COMFORT PLANS
by
KIMBERLY FISH
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction
Date of Publication: May 23, 2017
Number of Pages: 320
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As a San Antonio architect, she’d have vowed her career was to investigate the history and create new functions for the structures everyone else saw as eyesores. The old German farmhouse in Comfort, Texas, might be the screeching end of that dream job. The assignment seemed so ideal at the start; generous clients, a stunning location, and a pocketful of letters that were surely meant to explain the ranch’s story. All that goodness crashed louder than a pile of two-by-fours when her grandfather announced he’d lured Colette’s ex-husband back to San Antonio to take over the family architecture firm. Now, not only does Colette have to endure the challenges posed by Beau Jefferson, the client’s handpicked contractor, a house that resists efforts to be modernized, and letters that may hold the secret to buried treasure, but she also has to decide if she has the courage to fight for her future.
Set against the backdrop of the Texas Hill Country, Colette and Beau have to rely on plans neither of them constructed in order to navigate the changes of a house with a story to tell, and a future they couldn’t even imagine.
"Kimberly Fish's unique writing style snatched me out of my easy chair and plunked me down into the middle of her character's life where I was loathe to leave when my real life called me back. Her descriptive visual writing drew me in on the first page. Can't wait to read more stories by Mrs. Fish."
~Vickie Phelps,Author of Moved, Left No Address
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Excerpt, Chapter 1, Part 2
COMFORT PLANS
Probably the only reason she’d kept the little satin bag with the bejeweled clasp was that it was the most glamorous souvenir she’d ever bought. With no time to reminisce, she stuffed in the bride’s choice of a lilac lipstick—a shade destined to make her look ghoulish—and added breath mints, tissues, keys, and her phone. The sapphire-and-garnet clasp pinched her finger, and she winced with the sting to both her skin and her memories.
Glancing at her grandfather from under her lashes, she gave him a wide berth as she made for the door. “Don’t wait up for me either. Aunt Cissy has planned a reception that includes a midnight breakfast.”
He groaned. Whether at the name of her mother’s sister or her general lack of regard for his news, she wasn’t sure. Her mother’s people were something of a sore subject for a man who could trace his lineage back to the Tudors. Holding the chiffon from snagging on the wooden railing leading down to the lawn, she smiled. Maybe she’d gotten to the point in her life where she could let her grandfather’s bias roll off her back. She’d matured.
“Colette,” her grandfather called from the deck. “This is important. I need you to go with me to the airport tomorrow to meet him. It’s the least you can do. And it would be better suited to ease you into the shock of my hiring someone else.”
“I believe I mentioned that there will be mimosas at midnight. I’m not going to be in any shape for a meet and greet.” Reaching for the door of her old, box-styled Volvo, she added with some hopefulness, “You could ask Raul to go with you.”
“Raul is an imbecile.”
She couldn’t imagine what the firm’s accountant had done lately, but it must have been serious.
“Okay, well,” she stalled, thinking of another way to get out of meeting the candidate who was destined not to make the cut, if for no other reason than his last name wasn’t Sheridan. The real reason this was all an exercise. As her foot landed on the pebbled driveway, she knew she was either going to irritate her grandfather or be late to the wedding. She’d take her chances with her grandfather. Brides had a better grip on their memories. “I’ll see you on Monday.”
Daggers radiated into her back. There’d be a series of colorful text messages between now and the time her cousin said, “I do.”
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She has since published in magazines, newspapers, and online formats and in 2017, released the first novel in a series set during the World War II years in Longview, Texas—The Big Inch.
She lives with her family in East Texas.
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