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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I walked her home. We bought take away coffees, and walked slowly, sipping our drinks, talking about... I don't know what, because all I could hear in my head was the endless loop of, Oh God, Oh God, what do I do when she works out I'm an idiot?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had been walking for fifteen minutes before she stared at her coffee and then at me, her expression sagging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh bugger a nun!Er...” She cleared her throat. “I just remembered I'm lactose intolerant.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You forgot?” I tried to hide my panic under a smile. “Are you okay?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Yeah.” She threw the coffee in the trash. “I'm going to have deadly wind and a crawling stomach, but I'm probably not going to throw up.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Probably?” I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I'm nervous too,” she complained, breaking into a laugh. “Sorry.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Are you okay?” I blathered, in a bit of a panic. I grabbed her hand tight, as though I might suddenly be able to sense her illness through a healing touch. She did not seem to mind. “Did I buy the wrong coffee? I didn't mean to poison you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“No. I wasn't thinking and I just forgot.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“How?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her smile turned coy and knowing, in a way people didn't smile at me. She put a hand on my cheek and guided me to kiss her lips. It was my first, so it was awkward and clumsy, but...apparently not awkward or clumsy enough to scare her off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw her every night that week. Our first real date was to the seaside, so she could play the arcade games. Her driving lesson had not gone well, and she took out her frustrations on the digital enemies with button mashing and swearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Bloody Hell!” I chuckled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Die! You cold sore riddled, festering foreskin!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“What did they do to you?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“They are invaders from another world, they deserve to feel my wrath!” She snarled. “Well, mostly because that stupid git who almost hit me on the roundabout can't! And my Dad!” Her knuckles went white as she punched the fire button. “If I could zap Dad I would, that feckless little runt! But, I can't, so these little alien buggers will pay! Argh! You bloody peggers!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The screen flashed red. Game Over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Purged of her anger, she curled into my arms, her cheek red hot against mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We sat on the beach, watched the waves crash in, and listened to music on shared headphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She considered the finger with which I stroked her wrists. “You know you are shaking?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I am?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Yeah.” She placed my hands on her side. “Do I make you that nervous?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't answer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Let me guess...I'm so much more beautiful than all the other girls?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You are beautiful,” I agreed, “and there are no other girls.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I know.” She shrank back. “Why would you want anybody else?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I meant...” I could feel my words turning to a confession. “There haven't been any others.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh.” She shifted so we lay back, and she could rest her head on my chest. “Really?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You couldn't tell?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She chuckled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“And...”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“And?” She asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“And... I'm afraid to let this happen, when...” I closed my eyes. “You know that in a few weeks I'm not going to be around much?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh.” She smiled. “So, you are playing for keeps?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That she had to ask, unsettled me. I drew back and mumbled an apology. She put her fingers over my lips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Are those the only reasons you are so scared?” she whispered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Well, that and any moment now you are going to realise I'm a dork, and—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She giggled and put my hand on her cheek. “It's the good kind of scared right?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The situation with Bethany was worse than I thought. The
last thing I thought she would tell me was that she is pregnant. This is
definitely a problem I can't fix for her. Bethany is definitely not ready to be
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Bethany? Is that
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Yes, it's
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I screwed
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mistake isn't like all those other times. It's worse."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Try me."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What? That was not
what I was expecting. There is no way. Those were the absolute last words I
expected to come out of her mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"How?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"I mean I know how, but I thought you weren't sexually active. How do you
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took six pregnancy tests and they all came back positive. I used different
brands and even took them on different days, but they all came back
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problem. I can't tell them. They'll be furious."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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novellas, from USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, and award-winning authors.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sweet Christmas Kisses 5</b> brings you heartwarming
contemporary romances that celebrate the joy of the season around the world,
including in snowy Maine and the sun-kissed skies of Florida, the mountains of
Colorado, small-town Illinois and South Carolina, New York to San Francisco,
and even the glittering lights of Paris and the old-world charm of Florence.
The Sweet Christmas Kisses 5 bundle features all-new, standalone novellas that
will make you smile and fill your heart with the Christmas spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today Bestselling Author. After losing her beloved grandmother and getting
dumped by her boyfriend, Sabrina is left feeling like Scrooge this Christmas.
She makes a plan to survive the holidays in Florence, only to realize her
grieving grandfather has a plan of his own. One that involves the crazy Mantoni
family and the distractingly handsome man she’s determined to avoid. It’s
beginning to look a lot like a tricky Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today Bestselling Author. Widow and retiree Gabby is ready for a rocking chair.
At least according to her daughter. Except maybe she’s not. After getting
stranded in a Maine snowstorm with a silver-haired fox, Gabby might find the
courage to say “yes” to life once more, and find a Christmas love she never
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Today bestselling author. When a supermodel with a string of bad news
boyfriends “wins” a volunteer firefighter at a charity bachelor auction, Rose
and Ryan might both discover they’ve found their perfect Christmas match. A fun
and romantic holiday tale set in the fictional town of Green Pines, Illinois.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sweet Peppermint Kisses</b> by Josie Riviera, USA Today
Bestselling Author. Sometimes the best gifts are hiding right under your
Christmas tree. His emotions were once trampled flat. Can he throw his heart
over the fence toward the ultimate Christmas gift—a future filled with love? A
holiday tale about the healing power of love, set in the charming fictional
town of Cherish, South Carolina. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Christmas In Paris</b> by Roxanne Rustand, USA Today
Bestselling Author. Kindergarten teacher Heather thought all her dreams were
coming true—until she was jilted by her fiancé three months before their
Christmas wedding. Since the honeymoon to Paris is already paid for, Heather
determines to go sans groom and have a great time, no matter what. Love is not
part of her travel plans, but when a handsome young doctor literally runs into
her on the street, the magic of Christmas in Paris may cause a change of heart.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Second Chance Christmas</b> by Kristin Wallace, USA Today
Bestselling Author. Ten years ago, Mia Reynolds and Win Barrington spent one
magical Christmas together—until lies and manipulation tore them apart, and
left Mia to raise a daughter all on her own. Now, both are back in their
hometown of Palm Cove, Florida just in time for the holidays. Once they uncover
the truth about what happened, can Mia and Win rediscover love and celebrate a
Second Chance Christmas with their daughter?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Ghosts From Christmas Past</b> by Mary Alford,
Publisher’s Weekly Bestselling Author. She was the love of his life, until a
tragic accident on Christmas Eve left Charlotte Swenson in a coma. For eight
years, Sheriff Dylan Parker of Bitter Creek, Colorado has held on to the hope
that somehow his love will find a way back to him. And when Charlotte opens her
eyes, just days before Christmas, Dylan can’t help but believe a holiday
miracle may grant his every wish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a freak winter storm strands them alone at the Team Macachek barracks in
Central New York, champion motocross racer Royce Evans and out-of-work
investigative reporter turned pizza deliverer Samantha Linder strike a bargain
that benefits them both. But when it appears Sam has broken the agreement, will
the spirit of Christmas be strong enough to save their blossoming holiday love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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girlfriend to advance his career. She needs a pretend date to keep her mom off
her case during the holidays. The solution to both of their problems? A
contractual relationship with one clause: neither of them can fall in love. A
Christmas tale set in romantic San Francisco that will cause this reluctant
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boxed set write sweet/wholesome romances and are members of <b>Sweet Romance
Reads</b>, a group of authors whose books contain no sex, violence, or strong
language. While the emotional stakes are high as the characters’ relationships
grow, lovemaking is not described in these stories. Think movies rated G or PG.
