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Today’s post includes another snippet from my newest release WHISPERS OF HER MEMORIES. The story is set in New Zealand, South Island.
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Today’s Snippet
“It’s a start, Mon.” Maggie’s voice had softened. “You don’t have to run off to another country just because things aren’t happening as fast as you’d like. You can sell the house and live off that money. It would set you up nicely.”
Mallory had nodded. “Yes, I could. I might even consider that. Who knows?” She’d shrugged. “But first I want to check it out. There’s a grandmother I have never heard of who’s left me a house. I don’t know. I can’t just sell it.”
“But you can just leave everything behind for this stranger?”
They had gone back and forth, neither willing to budge, the smell of the fish and chips filling the room but neither of them touching the food. Mallory knew Maggie was just worried. But Mallory had made her choice, and she wasn’t turning back. Life had been a challenge. Maybe, just maybe, this was her chance to something better.
By the time Maggie had left, her untouched dinner was still on the table. But deep inside, Mallory squashed the doubts that had crept up at the edges of her mind. It wasn’t just the art gallery acceptance Maggie had mentioned, or her few friends Mallory was leaving behind. It was the comfort of the familiar and the safety of not taking risks.
But here she was, sitting in a plane, flying towards an unfamiliar life.
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’m already intrigued and waiting to see what happens next.
Thank you, Suzi. Glad you like it 🙂
Sometimes we just have to go and take those risks. Can’t wait to see what happens with Mallory next.
That is so true, Jeff! Risks are there to be taken 😉