An Uncommon Affair
by Leigh Michaels
Published by Leigh Michaels at Smashwords
Copyright 2010 Leigh Michaels
First published 1990
All rights reserved
Cover illustration copyright 2010 Michael W. Lemberger
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CHAPTER ONE
By the time Torey Farrell reached the city limits of Springhill, the afternoon sky was almost black and the rain that had been threatening for the last hundred miles had begun to fall. The first few drops were huge, and they splashed against the car with the intensity of falling rocks. Torey’s nerves were already stretched by anticipation and the strain of five days on the road, and each time a raindrop smacked into the glass just a few inches from her face she cringed and tightened her grip on the wheel.
Rainstorms had never been one of her favorite things, and as for driving through an unfamiliar city in the midst of a downpour, without a map and without instructions, in search of a house she had never seen...