Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Single Dad’s Holiday Match by Tanya Agler

She checked her incoming text and then read it again. A police officer was waiting in the lobby for her. If that wasn’t enough, the desk attendant, Betty Ruddick, the sweetest septuagenarian Brooke had ever met, had included a flame emoji along with a thermometer in the red.

Olivia laid a hand on Brooke’s arm. “Is anything wrong?”

“I hope not. If you finish your report before the meeting, email it to me so I can review it. Thanks.”

Brooke hurried downstairs, her curiosity piqued. The officer’s back was to her, his police hat underneath his arm as he chatted with Betty. From the slope of his shoulders, Brooke didn’t sense urgency. Good thing, as Frederick Whitley had made it very clear his expectations of her as director included the center staying out of the news for anything other than positive publicity.

“Ruddick. I knew that name sounded familiar. Are you any relation to Mason, the local paramedic?” The officer’s strong voice echoed in the lobby atrium, the natural light from the skylights flooding the area with sunny brightness.

“He’s my grandson.” Pride laced Betty’s words, and she glanced at Brooke. “Handsome as all-get-out, if I do say so myself. I keep telling Brooke she needs to meet him. I’m not getting any younger, and Mason is taking his sweet time settling down. I’d like a great-grandchild while I can still hold him or her.”

Brooke laughed at another of Betty’s attempts to set her up with her grandson, who had to be a good five years younger than her. The officer turned around, and sunlight glinted off his short brown hair, making it appear almost blond. He was no slouch in the handsome category himself, with his hazel eyes and square jaw.

Tanya Agler fell in love with romance novels when her grandmother brought one home from work. After years of reading happily ever afters, she decided to write a sweet contemporary romance with the support of her wonderful husband, four children, and her lovable Basset Hound. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she loves Cary Grant movies, walking, reading, and all things chocolate. Follow her on Facebook at Author Tanya Agler and sign up for her newsletter.