Snowfall by Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe
Genre: Romance
Book Blurb:
Melody is a simple woman with simple needs that include good clean books, safe and intelligible television, and a job that she loves. As far as she’s concerned, she has everything she needs, including a beloved gig as the assistant librarian of her local public library. When a Winter Reads program turns chaotic and Melody is caught in the crossfires of a massive child-induced food fight, her dream job becomes a nightmare – a nightmare that continues into a snow-covered, accident-prone next day. After waking up to a sudden massive snowfall covering her town, she becomes the unwilling victim of a snowball fight between two identical twin brothers. Melody must then decide if she has met her very own Mister Right, or if her perfect life can handle an imperfect interruption. Lighthearted laughs and endearing moments fill this modern romantic comedy by humorist Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe
Excerpt Three:
Melody reached into her coat pocket and found the receipt from where she’d tucked it in there yesterday. “Sure,” she said and gladly handed it over to Miss Pam.
Miss Pam read the receipt, but her smile lessened a bit. Melody was puzzled by this.
“I thought you said it was forty dollars?” Miss Pam looked up from the receipt. “This says thirty.”
“Yes,” Melody explained. “All I had in cash was two twenties and I couldn’t pay on my phone because service wasn’t up yet. The locksmith insisted on exact change and he wouldn’t make change for me, so I had to give him forty dollars.”
“Ah…” Miss Pam said and smiled big again. “I see. We’ll get you reimbursed. Don’t you worry about it at all.” She put the receipt in the drawer behind the counter and noted, “It sounds like you had a fgrough weekend. At least you had your new book. How was it? Have you finished it?”
That brought Melody to her next problem, and she swallowed and took a moment before she replied. Finally, she opened her mouth and just came out with it. “I – I damaged the book.”
Miss Pam’s eyes grew wide in shock and she slapped a hand over her heart. “No!” After a pause, she asked, “You?”
“Yes… it’s true.” Melody looked at the floor as she hung her head in shame. “I was reading in the park this weekend and I… fell and landed in the snow. It has watermarks on several of the pages… all because of me.”
“I – I am in shock, Melody!” Miss Pam exclaimed and stood from her chair. “I can’t believe how… human you behaved.”
Melody cocked an eyebrow and looked up at Miss Pam. “Huh?”
Miss Pam began to laugh again. When she calmed her chuckles a bit, she said, “Honey-child, accidents happen. Things happen. Humans – people like you and me – make mistakes. It just means you’re human.”
Melody smiled. She wanted to cry in thanks but she’d cried enough lately. Instead, she said, “Thank you, Miss Pam.”
“How bad is the water damage?” Miss Pam asked. Melody fished the book out of her bag and handed it to her. Miss Pam thumbed through and shrugged. “Everything’s dry and there are a few wavy places, but the book is still in really good condition and can still be read and enjoyed by the next person to read it. You don’t owe a thing for it.”
“Are you sure?” she questioned.
“Of course,” Miss Pam continued. “You’ve seen how some of these folks return things. It’s in much better shape than most of the things we find in the drop-box.”
About the Author
Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe is a humorist fiction author whose works include the stories My Name is Not Cupid, The Scent of a Man, and the beautifully reviewed thriller about a mother who would stop at nothing to save her child, Hot Chocolate on a Cold Winter’s Night, among others. Known for her quirky romantic comedies that feature realistic women of various ages and races and the trials and tribulations of adulting and dating, Jennifer’s writings allow real women to see themselves in her characters. Jennifer is also a proud LGBTQ+ ally and often features gay characters in her stories, including the tale All I Want is to be Happy, which features a wonderful gay protagonist. Jennifer, herself, is a single straight woman, still looking for love, and living with her cats in an apartment in Nashville, Tennessee
Snowfall was a cute book about a girl named Melody who worked at the library and was very much immersed in books at all times. She was a book lover, and one day on the way home from the library after a snowstorm, she literally ran into twin brothers. Named Ben & Jerry, they were playing football in the park. Ben & Jerry were named that by their mom, who was obsessed with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream while she was pregnant. Melody continued to run into the brothers after this in random encounters in the park, where they knocked her over into the snow. One brother ended up taking a liking to her, and she got in her head about it. It’s like, how am I going to tell you apart because you’re twins? Which brother is which because I can’t tell you apart? He said, Well, I am the only one that’s into women and into you, as my brother is gay. I read it really fast, as the story left you wanting to see what happened next. Has Melody the bookworm found love and romance? You have to read the book to find out. If you’re into cozy small-town romance, this one is recommended. You can pick up a copy for yourself here.
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Sarcastically Yours, Jen 
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