All I know is that the fear I have been battling all night is breaking down the door of my ignorance. As my feet slam down I feel not the hard, wet asphalt but the soft Persian rug that led to the staircase in my father’s home. In the glow of lightning the dancing trees are illuminated but I see my mother in the glow of candlelight, spinning, twirling, her hair fanned out
behind her. It is falling over me, saturating my thoughts, and I cannot. I cannot let it in.
Stichwörter: dance mystery thriller ya teen midwest saga von-strassenberg bluestocking-girl gwenn-wright st-louis william-drexler
How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?
Gwenn WrightStichwörter: love loss death historical-fiction grief young-adult-fiction von-strassenberg bluestocking-girl
It was just like in her books, but better, amplified, because it was her heart and her breath and it was real.
Gwenn WrightLiza considering back-peddling but thought about her empty bank account. “That’ll be fine, sir. I don’t wear skirts anyway.”
He hmphed as though he suspected she might also be inclined to burn her bra on the courthouse steps and snapped, “No jeans either, this is a professional establishment.
Stichwörter: work funny feminism hollers-grove
I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.”
Mama reached up and smoothed Liza’s curls away from her face. “Well darlin’, that’s the sign of a life being lived. I think we’re all tired when we’re giving it our best.
Stichwörter: life inspirational mothers comfort moms
Liza took her time sipping her tea. “That’s what I hear Janet. Of course, living it up can take years off your life and add them to your face.
Gwenn WrightStichwörter: funny chick-lit romantic-suspense cat-fights
I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate was sealed at the sight of your stockinged feet.
~Viktor von Strassenberg
Stichwörter: romance gothic young-adult ya viktor von-strassenberg gwenn-wright new-release
It was enough to drive me mad. I was no longer myself and yet I was so much more me than I had ever been before.
~Katherine Demure
Stichwörter: love romance gothic historical-romance ya saga von-strassenberg gwenn-wright katherine-demure viktor-demure
These were not the belongings of the past prisoner he had imagined. These were a lady’s things—hairpins and stockings and a glove. There were more clues waiting but William no longer felt certain he wanted to know the dark secrets of this cell.
Gwenn WrightStichwörter: mystery suspense historical-fiction-mystery von-strassenberg william-drexler-the-third gwenn-wright romantic-suspence
Even then his thoughts did not turn to prayer but to Abbie and to what she would think about his lack of prayerfulness and that surely she would have immediately broken out in prayer. “Doesn’t matter now,” he whispered and felt that he could not cry out to God.
~William Drexler the Third
Stichwörter: romance prayer christian-fiction von-strassenberg gwenn-wright william-drexler
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