Sarah is starting over. With her
children now grown and an empty marriage bed, she picks herself up and moves to
the village of Lower Nutton. But a wager turns her head and a kiss in a storm
wakens feelings long ago forgotten and the game is on to find out who the man
could be.
Nick has found control, hiding
from life in a sleepy rural village, until Sarah arrives on the scene and his
sterile cocoon begins to shatter. She is the flotsam of a broken marriage; he
is a man of the cloth and in a small rural village, nothing stays private for
long...
Walking the
tightrope: Finding Sarah was the result of a
mind on the hunt for a story.
When I attended a ploughing
match, years ago, I noticed a handsome chap dressed differently from the rest
and then a minute later, around the corner walked our local vicar and his wife…
Oh, I thought, what if…?
This novel isn’t intentionally
religious, although it does revolve around a vicar. It broaches far less than
The Thorn Birds, the go to love story of this type. I was also aware, when
editing this novel, that I was keen not to offend or put anyone off reading it,
but that said, I also didn’t want to make it beige either. There was much to
consider. What I hope is that I have written a story about the people and not
their purpose, and how their pasts have affected their future.
I do have to confess, I caused a stir on the playground when I stood chatting with the vicar to get a bit of background. In fact my Facebook page was buzzing that evening. The drama of the romance author daring to speak to the vicar! The man himself was kind enough to answer all my questions. He even said (later, in an email) that he was looking forward to reading the book when it was out!
“You do realise this is a
romance?” I said, my brow creasing.
Yes, he knew.
Gulp.
Whispers: “Nobody tell him!”
Happy reading.
Wendy
Lou Jones was born in
West Sussex, England, where she enjoyed a happy childhood filled with guinea
pigs and fun. Later, she moved to Birmingham to study Medicine at University
and was lucky enough to meet her husband. They now live in a little village in
Herefordshire with their two grubby boys and some fish.
She discovered her love of writing not long after her
youngest son started school. And if you were to ask her what it was that made
her make the switch, she’d tell you quite simply that it started with a dream.
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