Moving On
by Annette
Bower
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BLURB:
Anna
Jenkins, a mysterious woman arrives in the resort town of Regina Beach as the
heir to a cottage, even though there isn’t an obvious family connection. The
residents of the town know everyone’s business and they are very keen on
discovering Anna’s secrets. Anna meets Nick Donnelly with a secret of his
own. As a soldier, the injuries he
sustained in an IED explosion were greater than most people realize.
During
his rehabilitation, Nick and Anna become friends. Nick begins to dream of a
life on the land with a family of his own. When Anna discovers that Nick plans
to return to active duty, she puts the brakes on loving a man who might die
because of his career. Nick must convince Anna they have a future to live for.
Moving
On: Sweet contemporary romance with an heiress, a soldier, a small town and
secrets.
EXCERPT:
Anna was drawn to the large windows that revealed small
waves washing onto the shore while his voice rose and fell in the background.
She jumped when Nick spoke from behind her. “Looks like you’ve got a big job to
make this old man’s house a place you’d want to live.” He had picked up a ship
in a bottle and held it to the light.
She stood with determined confidence. “They say work is good
therapy.” She felt a pang of intuitive kinship with him again, and smiled. “Do
you ever wonder if they really know what they are talking about?”
Nick raised his hand and gently touched the side of her
face, turning it toward him. He looked deep into her eyes as if searching for
recognition. “Yeah, they’re probably just a bunch of clowns who think up
Pollyanna sayings to make us feel better about our lives.”
She would have returned that gentle touch in a moment of
shared intimacy, if his stance hadn’t changed. He shifted away from her as if
he sensed danger. Nick pivoted on his rubber-soled boots and almost leapt
through the door. The moment was thick with uncertainty.
She caught a chuckle that ended up more of a snort. They
were like two wounded animals who suddenly found themselves in the same pen,
wondering who was stronger and would survive. Surely she wasn’t attracted to
Nick Donnelly just because they were both grieving their severed pasts.
My Review:
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Annette Bower
explores women’s roles in families, in communities and women’s emotions at the
beginning and end of love in her home office in Regina, SK.
Her short
stories are published in magazines and anthologies in Canada, United States,
and United Kingdom and most recently in the Lake Winnipeg Writers Journal,
Voices V 14/1.
She pursues
the writing craft in workshops through the SWG conferences, Writing with Style,
Banff Centre for the Arts, Surrey International Writers Conference, and Romance
Writers of America Conferences. She is attending the Novel Colloquium at Sage
Hill Writing Experience in July, 2014.
Her women’s
fiction novel, Woman of Substance, is published by Soul Mate Publishing. Her
novel Moving On re-released electronically by Soul Mate Publishing in October
2014.
Web page:
www.annettebower.com
Blog:
www.annettebower.com/blog
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MovingOnAPrairieRomance?ref=hl
https://www.facebook.com/annette.bower1author
Buy link
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Annette-Bower-ebook/dp/B00O2HZ4LW/
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