WHAT’S
LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Everything!
Ten
days until Valentine’s Day. Unlike the big commercial fuss we make of it today,
there was once a time St. Valentine’s Day was when you sent a card anonymously
to the one you loved in the hope they would guess it was from you and that your
feelings were reciprocated.
I
remember once seeing a very old Valentine’s Day card that was covered with tiny,
different colored, satin bows. The fabric of the bows was faded and some were
frayed, but beside each bow was a message. I don’t remember them all but those
that I do went like this…If you love some other fellow, send me back this bow
of yellow. If of me you sometimes think, send me back this bow of pink. And my
favorite…If to me you would be true, send me back this bow of blue.
I’ve often wondered how many hearts beat in nervous anticipation, wondering if whoever they’d sent the card to would know who it was from. And if so what color bow would come back? Would it bring happiness or heartbreak? Or would the card go unanswered, leaving the sender to wonder if it was lost in the mail or if the person they’d sent it to simply didn’t care? Maybe it just got delayed and wasn’t delivered until many years later. Maybe it’s still sitting there in someone’s memory box because the sender never found the courage to mail it. And just maybe the person who received the card couldn’t decide who the sender was and didn’t want to take a chance and guess.
And what happened next? Did the senders and receivers of those anonymous cards find true love together or did they find it with someone else? And what about those who never mailed the card or didn’t have the courage to figure out who’d sent it? Are they still somewhere out there, dreaming and hoping that true love will eventually find them?
For all
of us who’ve found true love and for all of us who’re still looking, I hope St.
Valentine’s Day 2013 is a truly special day for each and every one of us.
Christiane
France
http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/NowAndForever.html
Nothing
says romance like a broken heart or a lonely one searching for its soul mate.
We’ve all been there. You’re so sure you’ve found your true love, but something
happens and it’s back to lonely nights and breakfast for one. Or perhaps you’re
so scared of getting hurt you become overly cautious and don’t realize what’s
staring you in the face.
Alain
Lazier was heartbroken when his longtime partner told him it was over. He’d
been positive James was Mr. Right until he met up with an old acquaintance and
realized he’d had a lucky escape. Seth Lawley was ready to settle down if and
when he met the right man. But Seth was so darn cautious if it hadn’t been for
Grant’s matchmaking cat the two of them would never have got together.
Best-selling author Christiane France offers two tales of
Gay Erotic Romance, one where a broken heart and a chance meeting have
unexpected results, and the other where an impatient and matchmaking feline
conspires to bring two lonely men together.
Previously available only in electronic format, these
stories have now been combined for a paperback edition! Included are the
tales...
· Blues In The Night
To celebrate their reunion after a six-month work-related separation, Alain and his partner James have planned to meet up for the perfect dream vacation. When James calls with what Alain expects to be details of his arrival time at the first stop on their itinerary, James says he won’t be joining him. He’s met someone new, the temporary assignment has turned into a permanent job, and sorry, but their relationship is over.
To celebrate their reunion after a six-month work-related separation, Alain and his partner James have planned to meet up for the perfect dream vacation. When James calls with what Alain expects to be details of his arrival time at the first stop on their itinerary, James says he won’t be joining him. He’s met someone new, the temporary assignment has turned into a permanent job, and sorry, but their relationship is over.
Alain leaves the hotel, hoping the sights and sounds of the
city will help distract him from the shock of James’ desertion, maybe stop him
from trying to figure out ways of changing the unchangeable. As evening turns
to night, he continues walking, up one street and down the next until music
drifting up from a basement nightclub catches his attention. The singer’s voice
is distinctive, different, and it sounds like Kenny Dumaine, a man Alain met in
his hometown a couple of years ago.
Kenny doesn’t remember him at first. But Alain is drinking
heavily, and when he mentions what sounds like a romance gone wrong, Kenny
recalls the circumstances of their first meeting. Alain had helped him out of a
bad spot, and now it looks like he needs the favor returned. Kenny was
attracted to Alain first time around, and although things never turned
physical, that hasn’t changed. As an entertainer, always on the move, he’s
learned to keep things casual. His last performance is the following night, and
the next day he’ll be gone. Where’s the harm in offering an old acquaintance a
little badly needed TLC?
· And The Cat Came Back
Home renovator Seth Lawley is ready to settle down if the right man comes along, but he’s cautious. He believes he who hesitates saves himself a whole lot of heartbreak.
Home renovator Seth Lawley is ready to settle down if the right man comes along, but he’s cautious. He believes he who hesitates saves himself a whole lot of heartbreak.
Grant Kenyon, on the other hand, is ready to take a chance.
He figures anyone who hesitates when it comes to grabbing what he wants from
life risks losing out.
Foofuss, Grant’s bossy, matchmaking Persian cat, has decided
his master needs company and Seth is it...that’s if he can figure out the
perfect plan to bring the two of them together.
Cool
mysteries and hot romance - http://www.chrisgrover.ca
Latest Release: RAINDROPS AND ROSES - http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure
Coming soon from Amber Allure: GETTING REAL, A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY
Latest Release: RAINDROPS AND ROSES - http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure
Coming soon from Amber Allure: GETTING REAL, A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY
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