A Way to Get By (21 page)

EASTER EGGS:

Maxine sold her Norman Hills mansion in 1990… to the Wilmington family. (REMEMBER WHEN)

Eddie was the first owner of that ’69 Mustang. Layla Warren was the third. (RW)

Brenda used to babysit Jack Tanner and his brothers. (DOWN THE SHORE)

Virginia’s sister is Diana Cavanaugh, Layla’s literary agent. (RW2, 3)

Eddie lived at The Norman Inn—a brand-new, luxury B&B—for a year and a half. By 2005, it had turned into a “dive.” (RW3)

Brenda and Eddie got engaged on the beach of The Westlake Pub in 1974. Rudy McAllister wouldn’t buy the place for another four years. (BREAKING THE ICE)

Maxine is a member of The Norman Society. (BTI)

Brenda briefly dated Terrence Chester Wilmington II in high school, until he broke up with her to go out with Madeline TRUesdale, who gave birth to Trip’s sister Claudia in 1968. (RW1, 2, 3)

Brenda held Aunt Judy’s wake at Malachi Bros., the same place Mr. Wilmington would be lain out thirty-two years later. (RW3)

ALSO BY T. TORREST

The REMEMBER WHEN Trilogy

Head back to the 80s with this decades-long coming-of-age romantic comedy about a Hollywood actor and his high school sweetheart.

(Book 1 is available for FREE everywhere!)

DOWN THE SHORE

A contractor-turned-rockstar breaks his own rules when he falls for an infuriating groupie down at the Jersey shore during the summer of ’95.

BREAKING THE ICE

A second chance romance between a former-NHL-star-turned-bar-owner and the cold-shouldered event planner who comes barging back into his life.