She backed out of his arms, raising her palm. “I’m not. I-I-I just will have to put our plans on hold. If you can’t wait for me, I’ll understand. But for now, I have to go to them. They need me.”
He tipped her chin up with his finger. “I need you, my princess. But, I understand. I will always be here for you. I will never love another. I will wait for all eternity for you. My love and my heart are yours.”
He kissed her gently, his tears mingling with hers. Did he know that her heart was breaking? Did he somehow know she was slipping away? How could she abandon her nephews, Zymon or her dad? What would they do? How would they go on? She couldn’t walk away no matter what she desired.
She consoled herself in his arms that it would be temporary, that they would be together very soon. But her heart ached with uncertainty. She cursed life. Why couldn’t it be as simple for her as how Kipp saw it? To see what you wanted and just go after it. If only she could be so idealistic.
“We will be together very soon,” she said, choking back a sob.
“I will be waiting, my princess, for you are worth the wait.”
*TO BE CONTINUED*
A Merchant Street Mystery Series
Enjoy the rest of Adele’s and Kipp’s story in the series, A Merchant Street Mystery. These books are mysteries under the definition of: something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain and not a mystery novel with clues.
Time Will Tell, Book 1
Storyline: Being paranoid, Holly Waterbury just can't handle all the suspicious behavior centered on Merchant Street in Salt Lake City. Being volunteered to help her hoarding Uncle Kipp recover after a fall and finding out he has a dog is not helping to calm her excitable nature either. But it's really the good-looking, take-charge homeless man her uncle hired to help clean up his clock shop that has Holly baffled. Just why are his teeth so white? Throw in a not-so-valuable clock everyone is willing to kill for and Holly's imagination runs wild. Only time will tell just how long it takes before Holly will figure out the mysteries of Merchant Street, including the sexy homeless man.
Hunting for Happenstance, Book 2
Story-line: High-spirited Daniela Estrada is tired of waiting for life and love to come to her in her poppa's butcher shop. She wants to open her own doggie grooming business on Merchant Street and get practical Duston "Buck" Cooper, who owns the Bird Dog Gun Shop, to step out of his shell and ask her out.
Fortune for Fools, Book 3
Story-line: Risk-taker Zeke Abberley knows how to be bold when it comes to his antique shop on Merchant Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. He successfully bid on a collection of 1800s antiques in Nauvoo, Illinois that may contain a valuable Hayez painting. However, love is another matter. Afraid that all women are users, he's always injuring his dates, particularly Lavinia Vega, who works at her father's art gallery.
Studious Lavinia Vega is tired of proving to Zeke that she has no ulterior motives. When Zeke brings her a damaged painting to restore and authenticate, she is eager to help but not get involved. When she uncovers a hidden map behind the painting that leads to valuable buried coins, the game plan changes. Or so Zeke thinks. Will the mysteries Zeke, Lavinia and her Poodle, Vivete, uncover teach them that fortunes are for fools and love is everlasting?
About The Author
Although Cindy has always loved writing, she began her first novel after becoming bed-ridden with a chronic illness. Despite the cognitive and physical issues she faces, she finds writing cathartic and up-lifting. She enjoys going where only her characters can take her.
Cindy’s surrounded by her loving family and precious dogs. Her love of life and dogs shines through in every one of her books. She donates a portion of the sales of her books to support organizations that help abandoned and abused dogs.
She loves to hear from her readers. You can contact her through her website at: https://www.dragonflyromance.com or by email at:
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Books by Cindy A. Christiansen
Stand-Alone Novels
Caskets and Corruption
Love on Laird Avenue
Braving the Blaze
Hazardous Hideaway
Not Quite Zen
Legacy of Lies
Merchant Street Mystery Series
Worth the Wait, Prequel
Time Will Tell, Book 1
Hunting for Happenstance, Book 2
Fortune for Fools, Book 3
Novellas and Short Stories
Stolen Horses, Stolen Hearts
Risky Seeds, Risky Hearts
A Clean Romance
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