Book Blast: Avocado Toast

Avocado Toast 

(The Orchard Brides – Book 1)

by Nancy Fraser 

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GENRE: Contemporary Romance, Inspirational

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BLURB:

The last place Andrew (Drew) Morgan wants to be is back on the family avocado farm in 

Plentiful. If he had his way, he’d still be active military and deployed someplace far, far away. 

Unfortunately, he rarely gets what he wants. And, being back in the orchard is just the latest in a 

long list of disappointments.

Single mother, Chloe Taylor has relocated from Fresno to the rural area of Plentiful, California to 

build her marketing business beginning with the local agriculture co-op. It’s her job to convince 

the local farms to invest in a major overhaul of the co-op’s publicity campaign. A mixture of 

modern operations, and older, family-owned farms, only adds to her frustration.

At the moment, her biggest challenge is bringing the owner of Plenty Good Farms in line with 

the others. The fact that the old curmudgeon of an owner, Samuel Morgan, has brought his 

nephew in to run things gives her hope. Surely, the younger Morgan will be more amenable to 

her progressive ideas.

When Chloe first presents her plan the Morgan men, it’s Drew who throws a monkey wrench 

into his uncle’s agreement to sign the necessary contract. What she doesn’t realize is that 

Drew’s reluctance has more to do with his uncle’s health issues, and the possibility that he won’t 

be able to talk the man who raised him into retiring.

When Drew is forced by the military medical team into choosing between a desk job or 

retirement, he shares his frustrations with Chloe and she helps him find a new purpose outside 

of being a full-time farmer. It also helps that their attraction is growing. Drew has definitely fallen 

for the independent woman, and her adorable daughter.

Will Chloe’s faith and determination help her lead Drew through his difficult decisions and bring 

them what they both need... a love that transcends their everyday challenge

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Excerpt :

Drew Morgan pulled his muddy four-wheeler to a stop on the side of the road just short of the

driveway leading to Plenty Good Farms. The last place he wanted to be, but where he was

needed most. After nearly twelve years of active military service, he understood duty.

Responsibility.

It wasn’t like the military was giving him an assignment any time soon. If ever.

He killed the engine, slid from behind the wheel, and walked around for a few minutes, working

the kinks out of his bum leg and stretching his back. It wouldn’t do to arrive on his uncle’s porch

with a limp.

The stubborn old coot would likely brand him injured and useless, and continue to insist he

could manage on his own.

Drew knew better. Thanks to a letter from Doc Taylor, he’d been apprised of Sam’s failing

health. As badly as Drew wanted to stay close to Fort Hood in hopes of haranguing them into

letting him go back to work, he couldn’t very well desert the man who’d raised him from the age

of ten.

C’mon, Andrew, grow a pair!

His uncle’s familiar admonishment echoed in Drew’s ears. Samuel Morgan was—if nothing

else—an opinionated and cranky curmudgeon who liked nothing better than to goad people into

doing what he wanted them to do.

Still, Drew loved the set-in-his-ways old man with all his heart. So much so, he’d accepted his

mandatory three-month medical leave without so much as an argument. Then, he’d set out on

the eighteen-hour drive from the base to the farming town of Plentiful, California in order to

check on Sam for himself.

No sense putting off the inevitable any longer. Drew hopped back into the car and turned up the

long, winding driveway. Parking at the rear of the century-old farmhouse, Drew took the steps

two at a time, the reward for his exuberance a shooting pain that ran from behind his knee cap,

up the back of his thigh, and ended in his hip. With the pain came the flash of memory he

couldn’t quite escape, the loud explosion of an IED, flames shooting into the air, jagged shards

of shrapnel flying everywhere.

He stopped at the door and sucked in a breath before turning the knob and stepping into the

warm and welcoming kitchen.

“About time you got here, Andrew,” Sam groused from his seat at the table. He cradled an all-

too-familiar cup of coffee in his sun-tanned grasp.

The first thing Drew noticed was the way Sam’s hands trembled where he held the ceramic

mug. “The road was wet,” Drew countered. “I couldn’t go top speed all the way.”Sam’s faded gray gaze narrowed in his direction. “No doubt you’ve lost all the driving skills I

taught you as a teenager.”

“After maneuvering caravans of military vehicles for a dozen years, handling a lightweight four-

wheel drive takes a bit of practice.”

“Yeah, well, you’re home now. You’ll catch on once you’re back on the tractor and pulling a

wagon load of fresh-picked ‘cados.”

Author Bio:

Nancy Fraser is a best-selling and award-winning author who happily jumps across multiple

romance genres with gleeful abandon.

She's also the granddaughter of a Methodist minister known for his fire-and-brimstone approach

to his faith. Nancy has brought some of his spirit into her Christian romances. And, her own off-

beat sense of humor to her clean & wholesome books.When not writing (which is almost never), Nancy dotes on her five wonderful grandchildren and

looks forward to traveling and reading when time permits. Nancy lives in Atlantic Canada where

she enjoys the relaxed pace and colorful people.

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