Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. This week our prompt is CREAM. A apologize for being 19 words over, but I wanted to finish the scene. Here’s Forever in my Heart.
Luke turned his hand and grabbed Mike’s, his grip painful.
“You … have to promise me…”
“Anything, man, anything.”
“The girls … take care of them…”
“Of course, and I’ll see that the staff looks after the ranch until you’re on your feet again.”
Luke coughed, blood leaking from the corners of his mouth.
“Both know … that won’t happen.”
“Don’t be a cream puff. I’ve seen guys in worse shape than you,” he lied.
“Callie’s … going to … blame me … again…”
Mike frowned. Obviously he meant his wife. He didn’t know anyone named Callie.
“Cassie understands. Not much you can do when you meet something that size.”
Luke’s grip tightened. “Not Cassie … Callie, her sister … twins … but not like us. Fraternal. I was supposed … to marry her … met Cassie … couldn’t go back. So similar and yet different…” He struggled to speak and went into a coughing spasm, blood coming out and seeping down his chin.
“Don’t talk. Rest,” Mike begged, fighting to keep his tears at bay.
Luke closed his eyes and opened them again. “Need to tell you … We tried … couldn’t make her see the love … wouldn’t forgive us … Find her … Make it right.”
“Those must be some good drugs you’re tripping on,” he said, confused.
Cassie might have a sister, but a twin? A twin wouldn’t have stayed angry all these years. He couldn’t have, that was certain.
“Talk to Calvin Ross … he’s got all the papers … he knows. Make it right, Mike … Marry her … Give the girls a family … Promise me.”
“You have my word. I’ll take care of everything. You just rest, now.”
He would’ve promised to lasso the moon if it made Luke rest easier.
A coughing fit, followed by huge amounts of blood pouring from his mouth shook Luke.
The monitors all started beeping at once. The paramedic rushed to his side. He gave Luke a shot of epinephrine, ripped open what had once been a cream and black plaid shirt, and started CPR.
Complete emptiness filled him. Mike blinked, praying the pain would return. Luke was gone.
Tears rolling down his cheeks, Mike reached out and touched the EMT’s shoulder.
“He’s gone. Leave him be. It’s better this way. Let him go.”
The EMT looked over his shoulder and nodded.
Mike let the tears fall. His beloved brother was gone, and he’d made him a promise he had no idea how to keep.
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Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales, the blog where a small group of authors share their work with you. Each week, we write to a word of picture prompt. I’m currently working on a Holiday Romance entitled Forever in my Heart.
Since I’m a visual person, I like having my covers early since I find they inspire me. Enjoy.
“Carson,” Jacob called to the EMT. “This is his brother.”
“You’re Mike?” the man asked. “Thank God! He keeps asking for you. I gave him enough pain medication to stop a bull moose in his tracks—geez, I can’t believe I was crass enough to say that. I had a hard time getting him to settle down.” The EMT shook his head. “I’m sorry but there’s no way to cushion this. His chances aren’t good. In fact, I don’t know what the hell is keeping him here. When the vehicle hit the wall, it sent the engine into the front seat, crushing his legs, pelvis, lower spine and abdomen. The pain he feels is from the broken arms and crushed ribs as well as damage to his upper organs. One lung has collapsed, and he’s bleeding internally. Judging by the amount of red on the seat, not all his, I know, but … you can ride with us.”
The paramedics loaded the stretcher into the ambulance and strapped it down.
Mike grabbed the side of the ambulance for leverage and pulled himself inside. He might be a veterinarian, but he’d seen more than his fair share of bad vehicle accidents as a volunteer firefighter in Timberton.
Carl touched his shoulder, the sorrow in his eyes saying it all.
“I’m sorry, Mike. They’re taking them both to Calgary. It’ll be a hell of a drive, but no place around here can deal with it, and there’s no way the helo can land in this crap. I’ll talk to Lucy. Don’t worry about anything.”