Therefore, <b>Sweet Christmas Kisses 5</b> can be enjoyed by romance readers of
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fire, pour a cup of hot chocolate and allow these bestselling and
award-winning authors to bring the holiday season alive as they warm your
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author with a passion for books that brim over with mischief & humor. She
writes sweet, sophisticated romantic fiction and cozy mysteries, many of them
set in beautiful Italy. While “Boeker” means “books” in a German dialect, her
first name Beate can be translated as “Happy” . . . and with a name that reads
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author of many sweet romances, mysteries, and novellas. When she’s not writing,
she can be found teaching Psychology at a local college, working as a Marriage
and Family Therapist in private practice, or (mostly) spending time with her
twelve grandchildren.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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inspirational author Jean C. Gordon writes what she knows best — small-town,
happily-ever-afters set in, or with characters from, her native Upstate New
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />For five years Bunny has never once felt alone. He has been haunted by the tragedy that stole Hanna, his first true love from him, and has always felt her presence on one shoulder, and blame on the other.<br /><br />Now Alice, a minor star from the show he writes, is on the verge of becoming more than just a friend, and the sun baked palm beaches are almost feeling like home.<br /><br />Can Bunny face the ghosts of his past? Or is history about to repeat itself in the most terrible of ways?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />Grad student Ivory Konner relishes a summer of guiding rafts on the Wenatchee River for from the expectations of her parents and the reminders of her recent dumping. She isn’t looking for romance when a thin guy and his dog nearly send her plummeting off the trail.<br /><br />Cancer survivor Prescott Colyer drops out of college, escapes to his uncle’s photo gallery in Leavenworth, WA, and quietly pursues his art. But when his collision on a hiking trail exposes him to physical contact without pain, he risks everything for a girl who’s not interested in romance, not even for the summer.<br /><br />Once Ivory connects with Prescott’s art, she offers to help him build a business. As they spend time together, her heart takes on its own mission.<br /><br />Can their unexpected encounter urge Prescott out of isolation? Will Ivory include love in her long-term plan?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Asya Hart’s simple human existence ends forever the night she meets Christian and James, two beautiful vampires bonded to each other and united in their mission to find The One who is destined to Balance the Tilt of the World—in other words, heal humanity and the planet. When Asya is compelled to use a healing power she never knew she possessed on the Grandfather of the Blood Community, Christian and James are commanded to bring Asya into The Blood, and the prophecy is set in motion. <br /><br />Asya learns that she and the rest of her family are all vampires, and that it wasn’t until her blood was raised that she became her full self. Asya is destined to save humanity, but she has no idea how she is supposed to do that! As if the expectations on her aren't daunting enough, she finds herself hunted, an unwelcome symbol of change within the vampire community. Vampires lifespans are linked with humanity: the more chaos and negativity within humans, the longer vampires live. Asya finds herself in the minority, a vampire who believes that working to heal humanity is the right and necessary thing to do, despite the personal consequences. There are those who don’t appreciate Asya's selflessness, and for them the solution is simple: get rid of her before her revolutionary ideas take hold. <br /><br />In the midst of it all is love, and Asya struggles to not let it distract her. Christian and James are a bonded couple, and Asya has joined them. Asya is drawn to them in ways she has never felt before, but does she really have the luxury of first love? Asya finds herself on the crossroads. Who is she is in this new world? And can she truly be who people expect her to be? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh, my God,” she said, as she read the banner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the limo came to a stop, Stephen and Kat ran over to them, preventing them from getting out as they stretched the banner out along the windows, dancing in circles with it around the car, whooping and yelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Just so there’s no confusion,” James laughed, “this is not actually a ritual practiced for all those new to the blood.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asya rolled her eyes, but couldn’t help smiling at her family’s exuberance. It was something you could always count on. Loads of loads of energy and enthusiasm directed toward no good purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the fervor died down, James opened the door and Asya stepped out. Kat embraced her, stepped away slightly and grabbed both her hands in her own, swinging them back and forth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“So, how are you? Are you well? You look well! I’m so excited for you!” she babbled on. “Do you like the banner and balloons? Here, they’re for you.” She handed Asya her bunch of black and red balloons. “We had so much fun getting them, I think everyone at BJ’s thought you got your period! Isn’t that hysterical?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Let me help you with those,” James said affably, taking the banner and balloons out of her hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This way,” said Kat, leading the group around the back of the house toward Stephen’s room. “Vivianna is still sleeping.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The five of them stepped into Stephen’s room, although studio would be a better descriptor. It was huge, with his bed in the far corner, sectioned off by a Shoji screen. To one side was a small kitchen, a long counter and stools separating it from a living area, complete with couches and all manner of entertainment equipment. A small hallway out of the room led to the bathroom and laundry room nearby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You’d better have been kind to Little One,” he told them, only half-joking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Don’t worry, we didn’t get near enough to her to show her our true kindness,” Christian drawled, winking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James answered diplomatically. “Yes, of course, but, you know, we didn’t—”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kat turned to her. “Really?” she said, wide-eyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Wow,” Stephen was flabbergasted. “Sharing without sex—who does that? Does anyone else do that?” He looked around at Christian, James and Kat. They all shrugged their shoulders and shook their heads. No, they didn’t know of anyone else who did that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Friday night, it all happened so quickly; and, well, Asya was in a daze when we left. I just didn’t feel comfortable imposing ourselves in that way…it was like we had given her roofies or something. It just didn’t seem proper,” explained James casually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asya sat in a state of shock. Is this really happening? Are they casually discussing the ins and outs, or lack thereof, of my level of intimacy with the boys? She started to feel annoyed, very annoyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s just…weird.” Stephen turned to Asya, explaining. “Sharing and sex, it’s like peanut butter and jelly…like the Grateful Dead and tie-dye, Catholic girls and Catholic girls’ slutty school uniforms…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asya cut him off. “I get it. I didn’t know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“That’s okay,” Stephen told her, reaching over to place a hand on her shoulder. “Maybe you’re just not into guys.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Stephen! It’s not that, it’s just… Listen, my love life is not up for public consumption!” she yelled at him, pushing away his hand, irritated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen began to laugh. “Always the rebel, Little One!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I, for one, am glad you’re encouraging her to wait. She is my baby sister, and I’m sure over the next couple years she’ll grow up and feel ready,” said Stephen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asya looked up at him, aghast. He really believed that. He really did see her as a child. Behind the irritation at the whole situation, she had to admit it was somewhat endearing. As twisted as it was, Stephen had been a sort of father-figure for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"God help me," she muttered to herself. "It’s amazing I’ve made it this far."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“But keeping her alive and safe and well is the more important priority,” added Christian fervently. “Rest assured, she is our number one concern until she tells us she no longer wishes us to serve her.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen thought for a moment, “Oh-h-h. So, let me get this straight. I’m a little slow on the uptake. You do want my sister—you know, like want her—but you’re just being old fashioned or something?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kat scolded him. “For God’s sake Stephen, of course they want her! Half the room wanted her on Friday night, didn’t you notice? Clearly, you can’t see her as anything but your little sister, and I think that is very…sweet!” she said, tears filling her eyes. She crossed the room, wrapping herself around him to give a long, passionate kiss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg
sat in his truck after Faith’s train pulled away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For
more than an hour. He tipped his head back listening to AM Radio. At ten to
midnight, he drove to the police station to start his shift. The locker room’s
perpetual winter chill unnerved him every other night, but he was so charged up
from being with Faith, he didn’t feel it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Hey
Mallory, I saw your name in the bulletin,” Dennis Carlin said stepping through
the locker room. “I didn’t know you’ve been on for <i>twenty</i> years.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg
removed his jeans. “Yep. You should have listened to me when we were kids.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They’d
worked the beach concession stand together one summer. Greg had kept Carlin out
of trouble, since he’d ogled every girl in a bikini who came in for a soda,
including Skye. It was that summer Greg had seen Faith for the first time. She
was ten years old. At fifteen he didn’t look at her as anything more than a
redheaded blur standing next to Gwen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You’re
not kidding.” Carlin prodded him out of his thoughts. “Still, it’s rare these
days that guys start so young.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“With
my dad here, it made sense for me to join.” Greg pulled his shirt off and
folded it. A trace of Faith’s perfume still clung to the fabric, setting off a
tightening in his chest. The way she could so easily affect him after all this
time was unsettling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Carlin
rambled on, oblivious to Greg just standing there holding his shirt and
smelling it. “And now you can leave this shit-hole and go do something else.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He
shook his head and yanked his cargo pants on. “What the hell else would I do?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Plenty.
