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Synopsis
A Jane of Virginia 1 Romance/Suspense
There's an instant attraction between a girl
from one of Virginia's oldest families and a maid's son, but secrets and
dangers lurk in places no one expects.
Twenty-one year old Jane begins her day like any
other. She lives on a gorgeous Virginia Plantation and carefully avoids any
type of responsibility. Everyone assumes she’ll marry her rich, childhood
sweetheart until she meets handyman Alexander. There is an instant attraction
between the girl from one of Virginia’s oldest families and the son of a maid
and gardener.
With Alexander’s encouragement, Jane begins to
take on her family’s responsibilities but quickly starts remembering pieces of
her forgotten past. Why does she have unexplained scars? Why is she suddenly
afraid of everything? And why won’t her family tell her the truth? Alexander
swears he won’t push Jane too far too soon, but he only knows half the story.
The bigger the house, the more places there are to hide.
Excerpt
Chapter 33:
He pulled my hand to his heart. “This beats for you, Jane Eva
Austen. No one else. Ever.”
I didn’t know what to say. Speechless didn’t suit me. My mind
fluttered into various u-turns and wound up a few places it shouldn’t before spinning
out again and finding the right way home. I didn’t know what to do. I lied back
down on the bed and Alexander did the same. We faced each other. He touched my
face, and I rested my hand on his heart.
It was a blur that stood still. A windless wind. A storm without
rain or thunder. It was everything and nothing. I just knew it felt right. For
the first time in a long time, I was at peace.
I wrote my first short story when I was five, but when an
assignment in a lit course challenged me to “rewrite” the last chapter of Jane
Eyre I was hooked. I dreamt of going to an ivy cloaked university in England or
Scotland, but my health issues forced me to rethink that agenda. Working
through and with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, food allergies,
migraines and the scary health emergencies, I managed to finish both my
Bachelor’s degree in English and History and my Master’s in Strategic
Intelligence.
As a child, I wanted to be everything from a veterinarian
(can’t stand to see any animal hurt) to an actress (too shy) to an astronaut
(not good at science) to an Egyptologist (I wilt in extreme heat – or anything
over 70 degrees). Writing makes sense to me. My characters pursue all the
subjects that interest me and/or terrify me. I started with screenplays and TV
scripts, and my first screenplay placed finalist and semi-finalist in several
screenwriting competitions. Loving a challenge, I dove further into the writing
craft to study dialogue, description, plot, pacing, story (if there was a book
on writing I’ve read it).
When I’m not writing, I’m filling up bird feeders,
troubleshooting computers, playing games (I’m a freak for logic problems and
Tom Clancy video games), reading (anything by Jane Austen, Agatha Christie,
Dean Koontz, Anne Rice), watching movies (I personally would like to recommend
Joss Whedon be officially named a god). I’ve never met an animal I didn’t love
and regularly rescue bugs and spiders. Living in North Carolina and Texas, I
became the snake expert and successfully relocated many happy snakes who lived
to tell the tale. I’ve lived in California, Arizona, Texas and North Carolina
but have felt most at home in Virginia.
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