“Thanks.” He settled on the chair at his brother’s head, its cushion frozen solid and rock hard, while the paramedic finished securing the ambo. Someone shut the doors.
Mike looked down at his twin brother. The face he knew as well as his own was blood covered, both eyes swollen shut. He reached out to take his hand, thought better of it in case it was broken, like so much of him was, and just touched the back of it instead.
The truth hit him with a pain all its own. Luke wasn’t going to make it through this. How would he ever manage without the other half of himself?
“Mike?” The word was spoken so softly, he’d almost missed it.
“I’m here, Luke.” His own voice was hoarse, filled with pain.
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A few years ago, when I started writing, I wasn’t sure what my preferred genre would be. As a reader, I adored mystery, suspense, mild paranormal, and historical novels. I wasn’t into porn, not even soft porn, but I needed a happy ending. When I decided to take being an author seriously, my first releases were romantic suspense thrillers. I followed them with a contemporary romance with some humor in it, and then tried my hand at historical fiction. After that, I sort of bounced from one genre to the other, based on where my muse sent me. Recently, I’ve dabbled in romantic comedy, too, but somehow, I always feel the need to go back and rethink things.
I began my writing career in 2013, not that long ago in the scope of things. In 2014, I released The Price of Honor, a Canadian historical romance, with a traditional publisher. Five years later, when my rights reverted to me, I edited the book to suit my own tastes, added a few things to the story–after all it was a fictitious account of my own family’s arrival in New France–and released it independently.
Books about early New France, Canada’s original name, aren’t plentiful. My country seems to lack the romance of kilt-clad Scottish lords, philandering English and French royalty, lusty sheiks and sultans, and rebellious Americans. In fact, it lacks the glamor attached to the historical development of many other countries. We had our rebellions, our battles, our wars, but they were so low key that the rest of the world didn’t notice. And yet, we made a lot of mistakes along the way as recent history proves.
In the seventeenth century, it was all about empire building. Europe was crowded. The kings and queens wanted more land, more power, more influence. Most importantly, they wanted more riches. The prevailing thought was that if they could find another route to the orient, one that didn’t involve Marco Polo’s Silk Road or require circumnavigating Africa or South America, it would be easier to get rich quick. The Spaniards were the first to try their luck at things and found the Mayans, Aztec, and Incas and their gold.
England and France both wanted a piece of that action, but it didn’t quite work out that way. England di find the rich tobacco growing lands of Virginia and the fur trapping of the northern thirteen colonies–after they took New Amsterdam away from the dutch of course. states. So what did that leave for France? Land farther north–rich in furs, but far less hospitable. Still, there was more to New France than furs and the French crown set out to prove that their decision to claim the land hadn’t been a mistake.
The Price of Honor, Book One of the Canadiana Series is set in 1668, at a time when New France’s boundaries were set by the land explored by Champlain. Trappers were required to stay within those boundaries because the Crown saw that as the best way to protect the few settlers there from the Dutch and the English to the south and a host of hostile indigenous tribes who didn’t want to give up their lands but were given no choice in the matter.