Go work for an insurance company as an investigator. Go to the city and work
for the Feds. School security.” Carlin stepped closer. “That’s the sweetest
gig. Summers off. Holidays. Snow days.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Shaking
down kids isn’t very exciting.” He continued to mindlessly get dressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Twenty
years of putting on the same damn uniform, he could do it in his sleep. Carlin touched a nerve when he mentioned
working for the Feds, though.
That was something he’d be interested in. But as long as his father was staying
on the force, Greg felt he needed to as well. Martin’s shooting last year had
shaken Greg up. It could have been him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg
buttoned his uniform shirt. He liked his job. Darling Cove PD was one of the
few village forces on the North Fork of Long Island. And like his dad, he loved
the idea of patrolling his own neighborhood. Twenty years of full time pay,
night differential, overtime and the absence of any major expenses except his
house and truck, piled up a very nice nest egg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He <i>could</i> leave the force and do nothing. If
he wanted to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He
took his gun belt and secured it around his waist. Methodically he filled it
with his Glock, taser, mace, a radio and handcuffs. His nightstick was the last
to be secured to the belt. Most calls, however, were aided assist cases for the
fire department’s ambulance team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While
dragging his bomber jacket across his shoulders, he stepped out into the lobby
to stand at the front desk for roll call. He kept his head down, but a whiff of
perfume lifted his head. He gave a smile to Laura, Darling Cove’s only female
officer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After
roll call, Greg zipped up his jacket to go warm up his patrol car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Hey
Greg.” Laura slapped him on the back. “Who was that girl you were helping at
the winery the other night?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He
spun around. “Were you at the winery?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“No!”
She waved her hands like he asked if she’d been to a rodeo. “It’s a small town,
Greg.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“That
it is.” He turned to continue walking to his car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You
didn’t answer me.” She crossed her arms smirking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Laura
was a mother of five and married to a Corrections Officer. She was a damn good
cop, and he treated her like any other officer. If she was asking him about a
girl, she had a genuine, friendly interest. Most of Greg’s friends were either
married or had moved away. In a way, his only close friend now was…Andrew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg
exhaled. “That was Faith.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Laura’s
eyes opened wide. “<i>The</i> Faith.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The
one and only.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Darling
Cove’s runaway bride?” She wiggled her hips. “I think it’s so cool we have one.
It’s like a tourist attraction.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greg
jammed his eyes closed while Laura hooted with laughter as she walked to the
back of the precinct, where she ran the surveillance desk. He considered for
the very first time what leaving had done to Faith. What it had made <i>her</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We’ll
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knowing it would be temporary. Her plans had always been to leave the city at<br />
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going to derail that. However she quickly finds that Graham calls to her as no<br />
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leaving both the city and the man at the end of the summer. What seemed so far<br />
away at the beginning of spring now looms in front of her and the reality of<br />
leaving everything she loves tears at her. When near tragedy forces both of<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">Maybe years of following rugby and the increasing popularity of the game, had been the inspiration behind, or the reason for the series, Playing for Glory, of which Eye on the Ball is the first book to be published.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">When you meet a fellow rugby enthusiast on a boat cruise on the Hudson during the Fourth of July celebrations, there had to be a reason why such a meeting made an impression. It was only on the long flight from New York to Johannesburg that the idea of the series started to form. Before then, I never considered writing about my beloved sport, not even romances. For the eight months since that New York trip, I plotted and wrote the first six books in the series and outlines of several other books. None of them was Eye on the Ball.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">The first scene of Eye on the Ball came while watching a Six Nation’s Rugby Match on television. I got up, went to my study to type it up. When I was finished, I had the names of the two characters, Jakes and Ange, and I had the first scene of the book, but that was it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">When I plotted the series approximately eight months before, I created a team list. I planned the first six books, and built the team around the characters in those books, which I’ve written in that eight months. The only character that I had on my team list who might have been Jakes was the eighth man, JJ du Plessis, who didn’t have a story. He was just a number in the team. After I wrote that first scene, I thought it was going to be a Christmassy kind of story and called it, Under the Mistletoe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">After writing that first scene, Jakes kept on popping in my head and I spent more time thinking about him than I did the manuscript I’ve been working on. A few days after I’ve written that scene, the rugby world was shocked by the passing away of the Wallaby Dan Vickerman. There were many panel discussions and articles about his passing, but a discussion on a New Zealand talk show about Dan’s death and the struggles of professional sportsmen and women, really caught my attention. One panellist said that it was not uncommon that men in a macho environment don’t talk about their emotions and fears as they don’t want to appear weak. That phrase caught my attention and stuck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">I thought about it constantly. The only research before I continued writing was what could cause men in macho environments to fear that they were weak</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">or any man for that matter. I had my story in a matter of minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">The following morning I woke up at four, went to sit at the computer and started writing. It was amazing. It just flowed. The rest of the research I had to do along the way or afterwards. When I finished with the first draft barely a week after I’ve started, I had more than 130000 words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">After writing Eye on the Ball, I realized that this was not going to be the typical sports romance I envisioned when I planned the series. Jakes was the catalyst, I guess. Although Jakes had the looks, the physicality, macho male image, the intelligence and other attributes to make him an alpha male, Jakes wanted to highlight important issues that had nothing to do with his looks. I had no choice other than to comply.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eye on the Ball is about a man who struggles to keep his focus on what he felt was important—his teammates, his team and their end goal. It is also about a woman who is strong enough to deal with Jakes’ fears and insecurities, although it may not sound like it. It sounds like Jakes’ story and it mostly is but Ange is one of those women who doesn’t need the limelight. It doesn’t make her weak.</span></div>
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Born and brought up in Pretoria, South Africa, Francine had no choice but to fall in love with rugby at a young age. With three older, rugby-playing brothers and a father who was a fanatic supporter of the local team and the Springboks, Francine adopted the motto, If you can’t beat them, join them. After trying to play one game, Francine gave up the idea to play rugby. She opted to watch the boys from the side. <br />
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At the tender age of ten, she discovered the romance section in the local library and that was it. She was a fan. By fourteen, she had read all the ones in the Afrikaans section and switched to the English section. There was a time when Francine briefly abandoned her favourite genre to lose herself in crime novels, but as they say: you never forget your first love.<br />
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Rugby, romance and writing is not all that keep Francine busy. If she does not spent time with her Scottish husband and teenage daughter either at home or travelling, Francine loves to read, or dabbles in photography and painting.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why does society treat you as an outcast when you're single? Is it not bad enough that I have my two best friends pressuring me to date every chance they get. It's probably because I still haven't told them the reason I've avoided dating: The fact that I am HIV positive. It's this dirty little secret I've been keeping to myself for the last two years. I've tried telling my friends and family numerous times, but something always gets in my way. At least that's what I tell myself. Don't worry, I'm ninety percent sure you can find my picture under the word cynical in the dictionary.<br /><br />Since my ex-boyfriend basically called me a walking disease, I've lost a bit of my self confidence you could say. I mean, how am I suppose to tell my friends and family? I guess writing a letter to my parents won't cut it.<br /><br /> More importantly, how is Travis, the new guy I like going to take the news? He is perfect, and I am far from it. I have to trust him, but trusting someone is easier said than done.<br /><br />If dealing with HIV wasn't enough, the bombshell my mom decided to invoke on my sister and I sure takes the cake. At least that's what I thought, until I attended Lauren's birthday party. Who knew that would be a night I would never forget.<br /><br />Who would have thought ripping off a band aid would be the most painful route to take?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;">When I am not writing, I work as a Registered Nurse. I'm privileged to work with individuals and families who live and deal with chronic illnesses. Not only does my job involve treating sick individuals, but educating individuals on how to manage chronic illnesses, such as HIV.