Hi everyone ♥
I’m sharing today another small snippet from my newest release WHISPERS OF HER MEMORIES. The story is set in New Zealand, South Island.
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Today’s Hook
Finally, she looked up. “Come on, Mon, nobody will think less of you if you pull the plug on this crazy plan,” Maggie had urged.
Mallory had smiled, pleased Maggie still used her old nickname: Mon, short for Mallory O’Neill, a reminder of all their years together. “It’s not crazy,” she had insisted, though her voice carried a touch of uncertainty. “Well, okay, maybe it is. But it’s a great opportunity. There’s nothing keeping me here.”
Maggie had raised an eyebrow. “Nothing? You’re saying I’m nothing? John, Liz, Jane. We’re nothing?”
Mallory’s heart had ached, suddenly aware of what she’d said. “You know I didn’t mean it like that.”
“It most certainly sounded like it, though,” Maggie had countered. She let out a sigh. “You’ve just had three of your paintings accepted at the gallery down the road,” she had pointed out.
Mallory had released a long breath, crossing her arms defensively. “Really? Three paintings that may or may not sell over the next months. That’s not enough to live on.”
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.
Hi,
If seems like Mallory is not only hampered by her own insecurities but running from her feelings about Cameron.
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Thanks, Pat. She’s yet to meet Cameron, and it won’t be her running 😉
I admire how you connect a series of books telling a story about a specific place. Always a pleasure to read your posts.
Aww, thank you so very much, Kayelle ♥
Your hooks are so short, they always leave questions in my mind. Like, why is Mallory really leaving?
Thank you, Lisabet ♥ It’s the draw of something knew, the draw of a new beginning 😉
I feel for Mallory. There’s something going on since she’s really brooding.
Thanks, Maggie. Not really brooding, but unsure why her friend can’t see the opportunity in all this.
I agree with Maggie and Lisabet. I want to know why Mallory is really leaving. Very intriguing!
Thanks, Jana. Sometimes life gives you an opportunity and you just have to take the risk … not everybody is inclined to do so 😉
Great tension. Making the decision to leave is never easy. Having the easy, old way of life personified in a special friend makes going that much harder.
Thank you, Lisa. Change is hard, no matter in which form 🙂