I haven’t written many books this year, not that I haven’t wanted to, but life got in the way! It’s been almost a year since my father died, and six months since my mother had to be placed in a long-term care facility, her physical health and dementia making it necessary for her to have 24 hour care. And then, there’s COVID 19, screwing up all of our lives.
In March, as my world seemed to be imploding around me, I finished my historical romance, Twist of Fate, and released it, and then began a new book. Because I couldn’t imagine meeting someone during the pandemic, I set the book back in 2006. Not that long ago, but definitely better times than today.
It’s a fact that what i write depends on my mood, and at that point in time, I felt as if my world was crumbling. To that end, so did my heroine. Here is the premise of the story. We had to sell the house and that meant going in each day with my sister and packing up 70 years of marriage and family, not an easy thing to do. I coped by creating a story around it.
The Blue Dragon is a modern historical romance, based in 2006.
True love never dies.
Gravely wounded in Afghanistan, Samantha Collins returns to Canada to discover a previously unknown relative has died and made her heir to the family estate. The bequest consists of a century-old farmhouse and an orange tabby. Alone, having given up on love, marriage, and children, facing a grim future, Sam opts to move into the house until she decides what to do with it. When she opens the door, she gets more than she bargained for. Nobody mentioned Great-aunt Esther was a hoarder.
Following his divorce, Phil Austin returns to South Creek. An architect who prefers restoring old buildings to designing new ones, he’s intrigued to learn one of the area’s century-old houses may be sold. Picturing the house converted to an inn, when Phil knocks on the door, he gets more than he expected. The new owner is the woman he loved and lost fifteen years ago.
Stunned to find the only man she ever loved on her doorstep, Sam is carried away by his ideas for the house. Torn between hope and despair, she agrees to his business proposal. As they renew their friendship and they sift through the trash and treasures Esther Cohen left behind, can they find the courage to open their hearts to one another again?
So, I went from sad and despondent to optimistic, knowing that in the end, love is all that really matters.
The ebook version of The Blue Dragon goes live on September 15th. The paperback will be released on September 29th, Mom’s 93rd birthday!
Order your copy now. The Blue Dragon will also be available in Kindle Unlimited.
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