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;">In my third year of nursing school, my class was studying communicable diseases. One of the diseases we briefly learned about was HIV. One of my nursing instructors organized for a presenter to come talk to our class about HIV. During this presentation, I was astounded on how much I learned about HIV. I couldn't believe how much research there was on HIV, and how far the medications have come to treat HIV. Although HIV is currently not curable, I was amazed on the advancements regarding limiting the transmission of HIV from person to person. The presentation had greatly altered my perception on HIV.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;">As a nurse, I work with individuals who are HIV positive. Each individual has their own story of how they contracted HIV, and how the illness affects them on a day to day basis. It's unfortunate, but I find there is a negative stigma associated with HIV. Because of this stigma, I wanted to write about a character who was embarrassed to disclose her HIV status. Having my protagonist have a bad experience disclosing her status with an ex-boyfriend, enhanced her insecurities about telling her friends and family. It was after writing that scene, that I realized, disclosing one's status to another person involves an enormous amount of trust. The approach of how one would disclose their status to a loved one, piqued my curiosity, and I decided to write about it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;">HIV is a preventable illness, which assisted me in developing the internal dialogue of my protagonist. Because my character's HIV could have been prevented, it was interesting tackling the guilt my character felt about contracting the illness. I find that understanding one's illness and accepting an illness are two different concepts. My protagonist went back and forth numerous times on how she knew she couldn't 'undo' her illness, yet at the same time she had difficulty accepting her illness. I hope this is a concept that others could relate to.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;">In nursing school, the idea that an illness is a part of a person, but does not solely identify them, is a theme I tried to relay in the book. I wanted my protagonist to continue on and achieve her goals, as she would have, if she was never diagnosed with HIV. At one point in the book, my protagonist talks about how easy it is to hide her illness, as others couldn't necessarily 'see' her illness. I purposely wrote this to enforce the idea that the HIV is a part of my protagonist, but does not solely represent her. Her one decision does not have to dictate the rest of her life. I included characters in my protagonists life, such as her friends and family, who were supportive of her because I think support is truly important to have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br />This isn't good. She knows, damn it. I can't even lie to her and tell her I take the<br /><br />medications for a different reason. She knows what the medications are for. I completely<br /><br />forgot I had my medications in my purse when I gave her permission to go in it to grab the<br /><br />tampon. I mean, I wasn't thinking. I was half asleep.<br /><br />I don't know what to say. She’s caught me off guard. I stay silent.<br /><br />"The medications are anti-retroviral medications. They are used to treat HIV."<br /><br />Cori gasps, completely shocked. Cori looks at me, but I turn my head. I can't look at her. "Do you have HIV?" She asks.<br /><br />I stand up to clear my plate. I've lost my appetite. What am I supposed to say?<br /><br />"Those aren't mine."<br /><br />Brennley stands up. "Hayden, I saw your name on them."<br /><br />I get defensive. This is my worst case scenario. I wanted to be the one to tell them on my own accord, so Brennley finding out this way? It’s awful.<br /><br />"Maybe I took them out under my name for someone else, did you ever think of that? Maybe someone who’s ashamed of having to go to the pharmacy to buy them, worried they will be judged? Did you ever think of that?" Okay, that was a horrible lie, but I'm feeling cornered.<br /><br />Brennley blows out a breath, and scratches her head. "No, I didn't. I wasn't accusing you of anything. I was just stating what I saw."<br /><br />I'm angry, but only because they found out like this. "Well, don't jump to conclusions."<br /><br />I look over at Cori and I can see tears forming in her blue eyes. "Hayden, just be honest with us. Whose medications are those?"<br /><br />I squeeze my eyes shut. I will not cry. "No one's!" I shout.<br /><br />I look over and see tears now forming in Brennley's eyes. I can't do this. There are too many emotions floating throughout this room. I'm sad, hurt, angry, devastated, frustrated, and feeling very, very guilty.<br /><br />"They aren't mine," I sob. My shoulders begin to shake. Cori comes over and lifts my hands away from my face and wraps me in a hug.<br /><br />"Hayden, it's okay if they are yours, just be honest with us. We don't care if they are yours."<br /><br />You know the feeling you get when you are about to cry and someone asks you if you are alright, and it's them saying that, that makes you ultimately cry? That's what I'm feeling right now. I release Cori's grip on me and gently push her away. I turn and walk to the other side of the kitchen. I turn to face them. I wipe the tears that have spilled down my cheeks. I shake out my hands. My heart is hammering in my chest. My chest feels tight, like an elephant is sitting on it. I feel a bit dizzy, like the room is moving and I'm having trouble seeing straight. I take a deep breath until both of them come back into focus.<br /><br />I decide it's time for the truth to come out. Although when I tell them I can't look at them. I'm scared to see their reaction.<br /><br /><br />"Alright, I give up. Those pills are mine." I cry. "Because I am, in fact, HIV positive."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Avery Woods lives in beautiful, but sometimes rainy Vancouver, BC, Canada. In addition to writing, Avery Woods works as a full time Registered Nurse. When she's not writing or working as a nurse you can find her consuming books by the minute. Trust is her first book.</span><br />
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Ben popped a dumpling into his mouth and chewed and they grinned at each other happily. They managed to make short work of the appetizers and Jill moaned with pleasure as, after removing the empty plates, their server replaced them with huge bowls of pork fried rice, shrimp lo mein and chicken in a garlicky sauce. Their dinner was served family style, and Jill helped herself to large portions of everything. They ate in companionable silence, punctuated by Jill’s moans of delight as she sampled each dish. After she had eaten most of the food she had taken, she drank some water, and then sat back with a satisfied sigh.<br />
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“Carly says I could have a food baby and no one would even notice.” God, where had that come from?<br />
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“No one, huh?” he said with a smirk. When he saw Jill blush, he sat back and smiled. “I’m dying to know more about you, Jill Griffin.”<br />
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Jill shrugged her shoulders. Always shy and intensely private, she had grown increasingly wary over the years and disliked talking about herself. She had been burned a few times by those claiming to be interested in her, when all the while they only wanted to learn something about James, as if she would relay some juicy bit of gossip about him, posthumously or not.<br />
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She knew that since Ben was well on his way to the level of celebrity James had enjoyed, it was highly unlikely Ben had any kind of ulterior motive. He was probably sincere in wanting to get better acquainted with her. But even though she felt comfortable with Ben, she was out of practice with any sort of personal narrative.<br />
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“Not much to tell. I was married to James and we had Carly and then James died.”<br />
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“Well, that’s all there is to me, I’m afraid.” Jill laughed nervously.<br />
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Ben was shaking his head at her. “I think you’re wrong. I see so much more than that. I see a beautiful woman. A talented woman. A woman I want to get to know much, much better.” Jill put down the cloth napkin she had been folding and unfolding underneath the table. She had regained some of her self-confidence and she watched him closely as she spoke.<br />
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“A mature woman. Ben, I’m 42 years old. I have an 18-year old daughter. I don’t know what you want from me. I’m not a ‘Mrs. Robinson’ okay? You’re so…young,” she ended weakly.<br />
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Jill needed to say something, before she started kissing him like she had been dreaming about all day.<br />
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“I just want to keep this private, okay? I haven’t been with anyone since, well, you know. Carly says she’s ready for me to start dating again, but I’m not at all sure I believe her. You and I kind of work together, and I have to keep it professional. And there’s going to be a big tribute concert for James this fall and there will be a ton of press. I can’t have this, whatever it is, taking center stage. So this is just between us, okay?”<br />
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Ben was watching her closely and at his nod of agreement, she continued.<br />
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"And just for the record,” she whispered, “I imagine I taste like Whoppers and garlic sauce.”<br />
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Ben took her in his arms and just before he started kissing her, he assured her, “That’s my favorite.”<br />
