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Blurb:
Forty
year old Alex Spencer has given up on love. Having escaped five years earlier
from the verbally abusive and two decades older, Trent Peterson, her life
revolves around her daughter, sixteen-year-old Josie, even if Josie wants
nothing to do with her.
But with
Valentine’s Day looming, Alex’s high school sweetheart, Billy Leibowitz, whom
she kicked out of her life twenty years earlier thanks to Trent’s demands, has
been invading her thoughts. Alex searches for Billy in vain—it seems as if he’s
simply disappeared. Suddenly, Candy Hearts, which Billy sent to Alex every
Valentine’s Day, start arriving in the mail. Is Billy sending the Candy Hearts?
Will this finally be her chance at happily ever after?
Excerpt:
She
belonged in blossom pink or cerulean
blue, sage green mixed with crisp white. But, all she wore was black or occasionally charcoal
gray. On my single mom budget, I bought her skinny jeans at Target and cute cotton tops at Kohl’s. Still, she
wore her baggy sweatpants and that black hoodie that hid her figure. Not that I wanted her to flaunt it,
but I wanted her to own her beauty. Her glossy, raven hair was kept in a messy topknot at all times. Her stormy
gray eyes, just like her father’s, almost blue, but not quite, were ringed in
thick black liner. She was hiding.
Better not to be noticed.
I was the complete opposite at
sixteen. I wore tight, faded jeans: bleached and frayed, the denim almost white;
and fuzzy angora sweaters that hugged my curves. My hair was in wild curls,
just as inky black as Josie’s, but never pulled into a bun. The higher my curls
were, the better and I went through a bottle of hair spray a month. I may have
hit my peak back then.
My boyfriend, Billy, was crazy
about me and we were kind of like a verse in a song, a song about longing and perfect love and innocence.
We dated from the time we were fifteen until we were almost twenty. We were born three days apart and as we
planned our yearly joint birthday party on the beach, I suddenly felt
suffocated. I had celebrated my birthday the same way with the same people for
four birthdays in a row and I just couldn’t do a fifth. I needed to break away
and see what else was out in the world. But, I always wished I didn’t break
Billy’s heart in the process. The song ended as I turned out of the parking lot
and left me wondering what ever
happened
to Billy Leibowitz.
Buy link: The Wild Rose Press http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=172_252&products_id=6585
About the Author:
An award winning
writer and blogger, Stephanie's second grade teacher told her she should be a
writer and she hasn't wavered in her path since. In her past life - before kids
- Stephanie was an arts reporter and music journalist. She spent her twenties
listening to loud rock bands (including her drummer husband's) in bars all
around Boston and New England. She lives in New York on Long Island with her
husband, three boys and two slightly crazy rescue dogs (one of whom is
three-legged). She lives in between the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island
Sound and loves to her toes in the sand.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniekepkewriter/
Blog: https://stephaniekepke.wordpress.com/
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Stephanie-Kepke/e/B00SHUYLXM
The Wild Rose Press: http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=manufacturers_about&manufacturers_about_id=1260
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12278932.Stephanie_Kepke
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