Hi everyone ♥
Today’s post includes another snippet from my newest release WHISPERS OF HER MEMORIES. It’s currently still only 99c.
The story is set in New Zealand, South Island.
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Today’s Hook
Mallory blinked a couple of times. “She must’ve been quite a woman.”
Amy nodded. “She was. And she was proud of you, Mallory.”
Mallory’s heart skipped. “Me? She didn’t even know me.”
Amy hesitated before answering, “She did. She found you a year or so ago. She knew more than you think.”
Mallory’s chest tightened with the sudden, overwhelming ache of loss—for the woman she’d never known, for the connection she could have had. What else had Sofia kept from her?
Taking another sip of the wine, she whispered, “Why did she never contact me while she was still alive?”
Amy shrugged.
“Maybe I’ll stay long enough to find out.” What was there to lose?
“Amy?”
“Hmm?”
“Is ‘Anahera’ a Māori term?”
Amy’s nod was accompanied by a warm smile. “Yes, it translates to ‘Angel’. According to legend, during a devastating fire, angels protected both the lighthouse and the people living in this area. That’s the origin behind Anahera Bay’s name, a testament to the community’s resilience and belief in divine protection.”
Blurb
Mallory O’Neill swaps the buzz of Melbourne for the quiet shores of Anahera Bay, New Zealand, hoping for a fresh start… not secrets and surprises. But the crumbling seaside cottage left to her by Sofia—the grandmother she never knew—holds more than just dust and disrepair. It holds the key to a family history her late mother never spoke of.
As Mallory pieces together Sofia’s past, she faces the doubts of old friends and the arrival of an unexpected stranger. Along the way, she finds friendships among the locals, but she also meets resistance from the brooding handyman, Cameron Quinn, a man haunted by his own past.
When faded letters, old photographs, and buried truths come to light, Mallory and Cameron find themselves drawn together by grief, memory, and a spark neither of them expected.
I like this! Definitely want to know more about what Mallory doesn’t yet know about her own past!
Thank you, James. Glad you liked the snippet.
PS – the book is currently only 99c 😉
I have to wonder why Sophia didn’t contact Mallory while she was still alive. Why was she out of Mallory’s life in the first place? Very intriguing!
Intriguing is good, I’d say 😉 Thanks, Jana. Glad you liked it.