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">HA!</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{189}" paraid="1425232078" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The short story soon evolved into a 15,000-word novella that appeared for six months in a boxed set with seven other stories </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">(by various indie romance authors) </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">featuring </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">one common thread: </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Virtual Match. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">My story generated a few exciting reviews (like this one </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1598577608?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">) and that kept Ronnie and Marcus in the forefront of my mind.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Once th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e VIRTUALLY YOURS</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> party ended, I </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">wondered if I could find a home for this story. Imagine my pleasure when </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Roane Publishing</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> started</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> a line of sweet romance novellas.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{215}" paraid="2091074641" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I dug out Ronnie’s story, embellished it a little, spiffed it a LOT and submitted it.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> And because I write elaborate backstories for most characters, I </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">realized</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Veronica Shay had a closet full of secrets. </span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW265999691" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">So</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> a second novella forced its way from my fingers into a Word document. This one had serious flaws, but there was a story.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{229}" paraid="1355522707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">After some hard editing, the second chapter of Ronnie and Marcus’s love story hit the digital bookshelves. By that time, the conclusion of their story</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> was flowing onto the page in my writing sanctuary</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{237}" paraid="791202804" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Today, you can read the culmination of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">more than </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">two years with this cast of characters.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{241}" paraid="1260719707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">To Veronica I’ll say, “You’ve come a long way baby.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{f171acbd-54e5-4f21-bf23-d44a93074b03}{245}" paraid="1738839083" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Every interesting character believes a lie (or two) about themselves. The complex ones have a deep wound associated with this lie. And most of them are so busy lying about the wound that the lie becomes part of who they are.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Until something shakes them up</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and forces them to take a hard look</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And they</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> discover that their painful past has built a fabrication around them.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{10}" paraid="549894554" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In the end, the truth about what they always though</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> comes out.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{18}" paraid="46865803" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If they accept it, they can evolve to a new level. But if they seek the safety the lie provides, they’ll end up in a worse state than </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">where </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">they started.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{34}" paraid="1161368511" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">That’s </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the journey</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Ronnie and Marcus </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">take</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in REALITY EVER</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> AFTER. They enter the dark land of lies. Their wounded hearts try to pull them into the hopeless abyss of “I can’t be loved.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{38}" paraid="968314201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I knew Ronnie’s wound ran deeper than the secret she reveals in book two. But it was such an old scar that she’d forgotten all about it.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{42}" paraid="1209997910" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Until her brother’s insecurity in the face of fatherhood brings snatches of it floating to the surface.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{50}" paraid="1816275011" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">A good series</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> need </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">two things:</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">S</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eparate story problems and goals for each installment of the series. </span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW265999691" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font=""Book Antiqua", serif" data-leveltext="%1." data-listid="1" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{64}" paraid="154231140" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">O</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ne over-arching problem that is introduced in the beginning, but isn’t resolved until the climax of the final installment. </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{70}" paraid="1181871214" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">But all series must come to an end. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Am I sad to say goodbye to these characters? Yes and no.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Yes, because they’re finally getting to the “real life” phase of their relationship. The one where love takes the reins from romance and drives the couple into the sunset.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{78}" paraid="1299021610" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">But also no. They’ve been rumbling around inside my heart and mind for thirty-nine months and I’m ready for them to move along.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW265999691" paraeid="{27588f2f-25e3-492a-981a-a06ecc1815d1}{87}" paraid="2092186267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I have plenty of other characters who want their stories told. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">E</span><span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">very goodbye to one story ushers in a hello to another.</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW265999691" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">What’s your favorite series? Why is it your favorite?</span><span class="EOP SCXW265999691" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "book antiqua_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since adventuring in Narnia as a trouble youth, Sharon Hughson has embraced the magical portal of reading. As a child, she wrote her first story and discovered a passion for creating new worlds. These days, with help from three cats, Sharon pens romance, young adult fantasy, women’s fiction, and nonfiction (too many story ideas for a single genre).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Publisher: <a href="http://www.roanepublishing.com/" target="_blank">Roane Publishing</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: Jan 8, 2018</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One snowy night, in an Accident and Emergency ward, a life hangs in the balance, and your best friend is going to tell you everything you don't know about him, about your life, and what you both might be about to lose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marlene Martin wants to start over, to escape the sad past she can’t seem to leave behind. Between her marriage falling apart and her brother passing away, she has no reason left to stay in Mistport, New York. Her pending move across the country is exactly what she needs—or so she thinks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Brady Miller doesn’t want to love Marlene, not after their agonizing divorce. His constant travel for work keeps his mind off of where they went wrong. But when he moves back to his small hometown to help with his brother’s business, seeing her again awakens the feelings he had long pushed aside. Each time they bump into each other, his interest in her only deepens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Marlene wakes up in the hospital after a terrible accident, she turns to the first person who enters her mind: Brady. Her world is shattered when he reveals that they’re divorced and her brother is gone. Brady helps her sort through the pain of memories she’s forgotten while he tries to avoid complicating her life even further.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; text-indent: 0.4in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recent college graduate Danielle Haviland had her future planned as a bride, band PR manager, and world traveler. Her dreams are ruined when her fiancée dumps her. On top of her heartbreak, Dani’s demanding mother issues an ultimatum: choose a viable life plan by the New Year, or assume a position picked out for her in the family real estate business. Dani runs away to the beloved town of her childhood summers to heal, refocus, and decide her future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-CA">When tragedy strikes again, Aunt Evvie once more steps to the rescue. Her sister attempts to poison her daughter even after her own suicide, leaving behind chocolates tainted with arsenic in her daughter's drawer and urging her to eat them in a note. Calling Molly's beloved aunt for help, Phillip sees her convince her niece that she is both good and lovable. </span>Evvie surrenders her job to stay home with Molly and in in the process comes to realize her brother-in-law no longer feels like a brother. Phillip convinces Evvie to enter into a psudo-marriage to provide stability for the hurting child. After rejection and betrayal, can Phillip trust romance again? Can the Evvie, the plain, older sister, compete with her beauty-queen sister? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Inspiration behind It's Complicated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Joyce Holmes</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maggie
Lapage, my female character in <i>It’s
Complicated</i>, made her first appearance in <i>Show No Weakness</i> as a young co-worker of Joely Sinclair. Maggie had
a knack for stirring up trouble. She called it helping people. Others might
call it meddling. But she always had the best intentions. Several of my readers
told me how much they loved her feisty personality, and their comments inspired
me to write her story. I had a scenario in my head where she’d fit perfectly
and, from there, the story quickly came together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
storyline formed easily, but accurately portraying Maggie’s character was a
little more of a challenge. She’s young, urban and loves all the girly-girl
things I know little about. She’s tall and fashionable and very outgoing.
