On the 26th of May, 2011, AuthorHouse published my second book, Suspect: Love, A Profound Prophecy. I am very excited about its release. Like The Will to be True/In the Shadow of the Blackbird, it was written some time ago. The draft of it sat for years on the shelf waiting, like Cinderella, for the right time to be turned into a soft cover novel. I received my first copy in the mail last week and with its completion, I feel that I have fulfilled a promise to a couple of people who were instrumental in encouraging me to write stories from my heart. They have both passed away now but their spirits were guiding me all along.
What took me so long? I don’t know. I love both the stories and I hope that readers will too. I am thankful to my brother-in-law Bryan Davies for providing me with lovely photographs of Italy which grace the front and back cover. He has an extraordinary talent for capturing the right moment, or the right spirit, or both, in everything he photographs. I am also grateful to my family and several close friends who have been very supportive and of course my sister Gertrude who helps me to edit all my work.
A couple of quotes from Suspect: Love….
‘Rosanna knew her thoughts were unworthy, but fear of an unknown circumsatnce flickered along nerve endings, sending a clear signal that, if she continued, her life would never be the same again. Fate and free will warred witin her. In a heartbeat, fate had taken over. The elevator landed with a soft whirr on the ground floor ending any thought of retreat.’
‘Love can remove many boundaries, including and especially those built by fear.’
Here is a synopsis of the story.
Rosanna, a highly educated, professional nurse in her mid-thirties is hoping for a promotion from a dead-end supervisory night job. She is on the shelf as far as her old fashioned Italian family is concerned.
During a crisis, she ‘meets’ Angus Howard, a dedicated pediatric specialist who leads a dynamic research project close to her heart.
Stepping outside of her comfort zone, she spends a passion-filled weekend with him, engaged in some unexpected research into her own long dormant feelings. Before the relationship gets off the ground, a long awaited promotion comes through. It is the opportunity of a lifetime! As part of her new duties, she is appointed, as a lone female, to participate on a powerful hospital executive committee whose mandate is to investigate a charge of fraud by the very man who has already engaged her heart. Her sudden defection from his life leaves a trail of pain and suspicion in which he believes she used him to further her career.
Their large and remarkable families try to intervene and help save the relationship but Rosanna knows that she has no choice but to fight to preserve the integrity of his career. Her decision only serves to keep them apart.
The title will soon be available for purchase at AuthorHouse or any of the other online book sellers. I keep thinking that I will not write another book but since I decided to get cracking and finish these two books, I have written 9 full length adventures for Fanfiction. Online stories count. I thank the many people around the world who enjoy the Beauty and the Beast series and encourage me to keep finding challenges for the characters in an updated version of the original 1987 TV show.
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