Chapter 6
THE TENSION IN THE AIR had Britta’s shoulders in knots, but she couldn’t seem to relax that Friday night. Any minute, Lindy would arrive with Armand, the Armand Dieter Beaumont with books on the New York Times Bestseller list, fans all over the world, money dripping from his ears—that guy was coming to her house. She’d never known anyone famous before, and here she was, entertaining him for the evening.
“Norman, you’d better be on your best behavior.” Britta shook her finger at the tomcat, who wound his way around her legs. She hefted him into her lap as she sat on the couch. Norman weighed ten pounds, and yet he still caught the occasional bird in the backyard. Britta took a moment to relax as she scratched Norman behind his ears. “I wonder what he’ll think of Echo Ridge,” Bri
