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Please welcome JL Regan to Muse Monday on Discover... Let's take a peek at her new book.
In Secret Desires, Edward, the hero, is taking a second chance on love. However, he must first get over the pain of losing his wife whom he loved dearly. As the book ends, readers will be left to their own conclusions as to whether Edward and Margo, the heroine, will unite in marriage. I envision a sequel in which their path to happiness is blocked by an unforeseen force. In life, so often, our second chances are hampered by our own fears of going for it due to past traumas. Don’t let that happen to you.
Nothing in Margo Simmons’s life comes easy. She can’t claim the inheritance on a condo apartment her uncle has left to her until she is gainfully employed in a job for a year. She meets the man of her dreams but anguishes over a loving relationship because he is still emotionally tied to his deceased wife. With great difficulty, she becomes the guardian to a recently orphaned child she had been tutoring. Margo evolves from an insecure, newbie elementary teacher into a woman determined to fulfill the secret desires locked in her heart. My story speaks to anyone who has suffered a loss and had to start over.
Excerpt:
Chapter 1
MARGO SIMMONS GRIPPED THE EDGES of the leather
chair, waiting for details from the family lawyer
about her
Uncle Harry’s death. She hoped it would be shorter and
less painful
than the reading of her father’s will.
An older gentleman extended his hand. “I’m sorry your
mother
couldn’t be here.”
Margo looked up from her reflections to acknowledge
him.
“Thanks, Mr. Steinberg.”
“You’ve grown into a lovely young woman.”
Margo blinked back tears at memories of good times
shared
with Uncle Harry. “Not so young. I’m twenty-three.”
The portly man squeezed himself into a swivel chair
and peered
at her over wire-rimmed bifocals. “I’m ancient
compared to that
number.”
Margo gripped her knees to steady her nerves. “My
mother
wanted to come with me, but they’re downsizing at her
dress
shop. She was afraid to leave early. My stepfather is
furious because
Uncle Harry didn’t leave him any money.”
Mr. Steinberg saddened at the sorrowful expression on
the
young woman’s face. “It pains me to hear Jerry hasn’t
changed
his ways. However, since you’re the only one present
to hear your
uncle’s will, I’ll get to the point. Harry has left
you his Riverside
Drive condominium apartment and the sum of two hundred
and
fifty thousand dollars.”
Margo jumped up from the chair and hugged the man.
“This is
a miracle. I can’t wait to tell my Mom. She’s wanted
me to get out
on my own. Now I can. Though I wish it hadn’t come
with the
loss of my uncle. I adored him.”
Buy Links
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Desires-Joan-L-Regen/dp/0998409995
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-desires-j-l-regen/1125516296?ean=9780998409993
JL lives in the New York metropolitan area, is a published photojournalist, has short suspense stories online, and has taught special education and English as a Second Language to students around the globe. This is her first contemporary romance. She has also published three nonfiction books.
Loved the excerpt, especially knowing the what she'll have to do to accept the inheritance.
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