Sunday, November 07, 2021

November 07, 2021

Our lives are filled with choices – some hastily made and then regretted, some long dreamed of then left behind, and some lingering ahead just out of reach, tempting with the lure of that road less traveled. The hero in my new Texas-set romantic suspense - a well-travelled fellow, even without wandering far from home in his job as a Texas Ranger - is trying to understand his best friend’s new friend . . . who may be tempting him down an unexpected path . . .

“So, you and Lu . . .”

Nora laughed at that dangling supposition and answered easily, “Just friends, through thick and thin.” Her dark eyes probed his gaze for a long, beginning to get uncomfortable moment. “Just like the two of you. He’s about the best person I know. I’d always hoped we go into partnership after we got our degrees. We could’ve done some real positive damage together, but his path led right back here. Maybe you could clue me in on why that is?”

She leaned back in her chair, arms crossed patiently beneath her modest bosom as she waited for his answer, as direct and unnerving a female as Zayn could ever remember meeting. He didn’t want to like that about this woman whose existence his best friend had kept so stingily to himself.

The unknown presents dangers as well as temptations for Nora Prescott, who has good reason not to trust a smiling stranger. But this one might hold answers she needs to uncover before continuing on the road she’s chosen for herself . . . a solitary journey that doesn’t look quite as rewarding as the invitation in his dark eyes. Worth the risk? I guess we’ll find out as the story unfolds. Trying out potential title: A RISK-TAKING RANGER. Yea or Nay?

Here’s one of the unexpected paths I recently explored in Ireland, climbing countless steps, steep rocky trails, and uneven footpaths (to rival the treachery of the sidewalks in the Dingle shopping district!). The distant goal here was the cliff braved by Luke Skywalker (a bit out of reach for us, unfortunately!). I’m not one to shy away from that road less explored, having discovered during a trip to Tucson less than three months after knee replacement(second of two, years ago), that the hardest climbs yield the best views. Case in point . . .

Does your writing path look daunting and unreachable? Instead of taking the easy road, try stretching beyond what you thought was attainable by pushing ahead. You just might find it worth the risk!

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