A Widow's Salvation
By Becky Lower
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- Print Length: 197 pages
- Publisher: Crimson Romance (September 7, 2015)
- Publication Date: September 7, 2015
Blurb:
In 1862 America, the Civil War has
raged for twelve months. Pepper Fitzpatrick Brown’s heart was broken when her
husband died with the first volley at Manassas. Now she’s a widow raising three
young boys and plans to honor his sacrifice by volunteering at the army
hospital.
When Colonel Elijah Williams can
grab a few minutes to nap between his duties as head surgeon at MacDougall Army
Hospital in the Bronx, his sleep is invaded with nightmares of the atrocities
he’s seen. His life has narrowed to nothing but the bloody war … until he meets
Pepper Brown. But her father is concerned Elijah doesn’t have the best
intentions, and Pepper is fearful of loving and losing again.
It’s hard to find
happiness in a war-torn United States, but these two stand a fighting chance—if
they can save what’s left of their hearts.
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Excerpt:
New York City, July 1862
Pepper Brown yanked open her bedroom armoire and stared at the
sea of black. Her widow’s weeds, as people called them. They were showing up in
increasing numbers on the streets of New York, on women of all ages. The Civil
War, which both sides had thought would be over in a matter of weeks, marked
its one-year anniversary today. Which meant today was also Pepper’s one-year
anniversary as a widow. She drummed her foot on the floor while she perused the
black dresses. Was she ready to move on? Michael had thought she would be. In
fact, he extracted a promise from her before he left for the war. One year and
not one day more, he had said. Her mother thought so, too, or she wouldn’t have
planned their outing for today. All Pepper now needed was the courage to
convince herself they were right. The churning in her stomach told her she had
a ways to go yet.
She straightened and turned her back on the black.
“Molly, please come help me dress,” Pepper called down the hall
to her lady’s maid. “I’m going out today.”
“Aye, ma’am.” Molly, a young Irish girl with light brown hair
and matching freckles across her pert nose, came quickly into the room. “Which
gown would you be liking?” She began fondling the various dresses in the
armoire.
“None of these. I’m done with these dresses. Besides, most of
them are maternity gowns. I want to wear something fresh, something different.”
Molly nodded vigorously, and the little white cap on her head
bounced askew. She righted it before she spoke. “Perfectly understood, ma’am,
and you should be stepping down to half mourning. Perhaps I can find a nice
gray or deep purple gown among your other things.”
Pepper shook her head. “No, no half mourning for me. What kind
of silly term is that, anyway? I’m going out with Mother, and I want our day to
be special. I want to wear something bright. I think the periwinkle dress
Jasmine created for me right before Michael’s death will do. Yes, the
periwinkle.”
Pepper smiled at Molly’s horrified intake of breath. She
obviously disapproved, which meant it was the right decision.
“Periwinkle? Forgive me saying so, ma’am, but isn’t it a wee bit
too much of a difference?”
“Why yes, it is, Molly.”
Amazon best-selling author Becky Lower has traveled the country looking for great settings for her novels. She loves to write about two people finding each other and falling in love, amid the backdrop of a great setting, be it on a covered wagon headed west or in present day small town America. Historical and contemporary romances are her specialty. Becky is a PAN member of RWA and is a member of the Historic and Contemporary RWA chapters. She has a degree in English and Journalism from Bowling Green State University, and lives in an eclectic college town in Ohio with her puppy-mill rescue dog, Mary. She loves to hear from her readers at beckylowerauthor@gmail.com. Visit her website at www.beckylowerauthor.com
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Becky Lower
Award Winning Author
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2 comments:
Thank you, Karyn, for this opportunity.
Very nice excerpt.
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