Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors

 Welcome to Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors. Today I'm sharing  excerpts from Return Engagement, my first book about the Lovinggood family. I've already shared some of the first part so I'll be doing a little jumping around. First a blurb, then that excerpt. Oh, and on Sunday when you finish here go to www.wewriwa.blogspot.com for more excerpts from a talented group of authors.

Blurb:

Elizabeth Lane is one lucky woman. She has it all-money, fame, a satisfying career and a devoted fiancé. Her humble beginnings are all but obscured, but she isn't the kind of woman Senator Henry Lovinggood wants for his son, Richard. Senator Lovinggood plans to make Richard the President of the United States; he'll need a woman from a wealthy, powerful family by his side. Ten years ago the senator broke Richard and Elizabeth up, but this time it won't be so easy, for Elizabeth wants to know what might have been. This time she'll fight back, a struggle which ultimately leads to kidnapping and attempted murder and alienates her from the man of her dreams.

Last Weeks Excerpt:

Impatiently, Elizabeth tore open her package. “Why do they put so much tape on these things?” she demanded as she shredded the embossed wrapping paper. She finally got the box open and pulled off the lid. A delicate, golden key on a thin chain sparkled as it caught the light. The card inside the box read, I hope this golden key will remind you that you’ve always held the key to my heart. Love, Richard.

“Will somebody please tell me what’s going on?” begged Cathy.

“Richard’s patience finally wore out,” Elizabeth answered, smiling from ear to ear. She explained to Cathy about the gifts he had sent her.

“That is so romantic! Even Hank never did anything so wonderful! Aren’t you going to call him?”

“I can’t decide.” Well, she hadn’t lied, but slowly, inexorably, as the day wore on she’d found herself wanting to see Richard more and more, but at the same time the idea of resuming their marriage still caused her palms to sweat and her heart to race.

“I’m not leaving before five,” Cathy declared. “I want to see if he sends anything else.”

This week's excerpt:

As the clock struck five, the doorbell rang again. All three women raced to the door to receive a small, gift wrapped box. “I love the paper,” Cathy exclaimed as she examined the violet strewn wrapping. “And just look at this gorgeous, purple bow.”

Elizabeth took no interest in the wrapping paper. She stripped it from the box and threw it in the floor. “Why, it’s a picture of Richard.”

She fell silent and studied the picture. He stood on the beach laughing into the camera. The wind had rumpled his hair so that a small piece of it had fallen down over his fore- head. He had unfastened the first two buttons of his shirt and rolled his sleeves up to the middle of his arms. The hem of his shorts looked wet as did the bottom of his shirt. She didn’t see a card or inscription this time.

Elizabeth couldn’t have spoken if her life depended on it. Seeing Richard’s picture made memories spring alive, memo- ries almost too poignant to bear. She stared at the picture for what seemed like a long time. Finally, she passed it to her mother who looked at it and passed it to Cathy.

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