Again, not anything I can easily connect with. I blogged about my dilemma at
the time (https://joyceholmes.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/definitely-not-a-hip-young-urbanite/).
Secondary characters are easy and fun to write; they can be quirky and even a
little outrageous without necessarily needing to reveal what made them this way.
Lead characters require more depth and motivation. I really wanted to do right
by Maggie, because after everything she’d been through, she deserved it. Yes,
she was impulsive and just a tad of a busybody, but once her background and motivations
were made clear, her personality quirks became understandable and relatable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I once knew
a young man named Thomas. He was very much his own man and stubbornly
independent, sometimes to his detriment. Thomas left this earth far too young,
and to honour his memory, I named my male character, Tom O’Shay, after him. I
also gave Tom some of that same quiet strength of character and stubborn
independence. Who better to pit Maggie’s <i>helpfulness</i>
against than someone who abhors needing help?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My
inspiration for the storyline came from the place where all my stories come
from. The desire to convey a<i> real life</i>
situation full of emotion, which tugs on the heartstrings, and eventually
finishes with a satisfying happy-ever-after. Hopefully, my readers will find
that I accomplished this goal with Maggie and Tom’s tale, <i>It’s Complicated</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“That's the Kind of Love You're In” by Sons of the Desert. The lyrics speak of the depth and breadth and length of the man's love for the woman. I won't print the whole song, but a stanza and the chorus go:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Till I have no days to give</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And from the bottom of my soul</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted my story to reflect that kind of love, the willingness of the hero to “walk through fire” for the heroine. I also wanted a story in which another version of the phrase “through fire” could be meant – by way of a great struggle, the hero and heroine get their HEA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the song gave me my title, as well as the inspiration for the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shortly thereafter, I came up with characters. I've started several other stories, but <i>Through Fire</i> is the only one in which the opening scene was the first scene to come to my mind. All my other stories “started” somewhere in their middles. For <i>Through Fire</i>, I was sitting in my car at work, eating lunch, when my muse showed me a young woman in a gym intrigued by a young man, also working out. My muse then informed me that he was an amputee. I asked, “Are you sure?” and she replied huffily, “Yes, I'm sure.” Luckily I had my computer with me, so I just started typing away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Harmonia Shae, a time traveler, faces a revengeful fallen sidhe queen set on enslaving humankind. A Sihir magician traps Harmonia’s freewill inside a talisman forcing her to submit to three summonses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the brink of death, she finds an unwanted champion in Tristan Avery. Upon awakening, she is in his house. Frightened, she scrambles to escape his overbearing need to protect her. Time is short, she must find the ambassador of the gates and return to her cousin’s house to formulate a plan of action to undo the cataclysmic effects she is compelled to inflict on an unsuspecting city once she completes the queen’s commands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The wild cowboy sidhe, Tristan Avery finds the dark haired beauty unconscious and poisoned with copper. Determined, to find out why she is here, he follows her every move. When a calamitous earthquake hits Sedona, he is sure she is connected to the mystifying vibrational energy storming through the ley lines of magick. As minder of the Kingdom of Sidhe, he becomes entangled in a battle to safeguard Sedona and defend the women he’s vowed to protect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The idea of a cowboy sidhe
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wearing wranglers, cowboy boots and a black Stetson. The setting takes place in
the rustic red mountains of Sedona, Arizona. A mysterious setting filled with
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Canyon, eight miles from the quaint town of Sedona. It’s a magical resort
nestled in the spectacular, nature-carved red rocks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The spa resort blends in with the
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took a tour and hiked to an ancient Palatki Site. Old ancient writings were
still carved into the rock beds. In my imagination the Sinaqua Indians came to
life. I speculated on the culture of these mountain Indians and wondered what
would happen if an ancient chalcedony stone was ripped through time and the
spirit of the Palatki were held captive inside the vortex of the red mountain? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emerald’s Ring came to life. The heroine, Harmonia Shae, a time-traveler, is
thrust into a whirlwind of chaos, when manipulated by a Sihir magician and
forced to steal the chalcedony stone, along with seven ancient acorns from the
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mind’s Eye initially began with the creation
of Cassie’s personality. From there, it
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I visualized Cassie to be a young 20-something
journalist who is ambitious and confident yet slightly out of her element by living
in New York City for the first time. She
is a contradiction in many ways-like most of us-and the main focus of her
journey is figuring out how to cope with her gift of astral projection amidst
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A gift is definitely not how she views her
ability to see people die for the majority of the book but as Cassie grows as a
person and lets Detective Derek Ward into her life, she begins to accept
herself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassie and Derek’s love story was written as
a supporting role for Cassie’s experiences and to help guide her toward self
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mind’s Eye is the result of Cassie’s ordeals,
coupled with metaphysical and new age themes, and how they shape her into the
person she needs to become in order to survive her ultimate vision. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The quick retreat wasn’t totally silent. She
could hear the sounds of the others, moving quickly along parallel lines to her
own painful effort. Wondering how long she could keep the burst of energy up,
she noted the noises diminished as people worked their way outward like the
spokes of a wheel. Four hundred paces and the air burned in her lungs. She
fought the tough terrain and avoided the thickening flora, the damn sled
hanging up at each and every turn. Her arms burned with the desperate efforts
to free the runners and the hound whined with pain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Six hundred paces had her bent doubled over with
a stitch in her side. She went to her knees when the ground sloped away into a
small ravine, nearly causing her and Gehlert to tumble into its depths, the
momentum of the heavy sled a terrible burden. It was the dog who saved them,
digging his forefeet in and throwing his body weight back to settle on his
haunches. She hugged him fiercely, his pants and thundering heartbeat mirroring
her own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Skirting the ravine took them well away from
what she reckoned was a straight path outward from the original starting point.
