Forgiving yourself is the first step, but helping others forgive may be just too hard. Rachel Cullen grew up in Scotland with a fiddle in her hand from the age of four. She couldn't imagine life as anything but a musician. When her husband brought her to America she was immediately embraced by the Celtic and Bluegrass communities. But after her divorce, Rachel's life is a mess. A year of trying to prove to herself that she's woman enough for any man, and then a vicious rape while on tour with the band, leaves Rachel reeling. When she meets Noel Kershaw, an English teacher who is poetry in motion, she is definitely attracted. But he has a young child and he's suffering from his own divorce. The last thing Rachel needs in life is more baggage. First, Rachel must reconcile who she is, what she wants, and how to get there. Maybe then she'll know how to be a part of the family she's always wanted.
Balancing a career and a relationship is never easy, and it's even harder when you are on the road and everyone wants a piece of you. Becoming a member of an all-woman acoustic band on the bluegrass festival circuit was certainly not what Michele Scott had envisioned for herself as a young music major. A pop star is what she'd set out to be. Instead, she found her soul in an upright bass and the mountain music that some called “hick.” Three weeks before Michele’s band sets out on their first tour she collides with the mesmerizing and irresistible David Blackstone—a man whose startling blue-green eyes and commanding presence make her insides melt like a spent candle. But Michele's last romance ended in heartbreak over her choice of career. She's worked far too hard to risk trying to manage a career and life on the road with a long distance relationship. Her music gives her life, yet her heart yearns for something more. Can a girl have it all? Trusting David is a risk that may give her everything she wants or it will close her heart forever.
Sweetwater Canyon Book 3.5 - A Novelette(32 pages plus 20 pages of "sneak peek of Book 3)The Sweetwater Canyon musicians celebrate Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) in Scotland with Rachel's father, Gavin Cullen. Since his wife's death eight years ago, Gavin has never completely been the same. Clearing the cobwebs of the past year in order to begin anew is a tradition with special meaning at the family bed and breakfast inn.When a young, homeless stranger is invited inside he is met with caution by some members of the band. Will he be a source of division or will he help to free the Cullen's from the past?This novelette was first published in the Gift of Christmas anthology. The story is a bridge story between Sweetwater Canyon Books 3 and 4. It includes the first two chapters of Book 3 - Heart Strings.
Is faith and forgiveness enough to make a family of four survive and thrive? After Sarah's horrific ordeal with Amanda, all she wanted was to be in Tom's arms forever. But her road to rehabilitation is a difficult one, both physically and mentally. She pushes herself hard to return to the Sweetwater Canyon band, to be a good mother to the Davidson boys, and to maintain her faith. When it looks like the wedding is off, Connor and Grady put together a plan to get the family they've always wanted. A Thanksgiving Day wedding, with all of Broken Bow in attendance is in jeopardy. Can the boys get the bride to show up?
Living 800 years is like the fountain of youth for some...and for others it's worse than a death sentence. Eternity is the owner of a virus that allows humans to live up to 800 years. Miki Yokoyama leads a rebel organization known as the Agers. Their purpose is to create a counter agent to reintroduce "natural" death, no matter the cost. When Eternity learns of the Ager plan, they send their best agents to infiltrate the Ager organization and to sabotage any efforts to distribute a counter-virus. Rohin Chawla and Miki were science partners and passionate lovers when they originally discovered the Eternity virus in Antarctica two hundred years ago. But each chose a different path to fight Eternity. When they meet again, Rohin realizes he must rally his resources to stop the Ager virus or risk the only viable future he sees. But no one can foresee the extent human treachery will go when there are astronomical profits and world-wide political power at stake. Will Rohin and Miki combine forces against a greater evil, or fight each other over prolonged life or natural death? Their decision will determine who survives-and, ultimately, the outcome of humanity's future.
Seven speculative fiction stories explores the rhythms of life on our planet and in other places in the universe. From identifying a single individual's challenges with identity to that of a supernatural being whose sole purpose is to embed its soul into the experiences of all people, each story asks you to question what you see, who you are, and how to think outside of your personal experience.
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