Let's read together ))))

Good afternoon, my dear English learners!
Let's read a book together!
Here is the link:
https://www.harlequin.com/shop/articles/401_small-town-secrets.html?vid=20160115001&simpleSignin=true&chapter=1
(You need to register and the book is free)))).)
My new words I collected so far from Chapter 1:
 -aptly
-contentious
-croon
-jutting
-proprietor
-rendition
-saunter
-shot glass
-snarl
-stark
-sultry
-tattered
IDIOM:
feel(look) like death warmed over (up)- look ill or exhausted.
 TO BE CONTINUED...