She scanned the treetops in a near futile effort to reorient herself. The
filtered light told her the sun was at four o’clock, so she deviated slightly to
her right and pushed on, wondering where the strength to do so had come from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having lost count of her pacing, she chanced
another three hundred, using images of what would happen if they got caught to
spur her on. Certain they’d walked a half marathon, she chose a thick clump of
gorse bushes, insanely wondering how they’d come to flourish this deep in the
woods. The hound stepped away from the harness the instant she freed him and
staggered sideways to collapse on a bed of leaves and other organic debris.
Doggedly working to separate the lower branches of the bushes and wincing at
the spiny press of the remaining leaves despite the cover of her thin gloves,
she managed to secret the sled, or at least muddle the outline of it. She bent
thinner twigs to camouflage it further and made herself take the time to stand
back and take as critical a look as she could. Satisfied, she found another
clump of the same vegetation and crawled in backward, stopping only when her
feet couldn’t press any deeper. She then pressed a dog sized space open to her
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Gehlert.” Even a whisper hurt her parched
throat, but she was rewarded with a faint thump of his tail. “Come.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hound visibly considered her command, ears
lowering and eyes drifting before he levered upward, limping to her. He’d
pulled more than his weight and was clearly on the brink of exhaustion. Even in
the dappled light she could see where the harness had cut harshly into his
hide, the thick guard hairs rubbed away. She wanted to cry. Blinking hard, she swallowed
against the emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Here.” She patted the small space beside her
and he obligingly wiggled in, somehow turning in place three times before he
settled down. Draping an arm over him, she tugged a few branches into place
over, poking herself in the cheek as she did so, then dropped her head onto the
fertile earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a time, her heart slowed and her breathing
returned to normal, as did the hound’s, although he hitched from time to time
with a little gasping noise. At last, she could focus on her surroundings and
actually hear the forest sounds, the faint creak of living wood, the rustle of
a small breeze among the remaining leaves, and the occasional call of a bird.
The ground was reasonably warm, despite the approach of winter, and with
Gehlert pressed close, she wasn’t terribly uncomfortable. She only wished she’d
thought to bring one of the water bottles into her makeshift shelter, her body
crying out for moisture after the forced march.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Time crept by and she became aware of how her
pistol rested with solid intent against her belly, the barrel grinding into her
hip. Seeing that her weapon was the only thing between her and whatever was out
there hunting them, she cursed fluently under her breath and hitched up enough
to worm a hand beneath her. With some judicious pulling and peeling back of the
layers of clothing, she was able to free the butt and work the pistol out from
under her, blessing her foresight to set the safety. She brought it up beside
her head, one finger through the trigger, palm resting lightly against the
pommel, before she flicked the safety off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hound stiffened beneath her lax arm and she
strained her ears, suppressing a shudder. Perhaps it was one of the others, off
course and passing by, still trudging those thousand paces, that had alerted
him. Or an animal, picking its way through the trees. Alas, it was the base
notes of a number of male voices she heard, far off, their words indistinct,
distorted by the numerous trees and the uneven terrain—and the sudden
escalation of her heartbeat. Stark terror froze her in place, chilling her
blood, making her sex draw up in self-defense. Her belly clenched in on itself
and goose flesh broke out all along her spine. Air rushed in and out of her
nose as she tried hard not to pant, knowing how foreign the sound would be, how
easily heard if someone cared to stop and listen. Her dog shivered in response
to her angst and made a faint whine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That whimper awakened her higher brain functions
and she gained control. With a firm squeeze, she signaled Gehlert into silence.
They huddled together and waited as she held her weapon at the ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Disjointed phrases drifted to her ears,
accompanied by faint crashing sounds of something larger than a person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“…signs of at least…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Over here!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was certain she felt a cold stare focused on
their location, something malevolent and inhuman, and remained as still as
possible, willing their hidden forms to blend into the surroundings. <i>Nothing
to see here. Just more trees and underbrush.</i> She prayed there were no
dogs, and cast her eyes down, refusing to risk even that chance of a flicker of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minutes passed as she counted the seconds. Three
hundred and sixty, then six hundred and sixty. Eleven minutes, give or take.
The evil stare lingered in her imagination, or perhaps its owner was still out
there, patient as a spider. The adrenalin leached out of her muscles, leaving
her spent and far more fatigued than ever. She wouldn’t move, wouldn’t make it
easier for whoever it was out there to find her, but felt as though she had
nothing left to defend herself if he did. Her pistol seemed impossibly toy-like
against the threat and her knife was still in her boot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peri Elizabeth Scott lives in Manitoba, Canada. After closing her private practice as a social worker and child play therapist, she joined her husband in running their season business where they pretend to work well together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">Writing for years, The Time is a departure from her usual romance genre, but it was a story that had to be told!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Growing up, and for quite some time after, Sage was a reader and a dreamer, but didn’t often put pen to paper. After becoming addicted to romance novels, she would often rewrite the stories in her head. Then late one night, while listening to music, with story ideas dancing in her mind, she was overcome with an undeniable urge to actually write.<br /><br />Sage is a nature-worshiper and spends a fair amount of time hiking and camping (<em>real</em> camping, not the wussy RV kind) with her family. She also rides horses as often as she can (which isn’t often) and gets her horse fix by volunteering at the local therapeutic riding center. Her other volunteer gig is a non-profit group that helps military veterans train dogs as support animals and service dogs. In her previous life (former career) she was a veterinary nurse for over 20 years, and has always had a passion for medicine, which is behind the presence of “medicalese” in her stories.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Jem Stonehouse, a housewife with a neurotic husband bent on keeping her in line, dreams about werewolves in, what she believes to be, a bid to escape boredom.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Someone is watching the Holloway Pack, and this time, the female isn't the target.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The pack's latest addition. Both of them.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">A woman who believes she can't lose.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">If the meek can become deadly, the strongest can be weak.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">If he survives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From international bestselling author London Saint James comes the final installment of Two Hearts, One Soul, a breathtaking story of two people who have always been connected, forever tied together by fate, by destiny, by unbreakable love.<br />
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With the media hell-bent on exposing Winter’s once private life, Cayden will do anything to protect her. But there’s more than just the voracious paparazzi conspiring against them.<br />
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Involved in an unprecedented web of strange events, and wound in a string of lies about to break with devastating consequences, Winter must battle ghosts from her past that threaten to harm the man she loves.<br />
