My Saturday Spotlight guest was unable to make it so I thought in the heat of summer you might enjoy a little Winter Madness....
Blurb: Sienna
has survived what most succumb to - the death of a spouse and child and has
maintained her faith despite her troubles. William has never met anyone who
actually lived out what they say they believe. Is it true love between the
faithful optimist and broody pessimist or simply winter madness?
Excerpt:
Her merry hazel eyes danced
with humor, but she simply arched an eyebrow at him without comment and rose
from her chair. She held a hand toward him. “Come on, I know what we’re going
to do today.”
He couldn’t resist the lure of her joy, and grinned as he
placed his hand in hers. “What are we going to do?”
“I’m going to show you the beauty and joy of life, if only
for this one day.”
Hope flared in his heart that she may be the one person who
could do what he considered the impossible. After all, he’d never really gotten
over her. Nor did he forget how she’d touched his heart so many years ago in a
way no other had since. They paused at the door to fasten their jackets and
slip on caps. She took his hand again and led him across the way and two blocks
down to a park on the other side of the street. The tiny wooden bridge they traversed
crossed over a creek and swayed under their feet. Sienna stopped midway to
their destination.
“Listen,” she urged.
He cocked his head. “What?”
“What do you hear?” He turned in the direction she looked,
stood still, and tried to hear what she heard. A smile tugged at his lips when
he turned to her. Her eyes were alight with joy.
“You hear it too, don’t you?”
“Tell me what you hear, Sienna.”
“Children laughing, the sounds of joy, of love, two things
that make this world go around are love and joy. A child’s laughter
encapsulates both.”
His heart melted another degree.
Winter Madness can be purchased at Amazon for Kindle or directly from Pelican Book Group!
Hope you enjoyed the spotlight, t's always a pleasure to share one of my own stories with you!
Until later.... take care, God Bless and Remember....when the going gets tough, the tough go dancing!
"Inspirational with an Edge!" (tm)
2 comments:
Lovely excerpt. I like the conflict between the optimist and the pessimist.
Sweet! I loved this story!
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