Cover by Melinda De Ross
What is the price of honor? For Isabelle de Caen Gaudier, it’s disobeying the king, leaving her home, and giving up her identity.When King Louis orders Isabelle to marry the Chevalier d’Angrignon, she’s appalled. There is no way she can obey and wed the man she believes may be involved in her husband’s murder and her father’s poisoning. Add to that, the monster may be paving his way to the throne of France for the children she’ll bear him by killing all those ahead of her in line, something she can’t allow. For the sake of her honor, Isabelle de Caen must die.Hoping everyone will believe she drowned in the millpond, Isabelle disguises herself and sneaks aboard the ship taking her beloved cousin Sophie to the New World. That’s where the charged of treason against her husband originated, and that’s where Isabelle hopes to find the answers to clear his name and implicate the chevalier. But her plans threaten to fail when Guy Poirier, an old friend and her first love, finds her hiding under his bed.Guy knows Pierre Gaudier isn’t a traitor. The man was on an errand for the governor-general of New France, bringing him critical information, but he was killed before he could deliver it. Someone doesn’t want the king to know what’s really happening in the colony. When Guy finds Isabelle hiding under his bed, he jumps at the chance to help the woman he’s always loved and clear his friend’s name, and if Isabelle can some day return his affections, that would be the best reward he could get.But things are far more complicated than either of them suspects. After examining information found aboard a vessel attacked possibly by pirates and a wampum belt pointing to an alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy and tribes to the south, Guy fears for the lives of all those in the colony. There’s more than one conspiracy afoot, and with Isabelle at his side, he seeks to find the men behind it all to save not only the woman he loves, but the place he now calls home. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BRTL4P6
It had always been my intention to write the sequel to the story, but life and my muse had different ideas. Finally this summer, I finished the second book in the series.
This sequel to The Price of Honor continues the adventure.
When the enemy is faceless, whom can you trust?
Former trapper Lucien Rioux joins Guy Poirier, the governor-general, and the intendant in the search for the conspirators who want to see New France fail as a settlement to allow for more exploration into the rich, fur-bearing lands to the north and west. His mission is to verify that all of the estates in the hands of absentee landlords are being farmed, but he finds far more than he expected–a pregnant woman and her children left to die, escaped convicts searching for a missing treasure map embroidered on a pair of leather mittens, and one man searching for the former Isabelle de Caen, Guy’s pregnant wife, and her cousin Sophie Gaudier, the girl who has stolen his heart. Torn between duty and love, Lucien will do whatever it takes to protect Sophie, but will he have the courage to open his heart to her?
This isn’t only Sophie and Lucien’s story. It also looks at the difficult life faced by everyone, from Nugoomee, a Mi’kmaq woman whose husband is murdered while she and her children are left for dead, rescued by a Mohawk who should’ve been her enemy but makes her his wife instead.
It continues the love story between Izzy and Guy, now expecting their first child, and let’s us take a look at Aline, Guy’s mother, and Henri, the former ship’s cook who leaves the sea to run and inn and adopts half-Huron, half-french twins.
It shows us what happened to Murielle, Isabelle de Caen’s nanny. And finally, we get a glimpse of the ongoing machinations of the Chevalier D’Angrignon as he continues to worm his way to the crown.
Life was hard in seventeenth century France, but for those determined to turn this land into a nation, it abounded with rewards, too.
Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached then end of July! This was always a bittersweet time for me because it meant the summer was half over and the school year would be starting soon. Now that I’m retired, it’s just another month down.
This week our word prompt is BOARD. I’m continuing with Forever in my Heart.
The book not only has a blurb now, it has a cover. All I need to do is finish writing it. Shouldn’t be too difficult!
Love is immortal, but it will take a miracle to heal these bruised and broken hearts.
Michael Branscomb swore off women years ago, after getting jilted by the woman he loved and trusted. The last thing the confirmed bachelor wants or needs is a wife and children, but you don’t always get what you want. A deathbed promise to his twin brother has to be honored. The problem is, the lady involved may not agree, and with good reason.
Six years ago, Callie walked in on her fiancé and her sister and walked right back out again—out of the house, their lives, and the town—and did her best to forget it all, including the magical Christmas wedding she’d planned. Changing her name in a bid to start over, she’s made a new present and future for herself, intent on cutting all ties to the past. If she’s lonely at times, well that’s the price she pays protecting herself from more heartbreak.
But sometimes, things are easier said than done, especially when the past shows up on her doorstep, carrying twin girls, and proposing marriage—on the very date she should’ve wed his brother.
Can Callie and Mike overcome the pain of the past to give love a chance and provide their orphan nieces the family they deserve?
Here’s this week’s scene. Enjoy.
