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BLURB:
After her best friend
and husband are killed in an airplane crash, a young woman finds her best
friend’s diary and learns that she was secretly in love with another man, a
soldier. Determined to find the secret
lover, Keri sets off on a journey and discovers the key to her destiny.
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EXCERPTS
Keri noticed that Sophia’s handwriting was clearer than her
usual rushed script, when she often left out commas and didn’t always cross her
t’s. The dots for the i’s were usually
far from the intended letter, or left out entirely.
In the diary, Sophia wrote with care and precision,
seemingly enjoying the process of documenting her thoughts and emotions.
I’m going to call this my “Summer Diary,” because when I’m
finished filling all these pages, summer will be over, I’ll be married, I’ll
fire my shrink and I’ll toss this thing into the fire. For now, I’m having fun. I can write any damned thing I want and
nobody will ever know it or see it. I
can be crude or selfish, sexy or crazy.
Who cares? It’s only me talking
to me, and when it’s all over—into the fire, baby, and forever forgotten.
My shrink is right, it’s very freeing to write down whatever
you feel. Whatever you think. It’s like being in a hot air balloon or
skydiving or being in bed with a sexy guy who absolutely sends you into spasms
of ecstasy.
Okay, I feel wonderfully wicked. I went to lunch with the guy—oh what the
hell—his name is Ryan. No last name,
though. We ate hamburgers and drank dark
beer at the Main Street Café. He’s
quiet, doesn’t talk much, but wow, he is the sexiest man I’ve ever met. He oozes with it, but he seems to keep it
inside, which really turns me on.
Never met a guy like him. He’s
like an unopened treasure chest, and girl oh girl, would I like to ride on top
of that chest!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Elyse Douglas
is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier
and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the
beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a Degree in English Literature.
She has enjoyed careers as an English teacher, an actress and
a speech-language pathologist. She and her husband, Douglas
Pennington, have completed five novels: The Other Side of Summer,
Christmas for Juliet, Wanting Rita, Christmas Ever After, The Christmas
Town and The Christmas Diary.
Douglas grew
up in a family where music and astrology were second and third
languages. He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and
played the piano professionally for many years. His two detective books
include Death is Lookin' for ELVIS and Death is a TAPDANCER. His great, great grandfather lived to be
132 years old, and was the oldest man in the world when he died in 1928.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER
CODE
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will be awarding a $50 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter
during the tour.
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