Steeling
My Haart
by
Lizzy Roberts
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: March 2015
Hosted
by: Book Enthusiast Promotions (http://bookenthusiastpromotions.com)
Eight
years ago a tornado devastated the community of Glen Springs. That same night my heart was torn to shreds
when he left. Now, all I have to live
for is work. I’m successful and have a
good life, just like he wished. So, why
am I so unhappy?
A
tragedy is bringing me home and I’m now finding my well ordered and successful
life hurled into a whirlwind of uncertainty.
The biggest threat of all comes in the shape of Charlie Haart, the
number one reason I have stayed away from Glen Springs for so long.
Unedited and subject to change
After
what felt like hours, Charlie could still hear the siren still blaring above
them. This was one bad storm cell and it
sounded like they were far from being out of the woods yet. Fumbling about the dark shelter, he could
just see the outlines of a couple of boxes and a cupboard in the far corner of
the small underground room. As the
lightening flashes continued to light the room sporadically he was able to
release a shaking Emma and attempt to find some light.
“Sweetheart,
I just need to reach over there and see if there is any candles or a torch, ok?
I will be right back and won’t leave you, I promise.”
He
saw her nod her head in acknowledgement and fumbled across and found a box of
candles and some storm matches in one of the boxes. When he has finally lit a few candles, the
room looked a little less scary and was pretty well stocked. It seemed as though the old lady had kept
this place provisioned with a few bits right up until she moved. Charlie saw Emma cowered in the same spot, in
mild shock no doubt and he scooted towards her taking her once again into his
arms.
She
was quiet, almost too quiet and as he scanned around the room he saw that there
was a huge, yet, comfy looking sofa covered in some beautiful handmade quilts
and gently lifted her across the room and gently laid her on the sofa, covering
her with a couple of the patchwork quilts.
As he went to seek out the other boxes in the shelter, Emma reached out
and grabbed his arm.
“Thank
you.”
The
tiny quivering voice echoed round the room.
“Thank
you, Spark. You literally just saved my
life. Twice.”
Then
she burst into a heart-wrenching sobbing fit.
Charlie gently climbed on to the sofa with her and took her gorgeous,
tear-stained face tenderly into his hands and wiped away the tears with his
thumbs. Kissing her forehead gently he
replied,
“My
absolute pleasure sweetheart. Knowing there could be a world without you in it
would completely break me do you know that? I would die before I’d let anything
happen to you Emma. I really would.”
30
- something Mum of two from the North of England (Yorkshire to be precise AKA
Gods own Country) who regularly seeks refuge in fictional characters
minds. Prefers the hot and hunky men
with a romantic side but not averse to a dominant man, nor ones with a dark
side too!
She
decided, after much persuasion from both her friends and especially her husband
to pursue her dream of one day publishing her own book!
So
after much deliberation (and nagging from him indoors), her first book Steeling
my Haart due for release March 2015!
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