Staring ahead, even in the gloom, Mike could see the carnage. Luke had swerved to avoid the bull moose on the opposite side of the road, but not fast enough to avoid the collision. The animal lay on its side, his back legs obviously broken. Someone had shot it, ending its misery, but it was the sight of the vehicle that stopped Mike’s heart. From here it looked as if the face of the escarpment and Luke’s SUV were one. For all intents and purposes, the front of the vehicle no longer existed, the windshield replaced by the solid rock wall.
While collisions with deer and elk were common, hitting a moose during a storm like this was rare. But it was mating season, and a bull moose in rut stopped for nothing. This weather kept most people at home. Why the hell had Luke left the resort? It wasn’t as if he couldn’t afford to wait another day. With the snow and ice, stopping in time to prevent the accident would’ve been impossible.
The whine of the firefighter’s saw ripped through the air, followed by the sound of metal being torn apart. Over to one side, two EMT’s loaded a body in a black bag into the back of an ambulance.
He swallowed. Cassie! The new mother would never see her baby girls grow up.
Tears slipped down his cheeks. He knew there’d been problems between her and her sister—she hadn’t shown up for the wedding nor the christening last month. Would she have the decency to come for the funeral?
He swiped at his tears and turned back to the officer.
“Where is he? Where’s my brother?”
“It looks like they’ve finally managed to get him out. They’re strapping him to the back board. The EMT said Cassie died on impact. Luke … well, he’s hanging on. He was calling for you earlier.”
“I need to see her.”
He shoved Jacob out of the way. He’d only taken one step when the man touched his arm.
“Stop. Mike. I know you’ve seen some awful things, but better you don’t see that. The EMT said she died instantly. Probably never knew what hit her.” He looked around the vehicle to the driver’s side. “They’ve got Luke on the stretcher.”
Mike exhaled, his breath wobbly and pain-filled. Even in the rain, he couldn’t mistake the copious amounts of blood.
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Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. Our word prompt is TOUCH. Once again, I’ve used a form of the word. My scene is from Forever in my Heart.
The drive that should’ve taken fifty-minutes took twice as long. Once they were through Lake Louise, the weather worsened, and the snow turned to freezing rain, making the road even more treacherous.
In the distance, he could see the flashing lights of the police cars blocking the road to keep the traffic back—not that there was much.
Carl screeched to a halt in front of one of the two Royal Canadian Mounties’ vehicles.
Getting out of the SUV, he followed Carl over to the officer in full winter gear, from the fur cap and coat to the heavy boots.
“Carl,” the officer said, extending his hand. “Dispatch said you were coming. It’s bad. We’ve gotten the woman out of the vehicle … she didn’t make it, I’m sorry.”
“I’m Mike Branscomb,” he interrupted. “What about my brother?”
He knew Luke was still alive, he could feel it in his heart, but he must’ve lost consciousness since the pain was gone.
“We were told you were coming, too. They’re having trouble getting him out, and now that this shit has turned to freezing rain, it isn’t really helping. They’re about a quarter-mile ahead. Looks like he hit a bull moose before smashing into the rock face. Get in your vehicle, and I’ll let you through.”
“Much obliged,” Carl answered before turning to Mike and touching his arm. “Luke’s always been a fighter, Mike. Don’t forget that.”
Mike nodded, unable to form any words in response.
Carl got behind the wheel, waited for Mike to buckle his seatbelt, and edged forward, the officers opening a path for them between their cars. He’d only gone a short distance when they arrived on the scene.
Flashing lights from a half dozen different emergency vehicles danced over the snow. Combined with the coating of ice and the freezing rain, the bright LED lights set up by the firefighters working to liberate his brother from the car gave the scene a surreal quality.
After Carl cut the engine, they hurried out of the vehicle. While Mike was grateful the occasional stabs of pain had stopped, he worried about the reason for it. Ignoring the stinging freezing rain, he slipped and slid his way over to the RCMP officer, recognizing his old friend, Jacob Sweeny, one of the guys he and Luke played pick up hockey with on Tuesday nights. The officer’s clothing was ice-covered, but he stood there, manning his post.
