INTO THE FLAMES ~ CHAPTER ONE
Into the Flames
Brianna Gallagher anxiously adjusted her new blouse and scanned the cocktail-hour crowd gathered on the terrace at the Seaview Inn. Her date was waiting for her somewhere in that group, and once again she'd dressed all wrong. Why didn't they teach "dating basics" in school? What to wear, what to talk about. Apparently plant hybridization and the dangers of the lack of biodiversity didn't cut it.
Yup, she'd learned that the hard way, watching Denny Benson's eyes glaze over the last time she was here on a date at the Seaview.
Shake it off. New day, new date. A blind date, in this case. This was a new thing her friends were trying. The element of surprise supposedly added a special twist of fun, like a wrapped Christmas present. This particula
