#TuesdayTreasure: Guest Post by @PelicanBookGrp Author @ClareRevell

Good Morning and Welcome to the first Tuesday Treasure of December!

I pray your Thanksgiving holiday was blessed and happy.

Today we welcome back friend and fellow Pelican Book Group Author, Clare Revell with a moment in time she treasures....

Season for Miracles – This one will always be special. It’s my first ever published book. Way back in 2010. Well that’s not really that long ago time wise, but book wise it seems forever. I originally wrote it from just the heroines POV and sent it off, fully expecting another rejection. But I got an email from the editor in chief saying she liked it BUT… (I hate the word but.)

She wanted it rewritten to include the hero’s POV. So I did. Added a lot more words to it. Improved the story. Sent it back… And got another email saying I want to publish it but the story needs a new title. I wasn’t going to argue over a title. Honestly it’s easier to write an 80k book than come up with a title sometimes. So All I want for Christmas, became Season for Miracles and the rest, as they say, is history.

A Killer lurks in Headley Cross…

…And Holly Carmichael is the only woman to survive his attack. Now she lives in fear, searching for normalcy and trying to put her life back together. When she meets Kyle Stevens, he turns her world upside-down. He’s as exasperating as he is appealing. How can Holly make sense of her awakening feelings when she’s so unsure of Kyle? His voice is familiar, he’s left-handed, and he wears the serial killer’s cologne. Who is he…really? As Holly struggles to restore her damaged faith, she must find the strength to trust once again—in Kyle and in God.

Kyle Stevens isn’t ready to live again. Racked by guilt, he’s afraid to feel. His sole focus is finding the Headley Cross serial killer—his girlfriend's murderer. That is, until he meets Holly Carmichael. He’s drawn to Holly, vows to protect her where he failed to protect his former love. But Holly makes him feel again, emotions quickly morphing into something much more dangerous to his hardened heart.

When the serial killer returns to finish what he started, only a miracle can save them…but then, it's the Season for Miracles.

Excerpt:

Kyle’s voice came from a long way off, and Holly had to concentrate to hear it. “I’m sorry, Holly. He’s normally pretty well behaved, but he’s never seen snow before and is a little over-excited. Plus he was on his own all day yesterday. Are you all right?”

Holly nodded. The headache upped a notch. That was a stupid thing to do.

“Can you stand?”

She moved her head a little as Kyle helped her to her feet. She brushed the snow from her coat and tried to focus on the man. His hat, pulled down over his ears, hid his hair. Her head pounded, stars danced in front of her eyes, and it was all she could do to stand upright.

I want to sit down. Please, let me sit down. The words echoed in her mind, but she wasn’t sure she’d said them aloud. He didn’t respond.

His deep voice reverberated as he pulled off his glove. “Are you sure you’re all right?”

Holly nodded for a third time. She had a huge lump in her throat and she struggled to breathe. Her legs didn’t want to hold up, but she didn’t want a fuss. Fingers tingled inside her glove where he held her hand. His grip kept her upright.

Kyle’s other hand cradled the back of her head. Holly winced as he found and examined the lump. His touch increased the pain by a magnitude of five. Kyle checked his fingers and relief crossed his face at the lack of blood. “Holly? Please, say something. Otherwise I’ll have to assume Orion ate your tongue.”

Season for Miracles can be purchased from Pelican Book Group and Amazon.