by
Kemberlee Shortland
Kemberlee Shortland
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
When Elaine Donovan discovers she's pregnant, she hesitates telling her husband, Ethan. They're newlyweds and plan to wait until they're ready to start a family. Ethan surprises her by accepting early parenthood, embracing the idea more fully than either of them expects.
When they receive bad news after a prenatal exam, both must face that their charmed lives are about to come crashing down around them.
Do Christmas wishes really come true? Elaine is staking her life on it!
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EXCERPT
He’d practically
killed himself getting to the hospital.
When Ethan got
the call saying Elaine had collapsed at work, he panicked and dropped
everything to get to her side. He still had not been allowed to see her, as she
was still undergoing tests, so he waited in the private room he had made sure
their health insurance covered.
A moment later,
his pacing was interrupted when the door pushed open and Elaine was wheeled in
on a gurney. Assistants helped her into bed then the nurse made her
comfortable, all the while his heart pumped hard in his chest, stealing his
breath. Elaine looked pale and groggy. He wondered if she even knew he was in
the room.
Then he was alone
with his wife. She lay so still. The rise under the covers told him she had not
lost their baby, but his chest tightened anyway, fear pumping acid-like blood
though his body at a fierce rate.
“Are you going to
stand there all day?” Her voice was thready, her eyes just barely open. She
tried lifting her hand off the bed to beckon him over but only managed a
finger.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Kemberlee Shortland is a native Northern Californian who grew up in Carmel, a community founded by artists and writers, including John Steinbeck, George Sterling, and Jack London.
Over the years, Kemberlee has worked with several Carmel notables, including Doris Day, Kim Novak, and Joan Fontaine. It was in 1997, she left the employ of Clint Eastwood to live in Ireland for six months. It was during this time she met the man she would marry, and permanently relocated to live in Ireland.
While always writing since a very young age, Kemberlee earned her keep for fifteen years as one of Ireland's foremost travel consultants, and also wrote travel articles about Ireland. In 2005, she saw the publication of her first romance sell, and to date, she has thirteen published titles to her name, including the best-selling Irish Pride Series. Her most recent release is Slaughtered, writing as KA Lugo.
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3.75 out of 5 stars
The Power of Love by Kemberlee Shortland follows Elaine
and Ethan O’Donovan through the first year of their marriage as they deal with major life changes that will challenge their blissful relationship.
This contemporary romance short story with fantasy elements
is a beautiful celebration of love—both the passionate love shared by a husband
and wife but also that of a parent for a child. Although the story moves
quickly and there are a couple of places that require suspension of disbelief,
there is beautiful emotionalism (and the need for a tissue or two) and a lovely
connection to the Christmas season. A quick heartwarming read.
A copy was provided for review
Thank you for hosting me. I'm glad you enjoyed my story, and appreciate your comments.
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Thank you for taking the time to visit and congrats on a lovely story.
Deletethat last line of the excerpt make me smile. i like her feistiness. great choice
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Thanks for taking the time to visit, sherry! I hope you get a chance to read the story.
DeleteSherry. Thanks for visiting. I hope you get a chance to read the full story. I think Elaine and Ethan are two of my favorite characters.
DeleteThat sounds like it might be an emotional read. Thanks for letting us know about this one.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely emotional, Mary. But worth reading. I hope you come back and let us know how you liked it if you do read it. Thank you for visiting!
DeleteMary. Thanks for visiting. I'm sure you'd love this story if you decided to read it. I've had a few readers tell me they needed tissues reading this one. Maybe you'll let me know if it was the same for you :-)
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