renawomyn: February 2018

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Love Knows No Age #BlogABookScene

Continuing the February #blogabookscene theme of "all you need is love" is an excerpt from the novel "Chasing A Chance". This book had issues during its creation, not the least was the incorrect version being released. It was finally corrected and here is a brief scene in which the heroine, Mary, remembers the young man she knew before he went away to war and she married another. Edwin and Mary have reunited after all those years.

Chasing A Chance:

A slight breeze blew puffs of dust down the street. Mary enjoyed the early mornings as the sun shone on a new day. Perhaps it was just wishful thinking, but mornings gave her hope. She was surprised to see Edwin coming up the street. A picture of him doing the same thing all those years ago overlay the present. She started to frown, followed quickly by a smile. Edwin had only been in town for two days, and here she was acting like the young girl she'd been before life got in the way.

The ringing of the bell above the door brought a grinning Edwin inside. At the sight of Mary his eyes glowed. "You're just like the picture I've kept in my head of you," he said, reaching to pull her close.

Mary relaxed into the safety Edwin's arms offered. The years fell away, and she was the young girl who had believed in happy ever after, and the gift of friends. A weight lifted from her heart and mind, if only for a brief time.

Emboldened by Mary's reaction, Edwin blurted out, "Mary, come back to Kiowa Wells with me, let me take care of you," his chin resting against the hair at the top of her head. "You needn't work or have to worry anymore."

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Does love give second chances? Edwin Markham hopes so. He has loved Mary Winters, now the widow Mary Gilpin, since they were young. He has heard from a friend that Mary is in a town overrun by outlaws. Edwin leaves his business and heads out to help Mary. He finds more problems than he ever anticipated.

Join me next month when the theme will be 'Beware the Ides of March'. Until next time, happy reading and may your February be filled with fun, love, and lots of chocolate candy.

Doris Gardner-McCraw -

Author, Speaker, Historian-specializing in
Colorado and Women's History

Member of National League of American Pen Women,

Women Writing the West,

Pikes Peak Posse of the Westerners

Angela Raines - author: Where Love & History Meet

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: Blog a book scene

Anyone else remember those lines from the Beatles song, 'all you need is love'? February's blog a scene is based on that line. For this month of February, the month of Valentine's Day, sweethearts, candy and all the other things we associate with love, I'm sharing a scene from an unusual love story.

This excerpt comes from the novella, "Angel of Salvation Valley". It has romance, some paranormal aspects and a hero who agrees to kill someone in exchange for his release from prison. Not exactly the recipe for love, or is it?

In this scene, the hero, Drew, has just saved the life of the woman he agreed to kill.

"You're looking better," Drew said. "How do you feel?"

"The sleep helped. Would you help me sit up?"

Drew walked over, gently lifting Lizzie into a sitting position. She felt good in his arms. It'd been so long. Drew hesitated, his arms warm from the touch of her. He wanted the feeling to last., but feared what might happen if he didn't let her go. It wasn't just the years without a woman. No, it was something deeper, something specific to her. Drew felt so drawn to her.

"Oh to hell with it," Drew said leaning in. Her lips were as sweet as he'd imagined. As his arms tightened, Lizzie's arms came up around his neck. What started as a tentative kiss deepened into something more. Drew found himself savoring the feel of Lizzie in his arms, her kiss was like the nectar of the gods. He felt at home, this valley was home, she was home.

Time stood still, but need continued to grow in Drew, need for what Lizzie had to offer, and she was offering so much. Yes, he'd kissed, been with women before prison, but nothing like this. Three years, three long years and this was his reward.

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Given a chance at freedom for a crime he didn't commit, Drew Carson must kill for his pardon. Taken to a lush valley where a beautiful woman lives, Luke, Drew's "rescuer", lets him know that the woman is his target--kill her, and he's a free man. But there's something strange about the valley. Time stands still, and nothing is as it seems. Will Drew trade murder for love?