BLURB:
Ty
Garrett fell in love with Katy Fowler from the moment they'd met. When her
father’s betrayal yank the young couple apart, Ty becomes bitter.
After a
decade away, Katy returns to Tidal Falls with plans to get married in her family's
theatre. But she hadn't expected to run into Ty Garrett, the boy she'd never
forgotten.
When
unseen forces endanger their lives, can Ty save Katy and win back her love, or
is it too late for these two star-crossed lovers?
EXCERPT:
Ty muffled a groan. Katy’s crooning just about did
him in right there. He wasn’t sure how Tiger held out, because if she used
those words on him in that husky, sexy tone… he wrenched open the back door and
dumped the groceries on the floor. A long, deep sigh later he closed the door,
placed his hands on Katy’s waist and gently moved her aside.
“Here, I’ll get her.” He climbed into the
four-by-four and scooped the recalcitrant kitten into his hand. “Hey there,
Tiger, good job protecting the truck. Come say hi to the pretty lady, and no
scratching.”
He nuzzled his nose into its soft, furry neck and
then passed her down to Katy’s waiting hands, their fingers tangling for a too
brief moment.
“Hello, beautiful. What are you doing with this
guy, huh?” She burrowed her face right into the same spot he had and everything
inside him tightened painfully. She was killing him here.
“You find that hard to believe, right?” he
grumbled.
She glanced up, her mossy green eyes soft with
affection. “What?”
His fingers wrapped around the steering wheel
before he did what he craved. Bury his hands in that silken waterfall of hair,
drag her close, and see if her neck was half as soft as the cat’s. “That anyone
would want to stay with me of their own volition?”
Katy frowned. “What are you talking about? I was
teasing, Ty. Don’t make this into something it’s not.”
Words to live by.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
I
thought I’d share with you the beginning of my love affair with writing.
Normally,
procrastination is my enemy. I like to get done whatever it is, as soon as I
can, so that I don’t have to worry about it any more.
In
school I worked hard to stay in the top ten every year. So when I came down
sick with the measles and missed two weeks of grade nine, I was devastated. How
was I ever going to catch up? I had less than a week to write a compelling
story for Language Arts or get a failing mark.
Angry
and frustrated, I sat in our living room, pen and paper in hand, staring at a
bright yellow bouquet of cheerful looking daffodils. I wanted to hurl them
across the room. It wasn’t fair. Why was I being punished for getting sick?
But
then an idea popped into my head. A silly, farcical story. If the teacher
wanted an essay, fine, I’d give him one. And so, Count Daffodil, was born.
After the first paragraph the words flowed quicker, I could see the scene in my
head and needed to get it down on paper. (Sound familiar?) I spent the rest of
the day writing, and by the end of the night I had my story.
The
next day I turned it in and immediately felt ill all over again. It was dumb.
The teacher was going to hate it. I’d be a laughing stock. Funny how easy you
can build something up to catastrophic proportions when you lack
self-confidence.
We
had to wait two weeks for the results. I was on tenterhooks the entire time.
Sure that my mom would blow a gasket because I’d goofed instead of giving it my
best shot.
Then
came the big day.
I
was scared to look. Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore and turned to the last
page. These were my teacher’s words:
I’m
glad I didn’t read this at night. It’s been a while since I was so enthralled
with a story. Very professionally done. The suspense, the ending, the style was
excellent. I think I’ll read it to the other classes. Very impressive.
Not
only did he read it to the other grade nines, he read it over the intercom to
the entire school!
Because
of Mr. Thomas and a hapless bouquet of sunny daffodils, a writer was born.
Jacquie's
first book, Tidal Falls, a romantic suspense novel about second chances,
released September of 2014.
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