Sparks fly when Keighley meets Brooke, the local tattoo artist who placed the ad. Keighley comes across an advertisement in the WSW (women seeking women) section of Craigslist that gives her an idea-bring a fake date to Thanksgiving and just ignore the judgment while having a beautiful woman on her arm. Aunt Daphne and her kids are Christian fundamentalists who disapprove of the fact that Keighley is a lesbian. Keighley loves her parents and siblings, but she can’t help but wish that Aunt Daphne wasn’t invited to Thanksgiving dinner. But the Thanksgiving day scenes are brief and just a prelude to a season of forgiveness and renewal. It’s a great story, a second chance at love when there was never a break-up. The story goes back in time to the night they first met, through the decades of their marriage, and then forward from Thanksgiving as they try to fix what is broken between them. Her anger at a decade of neglect can’t be fixed by a quickie on the floor of the dining room. Mitch reaches out to Margie, they reconnect physically, but she quickly retreats. But after a series of cancellations, Margie and Mitch are alone together for the first time in what seems like years. It’s an icy stage of their marriage, and Margie is counting on the Thanksgiving guests to be a buffer between her and Mitch. This novella really packs a punch, exposing the fault lines in the 20 year old marriage of astronaut Mitch Dunsford and his wife Margie. A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner
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