The Potluck Club Takes the Cake

322 Pages·2007·2.56 MB·English

by  Linda Evans Shepherd

the Potluck Club
Takes the Cake
the Potluck Club
Takes the Cake
A NOVEL
Linda Evans Shepherd
and Eva Marie Everson
Grand Rapids, Michigan
©2007 by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson Published by Fleming H. Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shepherd, Linda Evans.
Takes the cake : a novel / Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson.
p. cm. — (The Potluck Club)
ISBN 10: 0-8007-3074-7 (pbk.) ISBN 978-0-8007-3074-1 (pbk.) 1.Women—Societies and clubs—
Fiction. 2. Female friendship—Fiction.
3. Prayer groups—Fiction. 4. Women cooks—Fiction. 5. Colorado—Fiction.
6. Cookery—Fiction. I. Everson, Eva Marie. II. Title.
PS3619.H456T35 2007
813′.6—4dc22 2006100323
To Preston L. Purvis (1931–2006)—my daddy—who loved the stories of the
Potluck Club and looked forward to the next installment. I love you and miss
you more than I ever imagined possible.—“Ree-Baby”
Eva Marie Everson
To Eva and all my dear friends of the Advanced Writer’s and Speaker’s
Association. What a team of encouragers you are. How glad I am that you are in
my life.
Linda Evans Shepherd
Fiction by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
The Potluck Club
The Potluck Club—Trouble’s Brewing
Fiction by Eva Marie Everson
Shadow of Dreams
Summon the Shadows
Shadows of Light
Fiction by Linda Evans Shepherd
Ryan’s Trials
Kara’s Quest
Tangled Heart
Contents
1. Buttered Biscuits
2. Lisa Leann—Tea for Two
3. I’ll Take the Works
4. Vonnie—Blended Family
5. A Brand-New Me
6. Goldie—On a Low Boil
7. I Thought I ’Thaw a Puddy-Tat
8. Donna—Poached Paparazzi
9. Who’s That Girl?
10. Goldie—Sweet Revenge
11. A New Detective in Town
12. Lizzie—Family Upside-Down Turnovers
13. Move Over, John Grisham
14. Evangeline—Spilling Secrets
15. Between a Rock and a Hollywood Place
16. Goldie—Honeymoon Chillers
17. Are You Talkin’ to Me?
18. Donna—High Altitude Directions
19. What’s Good for the Goose
20. Vonnie—Prayer Preserves
21. Apple’s of Gold
22. Donna—Recipe for a Rescue
23. Business as Usual