The Mall: Love Among the Sales Racks

by Kathryn Cable

At the Rocky Mountain Shopping Plaza, Security Director Doug Brooks is a tough, hard-liner keeping the Mall safe. Marketing Director Amanda ‘Mandy’ DuBois wants to promote the Mall with events and holiday parties to draw in more customers. The two butt heads almost immediately, each determined to stay aloof and professional. The couple’s constant bickering, teasing and confrontation over who is right is a smokescreen covering the intense, passionate love they feel for each other but neither one admits. When Mandy is pursued by a charming new man who seems like Mr. Perfect, Doug’s jealousy spikes and the fiery competition begins. Will Doug and Mandy ever find true love among the sales racks, or will they continue to deny their feelings? Who will give in first before the Mall drives them both crazy. Another world goes on behind the glamour and glitz of a massive regional shopping mall. The roof leaks, snowplows break down, the Food Court sewer backs up, traffic is at a standstill, someone threw up in the planters and it’s all happening on a weekend. Operated by unique people with diverse skills who deal with rude customers, grumpy storeowners, arrogant parents and sometimes a forbidden love interest. They cope with lost kids, gang bangers, skateboarders, and mall rats. The Easter Bunny is on fire. A naked woman stalks Santa. The unusual is never a surprise. Duct tape will fix anything. Just keep smiling. The liquor cabinet stocked. Pray the holiday season is cancelled.

321 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2020

About the author

I’m a storyteller. An overabundance of imagination and curiosity created a writer. My stories are about the human drama of life and death, desire and love, anger and loss. I take ordinary people and put them in extraordinary circumstances. Then I watch how they respond. I focus on how my characters learn to overcome the obstacles that life throws at them while going through personal changes and growth. What we expected our story to be is not necessarily how it turns out. Life is full of more twists than a roller coaster, love is uncertain and risky, death unexpected, but we somehow make it through with hope, faith, and a bit of laughter.

I’m also an artist with a 25-year career in public relations. A graphic design degree allows me to think visually as I write. Born in a small town in Colorado, my ever-evolving career allowed me to live in many parts of this country, working for unique employers, meeting interesting, famous and diverse personalities. Evidence of these influences and what I have personally experienced are present in my stories. I enjoy painting, photography and my ancestral history. I promise I’ll do my best to keep you entertained.