I'm sorry that's it's been a while since I've blogged, but I've been very busy with a new job. I've signed on with Smashwords to help self-published authors format their books according to the premiere level guidelines. So far, I've done four books in the last three days with more coming.
I'm also working again on my new novel tentatively titled
Doorway Through Time. Can you guess that it's a time travel? It will take place in both the present day and the World War II era. So far, I've written just over 11K.
In the meantime, I'm happy to announce that
Gold Star Wife, my second World War II romance, is now available on Barnes and Noble ebooks. Click
this link for details.
In the summer of 1946, war-widow Janet Lewis travels to Fort Jackson to visit old friends. She becomes reacquainted with Major Paul Adams, who once served with her husband. Paul has foregone marriage and family in order to devote his life to the Army. Now, he suddenly finds himself falling in love with Janet, but at age 35, is he ready to marry her and take on the role of father to her three young children? Is Janet finally ready to let go of her memories of her husband, Jason, and give her love to another man?
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Excerpt
The beach was no less crowded than Janet had expected it to be for a summer weekend. She wondered how many of the fathers playing in the surf with their young children had recently returned from the war. It was good to see life getting back to normal for families who were fortunate enough to be reunited. Envy threatened to creep back into her mind, but she would never begrudge those families their happiness. Her husband wouldn’t want her to feel that way. He had given his life so that families could live in peace again.
While Paul set up the umbrella he had rented to protect her fair skin from burning in the midday sun, she began spreading out a blanket across the sand. She caught some movement out of the corner of her eye. Looking down, she saw a little sand crab poke its head out of its hole and then scamper back inside. Startled, she let out a yelp and jumped about three feet backward. Paul laughed for a brief moment but stopped when she shot him an injured look.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh, but you probably scared that little crab more than it scared you.”
“Maybe, but I don’t bite people when I’m scared,” she said.
The children stripped off their outerwear and ran out to splash in the surf. She hesitated to remove her black shorts and white shirt. The act of undressing in front of him seemed awkward, even though under it all was a not-too-revealing bathing suit.
The day before, she had gone to the Belk Brothers department store in Columbia and bought swimsuits for herself and the children. She purchased a modest suit, which didn’t display a whole lot of hip or cleavage. Katie laughed at her, telling her it looked like something her mother would wear. Perhaps it did, at that, but she didn’t want to flaunt her womanly charms that were a little plumper than she wanted them to be.
He apparently had no misgivings about disrobing in front of her, because he wasted no time getting out of his shirt and shorts. His body was lean but muscular, and he had strong legs. His tan was superb and wasn’t too dark, so as to seem unnatural with his blond and blue eyed complexion. A twinge emanated from a part of her body she had almost forgotten. She took a deep breath and imagined herself getting splashed with ice water.
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