The Magic of Painted Creek By Robyn Kilgore
Genres: Adult, Magical Realism
She only came back to settle a will, but her roots ran deeper than she bargained for…
Mabel Morrison considers herself fortunate to have a thriving art business at only twenty-five years old. After the sudden passing of her grandmother, Mabel leaves her mother, her only living relative, in Columbus, Ohio and finds herself back in Painted Creek, North Carolina to settle her grandmother’s affairs.
The longer she is stuck in town, the more she learns about her grandmother’s legacy and the family that came before her. As she starts to piece together a found family of her own, Mabel begins to embrace her other natural gifts within her paintings that she’s been denying for years. Suddenly, she imagines what life could be like in Painted Creek surrounded by friends, magic, and love. The future seems brighter than ever as she slowly begins to stray further from the path that was laid out for her when she was young.
But her newfound confidence is shaken when her new friendships are tested, setting off a chain of events that could change the course of Mabel’s life forever. Has Mabel inherited more than she bargained for? Or will she find the inner strength to embrace all of her gifts and hold on to everything she has never let herself want?
Excerpt:
Peeking back at me from underneath the leaves were two slow blinking eyes. “Well, I’ll be.” I stood up and looked around. What does one do exactly when they find a boulder sized tortoise in the middle of town? If I left it here to get help, it couldn’t go too far before I came back, right? But what if I found someone to help and it was gone when I got back? Then I’m the crazy new girl in town that sees imaginary large tortoises under bushes in the town square. Before I could argue with myself any longer, I saw a man running toward me from the direction of the coffee shop, or more likely I supposed, the pet store.
“You aren’t by chance looking for a tortoise are you?” I waved high in the air and talk-shouted at him.
His paced slowed as an even slower grin broke out across his face. “That’s an oddly specific question for six-thirty on a Monday morning.”
My face froze into a polite smile, but inside I was mentally cringing at myself. Crazy new girl title it is. “Oh, well I just saw you running from the direction of the pet shop and you aren’t really dressed for running and since I just discovered this tortoise the size of a small horse I took a guess.” The sarcasm sneaking its way into my voice didn’t match the customer service smile on my face. Honestly, I wasn’t sure which personality was going to win at this point.
He blinked as he came to a stop in front of me, and the slow grin bloomed into a full mega-watt smile. Whoa.
“Well, let me rephrase then. Your deductive reasoning skills are absolutely on point for six-thirty on a Monday morning. I am in fact looking for a tortoise, but I also already knew she was under that bush. But thanks for keeping an eye on her. Hi, I’m Elliott Scott, I own The Pet Parlor down the street.” He reached out to shake my hand, and when I shook his back I swear my heart stuttered as it said ‘oh there you are, finally’.
“What is this town doing to me?” I murmured under my breath.
About the Author
Robyn Kilgore lives in Tennessee with her husband, kids, dog and business manager (the cat). When she’s not working on a writing project or reading, you can find her chauffeuring her kids to activities… usually by way of a coffee shop drive through. Her love of vintage treasures, whimsical findings, and seeking magic in every day life led her easily to write magical realism novels. Robyn also has a small handmade jewelry and craft business, her first (and forever) passion turned business venture. She gives a nod to the experience of making jewelry in her first novel, The Magic of Painted Creek.
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