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It’s always a thrill to see my writing up there with such talented authors. I’m always a little in awe, and this time is no different..
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Unexpected Desires written by USA Today Bestselling author Stacy Eaton – Kelly Smith keeps to herself and has only a few work friends, so when questions arise, it’s easier to pack up and leave, then answer. That is until Mike scares the bejesus out of her at the cemetery and then shows up at her place of employment.
Kissing Plans written by New York Times Bestselling Author Mona Risk – He’s been her best friend for ten years. She regrets agreeing to an arranged marriage and he promised to help her, only to realize he can’t let go of her.
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Forever & Always was one of my favorite books to write. While the heroine might be a ballerina who’s lost her ability to dance, she represents anyone who’s ever had their most precious dream snatched away and has to live with the consequences–wallow in self-pity or move on and start over. Easier said than done.
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Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. We have a picture prompt, so our scenes are shorter.
This is the picture I chose.
Here is this week’s post from Foreverin my Heart.
The grainy snow fell, unmindful of the season, reminding him of Christmas and lanterns, the good times before his Mom and Dad had been killed.
It had been a long time before he saw the ranch as anything but a place filled with memories and pain. His twin had never blamed him for surviving when no one else in the vehicle had. Jake had stayed home with an upset stomach that morning, thus avoiding being on the road when the accident had happened—the same road he was on now.
Another wave of pain washed over him, and he inhaled sharply as the Alberta Sheriff’s Branch SUV came to a halt. He reached for the passenger door, forcing back the pain.
“You okay?” Carl asked, his face a mask of concern. “You’re as white as a sheet.” His eyebrows rose as the truth dawned. “You can feel him again, can’t you? Just like when we were kids.”
Mike nodded. “And it’s bad, Carl, way worse than anything I’ve felt before … and he’s scared. I can hear him calling my name, begging me to get to him.”
“Then we’d better not waste any more time here.”
He put the vehicle in gear and pulled away from the clinic, heading toward the Trans-Canada Highway that would take them to the Icefield Parkway.
Mike sat there, mesmerized by the windshield wipers, oblivious to the shrill siren and flashing lights, absorbing the pain in his body, focusing on his twin, trying to convey the message that he was on his way, praying they would arrive in time. Although it was barely after one in the afternoon, it was dark and visibility was poor.
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Well, here we are again, the start of another month, this one perhaps filled with more hope than the previous ones have been, at least it is for me. I’m now fully vaccinated as are the adult members of my family. The children have all had their first doses and will get the second one before school starts.
This month’s question is What would make you quit writing?
I suppose the ultimate answer would be death. That would put a stop to my career quickly enough, but I think there might be a few, less drastic reasons. For one, my age. I’m not a spring chicken and sooner or later, my brain will begin to slow down, the ideas won’t come, and I’ll have to accept that. Another thing, which goes with age, is physical disability. I have arthritis, and while it’s controlled most of the times, I can’t pretend it won’t get worse. It’s true that I could use a speech to text program–I have one–but it isn’t the same. Finally, it could be discouragement. I’ve noticed that sales and pages read have been lower the last year or so. Sure, some of the blame goes on the pandemic and the disasters, both real and manmade, but the fact is people aren’t reading as much. I’ve looked into audiobooks but they are way out of my wheelhouse and financial ability.
But, all things being equal, I’m not ready to quit yet–slow down, maybe, but quit? Not yet.
Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales, the weekly blog where authors share their works in progress with you. I’m working on a Christmas story, Forever in my Heart. Each week, we write to a word or picture prompt. This week, our word is WATCH and I’ve used a form of the word. Enjoy!
Like a robot, Mike ended the call and finished bandaging Cupcake before putting her back inside her cage. The cat would spend the night at the animal hospital under the watchful eye of his night staff.
