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- Published
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- Women's Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Articles, Poetry
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- Historical
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- NA - Full time writer, former public school counselor and psychometrist
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- From my book review
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- It is easy to navigage, colorful, well organized,and informative
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- http://lindaswift.net
CIRCLE OF LOVE
Blurb:
Joanna was a starstruck teenager when she and Peter Damron said goodbye. Now she is Dr. Flemming, a Memphis University professor, single and satisfied with her big city lifestyle...until she meets Pete again. He is a propserous Missouri cottom farmer and windower with five children. The passion between them remains but more than time and distance separate them. Even if they can overcome the many obstacles to their chance at happpiness together, Joanna knows she can never marry Pete now and she dares not tell him why.
Excerpt:
They danced in silence, each acutely aware of the other in every step they took, in every place their bodies touched.
I've missed you, Joanna." Her name was a caress on his tongue
"Don't," she whispered, feeling the pleasure-pain in every cell in her body.
"Have you missed me?"
"I've missed you."
"Why didn't you answer my letters?"
She drew a quick breath as she thought of finding Pete's letters in a lockied drawer in her father's study after his sudden death. Letters with a familiar looped scrawl that bore foreign stamps, now faded with time. She felt again teh sharp pain his words of love and promise had brought. The frustration that caused her to pound her father's immaculate desk in a screaming rage that bruised her doubled fists.
"It doesn't matter now."
"Maybe not." His words sounded unconvinced.
The night, the music, the man who held her seemed unreal but the aching inside was very real. The band began to play a haunting Elvis tune.
"Joanna," his voice was muffled against her ear. She looked at him and saw his longing.
"Let's get out of here."
She noddedd wordlessly. Yesterday was gone and who could know what tomorrow would hold? But she had tonight. She was here with Pete again and there was magic between them as there had always been. She wouldn't think about consequences now. Just for tonight, she would listen to her heart instead of her head.
"Come on." Still holding her hand, he led her across the ctowded floor and out to the dark lot where his car was parked. In the shadows of the gnarled pear tree, he gathered her into his arms and kissed her without restraint.
It wa graduation night all over again. Blooms of silver-white formed a scented canopy that enclosed their moonlit world. Tomorrow Pete would be gone; there was only tonight. How could she tell him how much she loved him when words were not enough? Of its own volition her body found a way.
The long kiss ended. In the awed silence that followed, they held each other once again, the long undreamed of separation over.
CIRCLE OF LOVE: 220 pages Print book $11.99 E-book $6.
Available March 13, 2009 from www.thewildrosepress.com
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Posted on August 26, 2009 at 12:37am —
What is a heroine made of?
Linda
http://lindsaysromantics.blogspot.com/
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 5:50pm —
What makes a hero?
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Posted on July 29, 2009 at 11:45am —
Check out my cover, please
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Posted on July 27, 2009 at 6:07pm —
INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK July 6 and July 8
And please stop by http://emmalaiwrites.blogspot.com/ for my visit with Emma Lai. I look forward to seeing you and reading your comments. Linda
Posted on July 7, 2009 at 9:15pm —
Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 7:08pm on February 28, 2009,
Hywela Lyn said… - Hi Linda
Hope your weekend is going well - as well as the Blog Post on the home of the Brontes in England. Don't forget to let us know when it's posted or I'm bound to forget! :)
Lyn
My Website ~ My Blog ~ My Space ~ My Polkerdot Banner Page
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Available now: 'Starquest' ~*~ 'Dancing With Fate' (One of the ‘Song of The Muses’ series)
Coming soon from The Wild Rose Press:
'Children Of The Mist' (The sequel to Starquest)'Freeread': 'A Bargain With Death'
- At 1:27pm on February 18, 2009,
Sandra Kay said…
- Thank you, Linda. How sweet of you. And the warm welcome is sincere--I love this group!
Sandra
- At 11:30am on February 18, 2009,
Beth Caudill said… - Your welcome. Good luck with your writing.
- At 5:13pm on February 17, 2009,
Danielle Thorne said…
- So the chameleon and author parallels? He is determined to get into that lanai, just like we should be (getting published). It's warm and familiar and feels like home, just like writing is for us. He'd chew through duck tape, squeeze through cracks, slip in under the door--anything to get into that room. Even thought thought of a crazed person (editors!) chasing him with a flyswatter won't deter him from staying where he knows he belongs. There.
- At 7:29pm on February 16, 2009,
Danielle Thorne said…
- Hi Linda! Just putting around WRDF. How's the chameleon? There's a blog there, I just know it.
- At 8:34pm on February 14, 2009,
Hywela Lyn said…
- Thanks for your good wishes Linda
Hope you're having a great weekend
Lyn
- At 6:51pm on February 11, 2009,
Hywela Lyn said…
- Hi Linda, thanks so much for the compliment on my page, and my name. It's Welsh and your pronounciation is pretty close. It's Hoo - el - ah/ It's my real first name but for some reason I have always been called Lyn, despite being born and living most of my life in Wales. So I decided to use it with my second name as my pen name. I still answer to 'Lyn' but I do like the two together I'd be flattered to have it used in a story, in fact it is a very old name, probably the feminine form of 'Hywel Dda' or 'Howel The Good' an ancient Welsh Chief, so it lends itself well to Historicals.
It's not all that difficult to personalise your page. I used a star picture from the Hubble website, and added the two figures and use it for my backgrouds, but there are some pretty ready made templates on this site, and you can personalise text and colours. If you click on the left hand side of your page where it says 'Change my photo or theme' You'll find lots of choices you can 'play' with.
Cheers,
P>Lyn
My Website ~ My Blog ~ My Space ~ My Polkerdot Banner Page
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Available now: 'Starquest' ~*~ 'Dancing With Fate' (One of the ‘Song of The Muses’ series)
Coming soon from The Wild Rose Press:
'Children Of The Mist' (The sequel to Starquest)'Freeread': 'A Bargain With Death'
"The lovely, lovely descriptions never slow the action, but manage still to convey emotion and carry the narration forward. This is an incredibly original tale, and for all the science fiction trappings is truly a classic quest for love...” 'Snapdragon 'LONG AND SHORT REVIEWS ~ "If you are looking for action, danger, romance, and love the science fiction then look no further than Hywela Lyn's futuristic romance, Starquest!";Denisse, THE PEN AND MUSE ~
"This is a wonderfully written book that will keep you on your toes and end with a big smile on your face. An adventure no other, this is a book that you don't want to miss big time." Amylove, WRITERS AND READERS OF DISTINCTIVE FICTION
- At 4:56pm on February 11, 2009,
- Hi Linda. What a pleasure to see you here. Welcome to the group; you'll enjoy it!
Sandra
- At 9:53pm on February 10, 2009,
GERI'S BOOK REVIEWS said… - Hi Linda,
Welcome aboard! A Pleasure to meet you! This is a friendly
website! Hope you enjoy!
My Best, Geri
- At 8:41pm on February 10, 2009,
Debbie Wallace said… - Hey, I checked out your website and noticed you're a member of Romance Writers of America. Are you also a member of Central Florida Romance Writers? I'm thinking of joining.
Nice bio picture:)
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