet. Ken Armstrong is an
astrophysicist working at NASA.
He is alone except for his grouchy old cat and his grouchy
old uncle, Ken’s only family, and he likes it fine that
way.
Uncle Johann meets Gina and decides ‘she is the one’.
Through a series of planned mishaps and an icy visit from
Mother Nature these two seriously logical people discover
that indeed, there is scientific proof of love at first
sight.
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