Today I have an excerpt from Maggie Jaimeson's romantic womens fiction novel, "Healing Notes". Maggie writes romantic women’s fiction and romantic suspense with a near future twist. She describes herself as a wife, a step-mother, a sister, a daughter, a teacher and an IT administrator. By day she is “geek girl” – helping colleges to keep up with 21st century technology and provide distance learning options for students in rural areas. By night Maggie turns her thoughts to worlds she can control – worlds where bad guys get their comeuppance, women triumph over tragedy, and love can conquer all.
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Healing Notes
Author: Maggie Jamieson
Publisher: Windtree Press
ISBN: 978-0983594321
Format: paperback, ebook
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Womens Fiction
Length: 360 pages, 468 KB
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Series: Sweetwater Canyon #2
Buying Links: Amazon Barnes & Noble
Book Blurb (from author):
Forgiving yourself is the first step, but helping others forgive may be just too hard.
Rachel Cullen grew up in Scotland with a fiddle in her hand from the age of four. She couldn't imagine life as anything but a musician. When her husband brought her to America she was immediately embraced by the Celtic and Bluegrass communities. But after her divorce, Rachel's life is a mess.
A year of trying to prove to herself that she's woman enough for any man, and then a vicious rape while on tour with the band, leaves Rachel reeling. When she meets Noel Kershaw, an English teacher who is poetry in motion, she is definitely attracted. But he has a young child and he's suffering from his own divorce. The last thing Rachel needs in life is more baggage.
First, Rachel must reconcile who she is, what she wants, and how to get there. Maybe then she'll know how to be a part of the family she's always wanted.
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Excerpt
Claire crawled onto a stool on the other side of the island
and smiled. Neither of them talked for
several minutes as they listened to the water in the pot heat.
“When I grow up, I’m going to play with Sweetwater Canyon
all the time.”
“Are you sure you want to hang out with all us old folks?”
“You’re not all old. Well maybe a little old. But Kat isn’t
old.”
Rachel smiled. “That’s true. She’s only seventeen.” And
going on twenty-five it seemed sometimes.
“Oh, seventeen? That is old.” Claire put a finger to her
lips and furrowed her brow. “How old do I have to be to play in the band all
the time?”
“Probably at least eighteen.”
“But, you just said Kat—”
“Kat is different, because her mother plays in the band and
can watch her all the time.”
“Well, you can watch me all the time. You can be my mother.”
Rachel gulped.
“Well, can’t you?”
“Can’t she what?” Noel walked in the room and lifted Claire
off the chair in a big hug, swinging her around the room. “Can’t she what? She
can do anything she wants.”
“See,” Claire leaned forward and looked at Rachel over
Noel’s shoulder. “See, even Daddy thinks you can be my mother.”
“Whoa.” Noel set Claire back on the stool. “I’m not sure
what I walked in on here.” He sent an accusing glance to Rachel. “You already
have a mother, Claire.”
“I know. Not my real mother. My second mother. You know,
like my friend, Megan. Her mommy and daddy got divorced and her daddy married a
new mommy. So, Megan has two mommies now.
See? Rachel can be my second
mommy. Okay?”
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