Rachel
Cullen grew up in Scotland with a fiddle in her hand from the age of
four. She couldn't imagine life as anything but a musician. When her
husband brought her to America she was immediately embraced by the
Celtic and Bluegrass communities. But after her divorce, Rachel's
life is a mess.
A year
of trying to prove to herself that she's woman enough for any man,
and then a vicious rape while on tour with the band, leaves Rachel
reeling. When she meets Noel Kershaw, an English teacher who is
poetry in motion, she is definitely attracted. But he has a young
child and he's suffering from his own divorce. The last thing Rachel
needs in life is more baggage.
First,
Rachel must reconcile who she is, what she wants, and how to get
there. Maybe then she'll know how to be a part of the family she's
always wanted.
Excerpt From Healing Notes
Claire
crawled onto a stool on the other side of the island and smiled.
Neither of them talked for several minutes as they listened to the
water in the pot heat.
“When
I grow up, I’m going to play with Sweetwater Canyon all the time.”
“Are
you sure you want to hang out with all us old folks?”
“You’re
not all old. Well maybe a little old. But Kat isn’t old.”
Rachel
smiled. “That’s true. She’s only seventeen.” And going on
twenty-five it seemed sometimes.
“Oh,
seventeen? That is old.” Claire put a finger to her lips and
furrowed her brow. “How old do I have to be to play in the band all
the time?”
“Probably
at least eighteen.”
“But,
you just said Kat—”
“Kat
is different, because her mother plays in the band and can watch her
all the time.”
“Well,
you can watch me all the time. You can be my mother.”
Rachel
gulped.
“Well,
can’t you?”
“Can’t
she what?” Noel walked in the room and lifted Claire off the chair
in a big hug, swinging her around the room. “Can’t she what? She
can do anything she wants.”
“See,”
Claire leaned forward and looked at Rachel over Noel’s shoulder.
“See, even Daddy thinks you can be my mother.”
“Whoa.”
Noel set Claire back on the stool. “I’m not sure what I walked in
on here.” He sent an accusing glance to Rachel. “You already have
a mother, Claire.”
“I
know. Not my real mother. My second mother. You know, like my friend,
Megan. Her mommy and daddy got divorced and her daddy married a new
mommy. So, Megan has two mommies now. See? Rachel can be my second
mommy. Okay?”
Meet the Author
Maggie
Jaimeson writes romantic women’s fiction and romantic suspense with
a near future twist. She describes herself as a wife, a step-mother,
a sister, a daughter, a teacher and an IT administrator. By day she
is “geek girl” – helping colleges to keep up with 21st century
technology and provide distance learning options for students in
rural areas. By night Maggie turns her thoughts to worlds she can
control – worlds where bad guys get their comeuppance, women
triumph over tragedy, and love can conquer all.
HEALING
NOTES is the second book in the Sweetwater Canyon Series of four
books. The final two books will be available in 2013.
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Thank you for taking the time to blurb my book today. I'm so happy to finally have the second book in this series available. The final two books will be released next year.
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