At last a release date for Post-War Dreams! Not that it took all that long to get the date, but once a book is finished, in my mind, it's forever before the release. October 14, 2015 is the date. This novel is a little different for me in that it's straight out romance - no murder or intrigue. It has all the tug at your heart and warmth of a true romance. AND it's set in a most romantic time period of post-war WWII.
Here's an excerpt:
“But…but you can’t love Susan.” My voice, soft as a whisper,
didn’t betray the rising fear boiling up from the pit of my stomach.
He gripped my arms with emphasis. “No, I don’t.”
My stomach calmed a bit, the fear at a simmer. “Does she love
you?” I had to convince him his thinking had clearly gotten off course.
“No. I mean I don’t think so.”
“Is she demanding you love her?” Love was everything. Without
love, this wasn’t our problem.
“No…”
His hesitation cheered me on. My panic churned barely below the
surface as I led him down the path of reason. “Well, then, Benjamin, why—”
“Claire, she’s pregnant. I’ll have to marry her.”
“Marry?” I choked on the word. Fear and panic erupted. “Oh,
God, no. Benjamin!” The tears toppled and flooded my cheeks. “This is her problem.”
“You know it isn’t, Claire.” His words were thick and
strained. “I have to take responsibility.”
“No, Benjamin, no!” I slapped my palms to his chest as if I
could stop this madness with a physical barrier. “No, you don’t.”
He encircled my waist, gently caressed, but held me firm until
my tantrum played out.
I folded into his chest, but my anger still had some steam. I
balled one hand into a fist and hit his chest. “Why? Why do you always have to
do the right thing? Why?” I swiped away tears so
I could see his reaction when I glared into his face.
His chest heaved as he stared into my hostility with
calmness. “You wouldn’t love me if I didn’t.”
Blurb:
World War II has ended and the soldiers are coming home. After years of following her crop worker father, motherless Claire Flanagan is also coming home. If she can keep her father in one place long enough, she plans to follow her dreams to Hollywood. Until she meets Benjamin.
Benjamin Russell has been working since he was fifteen to support his mother and siblings. What he most wants in life is to own a construction business and take care of the family his father abandoned. The last thing he expects is to fall for his younger sister’s best friend.
Life, however, throws cruel twists and turns into the path of romance. And when an unrequited love seeks revenge against Claire, and Benjamin learns his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, will lost dreams of a future together be the only thing they have left?
No comments:
Post a Comment