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Faced with a choice she always knew would be inevitable, and a secret of her own, can the fairytale Winter’s been living with Cayden beat the odds of their reality and really come true?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Thirteen years ago, I died.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">While my death hadn’t been physical, it became a never-ending death of the heart. A complete withering of the soul. You see, Austin Carlyle was my everything. My best friend. My lover. The very air I breathed. The sun in my world. My warmth. The beating of my heart. But the night before our wedding, my heart would be ripped from me when Austin’s life ended in a horrific car crash. A crash I ‘survived’ if that’s what you want to call it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Unable to cope with Austin’s loss, I retreated deep within myself, eventually leaving New York and my broken past behind. I found some semblance of a new life in Colorado, living <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">in</span> the make-believe worlds of the novels I wrote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Three weeks ago, I returned to the place I knew would hold all the ghosts of my past, though I came back to the Big Apple at the urging of an old acquaintance, Zander Harrison—Austin’s one-time agent and friend. He convinced me to help him with a script to a movie that had been put in a very expensive holding pattern. The leading man hadn’t been happy with the direction of the film and had requested Zander find me. I couldn’t imagine why. I wrote romance novels. I wasn’t a script writer. But something about my books captured Cayden—an A-list actor I’d never seen or heard of before. Of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">course,</span> I’d soon find out not knowing who the actor was, was ridiculous. I might have been living in my own personal dark ages, but still. He was a megastar. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">However,</span> the real shocker would be what I faced when memories from the past came back to haunt me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Weak, bone-cold, sopping-wet, and on the verge of batshit crazy, I stumbled into someone on Valentine’s Day—of all days—who shook me to my very unsteady foundation. What I saw when I looked at him was the face of a destroying angel, because it was like looking back in time at Austin. Oh, t</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">here were a few things different, like the color of his hair being nowhere near the pitch black of Austin’s, but so much about the man was baffling. He was the same height—his build an exact match. His voice—eerily close in texture, tone, and inflection. But if that’s not strange enough, he spoke with the same cadence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Who was he? The Hollywood heartthrob I’d never seen before—Cayden Cain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After our bizarre ‘introduction’ the need to know more about him ate at me like the slow drip of acid. I had to find some answers, so I searched the internet. Surprised by the results of my search would be an understatement. It was all too much. Too unbelievable. Impossible. Cayden was twenty-three years old, the exact same age Austin was when he was killed, but even stranger, Cayden had been born in the same month, on the same day—May eighteenth—in the same city as Austin, only years later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But that’s not all. There was a weird coincidence of Cayden being involved in a car accident. One which tragically took the lives of his parents and left him the sole survivor <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">of</span> that accident when he was ten, putting this terrible happening around the same timeframe as the wreck Austin and I were involved in. What was also baffling was the life path Cayden took—acting. It was very close to the path Austin had taken and would have continued to take if he’d been alive. By seventeen, Cayden had been the lead in a small foreign film and moved to Hollywood shortly after, gaining his groundbreaking role at the age of eighteen. The first movie Cayden obtained his superstar recognition for was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Longing.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Before Austin’s death, he’d signed a movie deal with Paramount. What was the title of the movie he was to begin filming after our wedding? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Longing.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When I first read that, I <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">gaped</span>—completely stunned. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Then</span> I read a synopsis of the movie, beyond shocked to see it wasn’t just a coincidence of the title; it was the exact same movie. I had no idea why Paramount shelved their project for so many years. But to find it had finally been completed with Cayden as the leading man, well, what were the odds of such a thing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Even with all the uncanny coincidences and the almost carbon copy similarities in appearance, what was truly unbelievable? Cayden’s eyes—the same shades of blue from my past. They captured me, looking straight into my soul—the eyes of my love. My life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Everything changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Trust me, I tried to fight against the truth—the pull I hadn’t felt in so very long—but it was no use. I’d come to believe, as crazy as it might seem, some way, somehow, Austin saved me through Cayden. It was as though they were two hearts, one soul. Cayden himself spoke as though he’d always known me. Missed me. Loved me even. I couldn’t explain how it was possible, but he, like Austin, was the missing piece of my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With his touch, Cayden brought me back to life, reawakened dormant feelings, and gave me what had long been missing—Winter Perri. The only problem, I wasn’t sure I could live in Cayden’s superstar, paparazzi infested world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Will you stay with me?” he’d asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I gave the only answer that made any sense at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">London Saint James has lived in many places, but never felt “at home” until she met the real-life man of her dreams and settled down in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. London lives with her husband and their fat cat who thinks he owns them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Must Love Fashion is the result of another failed novel. I won't make a secret about that. Too many people read the original version! What stuck with me throughout that painful failure was the desire to still tell Gwen and Andrew's love story. That hadn't changed from the original novel. It was the setting in which they met that was changed (and the title).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">I was originally inspired to write a character who was battling health issues on several fronts. The personal front (how Gwen deals with her diagnosis and testing internally), the family front (how those who love her have responded) and finally the relationship front (how Andrew responds and why).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">I based Gwen’s experience on my own diagnosis of LCIS. (Lobular Carcinoma In Sito) Earlier drafts included LCIS by name, but I felt it made the story too personal.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">For Gwen, her abnormal mammograms are mostly a nuisance. Internally, it’s an extra round of mammograms each year and the anxiety of getting results that lead to more tests. And since Gwen has family history of breast cancer, her sister and her brother hover. Her sister goes through her mail and her brother is keeping something about her father from Gwen, so she doesn’t worry. Only through her relationship with Andrew does she find a way to escape.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Except Andrew is well aware of these issues because his wife passed away from something similar. He’s the other side to that equation. I wanted to create a narrative about a man who had lost his wife to an illness, falls in love again...only to be faced with those same challenges. That side the story is about facing your worst fears. For love. Andrew has to look deep inside himself and at times even he’s not sure he could do the right thing, if Gwen were to become sick.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Must Love Fashion is set in a fictional town on the North Fork of Long Island called Darling Cove. The Mallory’s are a tight loving family, pulled even closer together by the death of their mother years ago. In this Book One, we meet Gwen’s brother Greg and her sister Skye, and get a small glimpse into their lives. In Book Two (Must Have Faith), Greg must face his runaway bride Faith Copeland and in Book Three (Must Be Crazy) Skye, an attorney faces a huge conflict of interest when she falls for the subject in her next case…Edward Mendelsohn.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sedona Series #2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jaylee Austin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: October 9, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Keywords: Fantasy, Romance, Time Travel, Sidhe, Novel, Series</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Harmonia Shae, a time traveler, faces a revengeful fallen<br />
sidhe queen set on enslaving humankind. A Sihir magician traps Harmonia’s<br />
freewill inside a talisman forcing her to submit to three summonses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the brink of death, she finds an unwanted champion in<br />
Tristan Avery. Upon awakening, she is in his house. Frightened, she scrambles<br />
to escape his overbearing need to protect her. Time is short, she must find the<br />
ambassador of the gates and return to her cousin’s house to formulate a plan of<br />
action to undo the cataclysmic effects she is compelled to inflict on an<br />
unsuspecting city once she completes the queen’s commands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The wild cowboy sidhe, Tristan Avery finds the dark haired<br />
beauty unconscious and poisoned with copper. Determined, to find out why she is<br />
here, he follows her every move. When a calamitous earthquake hits Sedona, he<br />
is sure she is connected to the mystifying vibrational energy storming through<br />
the ley lines of magick. As minder of the Kingdom of Sidhe, he becomes<br />
entangled in a battle to safeguard Sedona and defend the women he’s vowed to<br />
protect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Harmonia and Tristan can’t stop the tempestuous hot<br />
relationship developing between them as they each hide their own secrets. Will<br />
these two overcome the obstacles and find love?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~~~oOo~~~</span></div>
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