Moving to the basin, Mike washed his hands before removing his surgical gear. Gritting his teeth to mask the pain, he stepped into the small lobby.
Lucy stood next to his assistant, Danny. From the grim look on their faces, the sheriff had shared the news with his wife before speaking to him, not surprising since the couples were close friends.
“The Madsen cat is ready to go to Recovery. We’ll keep her overnight. Call Mildred to let her know the animal will be fine and she can pick her up in the morning.” He turned to the young vet. “Danny, you’re going to have to take over. By now I’m sure Lucy’s told you about the accident.”
The sheriff’s wife blushed.
“I know you didn’t mean anything by it, and she’s your friend,” he said, his voice filled with concern and sympathy. “Carl’s driving me to the scene, just north of Lake Louise. In this weather, it’s going to take twice as long to get there. Call in Allie or one of the others to help out. The night staff comes on at eight. I’ll let you know what’s what when I get there.”
“Of course, Mike,” Lucy said. “You tell my husband to be careful. Last thing we need is two accidents today.” She reached out her hand and touched his arm. “I hope they’re both okay.”
He licked his lips and nodded. He hoped so, too—but he doubted it. His guts were still on fire, and it was a miracle he could stand, let alone walk. He grabbed his coat and boots, shoved a knitted cap and his gloves into his pockets and was out the door seconds before the sheriff arrived.
The cold cut through him, just as it had that fateful day twenty years ago, the day his parents had been killed in an avalanche while he’d survived. Almost destroyed by guilt and remorse, he’d left Timberton for Calgary and veterinary college, where he’d specialized in large animal care, avoiding coming back to the small town as much as he could, but the bond between him and Jake … His twin had stayed and had taken over the family ranch.
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Welcome to the last week of June 2021. Time seems to fly even if there’s no place to go. This week, I’m starting a new story. The working title is Forever in my Heart. This week’s word prompt is SOLVE. Enjoy.
Mike Branscomb had just finished suturing Mildred Howard’s cat when a wave of pain so profound it nauseated him, washed over him, dropping him to his knees in a manner far more effective than any football tackle had ever been.
Luke! The last time he’d felt anything close to this had been when his identical twin had been thrown from a horse almost thirty years ago … but this was a thousand times worse.
Something had happened to Luke—something bad.
It might only be September, but freak snowstorms were nothing new in this part of the Rockies. Timberton, the small town of less than two thousand or so hardy souls, was ready for anything at this time of year. The temperature had been in the eighties only three days ago, and now it hovered around twenty-nine. Mother Nature couldn’t make up her mind about rain or snow, so she’d solved the problem and had sent both.
The impossibly loud jangling of the phone yanked him upright.
“It’s for you, Doctor B,” his receptionist said, opening the door to the small surgery, her face chalk white.
He reached for the handheld extension on his desk and pressed the call answer icon.
“Dr. Branscomb speaking.”
He prayed it was a mistake, but the unbelievable pain still making him weak said otherwise.
“Mike, it’s Carl Madsen. The RCMP just called. There’s been an accident just outside of Lake Louise, along the Icefield Highway.” The sheriff paused, his tone ominous. “No way to sugarcoat it. It’s Luke and Cassie. They got caught in a blizzard on their way back from Jasper. Not sure what happened. Might’ve swerved to avoid an oncoming car or an animal. Anyway, he slammed into a rockface. They’ll be air-lifted to Calgary as soon as the weather clears.”
“That could take hours. I’m on my way. Can you let whoever’s in charge know?”
“I’ll do better than that. I’ll pick you up at the clinic. My vehicle is better equipped to travel in this weather than yours.”
“The girls?” He could barely utter the words.
“They aren’t in the car. I asked. I assumed they’re back at the ranch with a babysitter.”
“Of course. Luke had mentioned taking Cassie away for the weekend. I’ll be waiting for you.”
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Living the Dream 