Forget Me Not
A
Candy Hearts Romance
by
Maureen L. Bonatch
Blurb:
The car accident totaled Sabrina Post’s convertible and reinvented her memories. She can't recall dumping Cole Dawson ten years ago. What her new clairvoyant visions tell Sabrina is he’s her husband. Any practical girl would question her sanity. But if Sabrina wants to make this imaginary future a reality, she'll have to regain Cole’s trust and eliminate her rival, the coffee shop waitress who’s pegged Cole as husband #4. To prove she’s foreseen their destiny, Sabrina stirs Cole’s interest by revealing specifics about him she couldn’t have otherwise known. Unfortunately, the one detail he vividly remembers is the pain when she left him and their "rinky-dink" town in her rearview mirror.
If Cole can't
believe she's a changed woman,
can Sabrina accept the only second chance she has at love exists in her
memories?
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Excerpt:
The boxes of candy hearts Julie
forgot spilled across the floor.
Cole hunkered
down and gathered the papers. His mouth formed a hard line as he glanced at
Sabrina’s leave paperwork with the end date prominently circled. He replaced it
on the table under the keys.
“No really, I
can do it. You stay, Cole. I’ll be right back.” Sabrina caught her reflection
in the mirror on the wall. The quest for a coat resulted in her hair looking as
if she’d stuck her finger into an electrical outlet. Her appearance matched her
desperation. She ran her hands over her head, but the static filled strands
resisted smoothing.
“I need to
check on Dad anyway, and it’s on my way. I’ll take Josie.” Cole extended his
elbow, and Josie latched on like a lifeline, her fingers digging into the
leather of his jacket. She skittered across a few of the remaining candies,
crushing Be Mine and Love Me on the floor. “Thanks again for
dinner, Marge.”
“Cole wait.”
Despair leaked into Sabrina’s plea.
He glanced toward the papers on the table and sighed. “I waited for years, Rena. It’s you who waited too long.”
He glanced toward the papers on the table and sighed. “I waited for years, Rena. It’s you who waited too long.”
As the door
closed behind him, so did the future with Cole that she’d imagined. Her
shoulders fell. She knelt to collect the candy hearts scattered on the floor.
Forget Me Not and Hug Me taunted her with their cheerful words. Lacking a
garbage bag, she shoved a handful of the candies into her jacket pocket.
Several hearts were trodden into tiny pieces, like her own.
Maureen
writes stories in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania that boast laughter,
light suspense and something magical in the hope of sharing her love of finding
the extraordinary in the ordinary world. She writes Paranormal Romance and
Fantasy.
Find Maureen on Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Pinterest, Goodreads, The Wild Rose Press and at her website and blog.
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DeleteI agree, Mary! Thanks for visiting.
DeleteThank you for the giveaway! The book sounds very good!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good second chance romance.
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DeleteIt certainly does! Thanks for stopping in, Kathy.
DeleteWhat a clever premise! Sounds like a great read!
ReplyDeleteWishing you much success, Maureen!
ReplyDeleteJust dropping by to support you both...still think it sounds like a good read tho!
ReplyDeletePamT
Here's hoping you have oodles of sales!
ReplyDeleteLadies- I really appreciate you stopping by and all the words of encouragement and support! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteInteresting hook: "reinvented" her memories. My children declare I do this a lot. I'm guessing her story is much better than distracted parenting and semi-focused teens! haha Looks like I need to take a break and add this to my reading list!! ;)
ReplyDeleteCandith, I think ALL kids question their parents' memories! Thanks so much for visiting!
DeleteLove this premise. Fabulous excerpt. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteNeat conflict set up! This will definitely keep readers hooked. Good luck!
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