Last First Kiss

My hometown is famous for two things: a hundred-­year-­old family feud

Dear Readers,
There were so many sweet but worried comments following my divorce announcement. Everything is Screwed City, Population: Me okay. Gregor actually asked, “Annabelle, why limit myself to a single book in the whole library?” and I grew apart

“Carson,” Kane allegedly said, “I’ll stake half my ranch for your winnings on the next hand.”
“Deal,” came the reply. Carson’s five-­diamond flush beat out the cattleman’s three of a kind. He doubled his landholding and established Five Diamonds Farm.
And so began the famed Kane and Carson feud. The lingering grudge has withstood the test of time, driving the two families asunder, and rumors suggest the Eastern Sierras can now even boast of its own version of Romeo and Juliet. No dying, not unless you count the innocence of first love