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"So we live forever saying farewell." ~ Rilke
It takes courage to be human. And it especially takes courage to love, knowing that love inevitably opens the door to loss. But what is fascinating about this human conundrum is the hopefulness with which most of us manage it.
So we live forever saying farewell.
But we also live with the possibility of wonderful new beginnings. As an author, that's what pulls me in for closer examination. Come with me then and meet Alan, a man who has given up on love, and Kathy, a woman who has learned to let go of love too easily. It will take all the magic of serendipity, old diaries, and a children's story to heal these two. Read an Excerpt
Sequel to Dreams for Stones
Sa
mhain Publishing,
Ltd Fall/Winter 2008
An arsonist seeking revenge and the ending of a love affair are the catalysts that alter the shape and direction of deputy district attorney Charles Larimore's life. Forced to find a new place to live, Charles finds much more as he reaches out to help his neighbor Luz Blair. Then he learns Luz is being sought in the disappearance of the two children she is caring for, and he must decide whether to report her. As he weighs his responsibility as an officer of the court against his growing conviction Luz did the right thing in running away, he risks not only his career but the integrity of his soul.
It is the kind of decision that will alter everything that comes after. Read an Excerpt
Absence
of GraceWrangell, Alaska. It isn't where they expected to end up.
Clen McClendon, a financial analyst, has always judged herself unworthy of love because of an act she committed when she was nineteen--an act she has still been unable to forgive herself for twenty years later. When she discovers her husband is unfaithful, it is simply another chapter in a painful history full of loss and betrayal. Clen comes to Wrangell for the summer, because a person who has run out of options has to go somewhere and do something.
Gerrum Kirsey, an Alaskan native, became an attorney to avoid both Viet Nam and life as a commercial fisherman. But although the law saved him from war and fishing, it hasn't satisfied him. Then the woman he's supposed to marry displays a shocking and unexpected bigotry which ultimately propels him from Seattle attorney to Wrangell fishing guide and author.
But events prove that despite time and distance, the past still wields power over the present.
As betrayals and heartaches once again threaten their lives, they are presented with a clear choice: will they continue running, or will they stay in Wrangell and try to nurture an unexpected love.