My top ten favorite things about summer...
1. Sweet Tea, southern style of course seeing as I grew up with a grandmother born and raised in Georgia :) Shoot, I drink sweet tea year around but in the summer it tastes so much sweeter.
2. Camping of course. In any fashion. I love it, no matter where we go :)
3. Gardening. I didn't plant one this year and I realized just how much I miss it.
4. Swimming. Yes, even old ladies enjoy swimming when it's warm out :) My favorite part is taking our two husky mix furbies to the beach. They love swimming :)
5. Grandchildren sleepovers. There is nothing like hanging out with a new and upcoming generation.
6. Getaways with hubby. I enjoy those spur of the moment getaways hubby and I come up with :)
7. Sitting on my back porch, alone or with company. It's my favorite place to be when at home.
8. Waking up before the birds. It is so cool to wake up early and nothing but silence surrounds you. Then one by one the birds begin to sing their morning songs. It's super cool to hear :)
9. Campfires, whether at home or at the campground. They are pretty amazing to just sit beside and relax.
10. The company of good friends. It seems like in the summer we see more of our friends than we do in the winter months.
1. Sweet Tea, southern style of course seeing as I grew up with a grandmother born and raised in Georgia :) Shoot, I drink sweet tea year around but in the summer it tastes so much sweeter.
2. Camping of course. In any fashion. I love it, no matter where we go :)
3. Gardening. I didn't plant one this year and I realized just how much I miss it.
4. Swimming. Yes, even old ladies enjoy swimming when it's warm out :) My favorite part is taking our two husky mix furbies to the beach. They love swimming :)
5. Grandchildren sleepovers. There is nothing like hanging out with a new and upcoming generation.
6. Getaways with hubby. I enjoy those spur of the moment getaways hubby and I come up with :)
7. Sitting on my back porch, alone or with company. It's my favorite place to be when at home.
8. Waking up before the birds. It is so cool to wake up early and nothing but silence surrounds you. Then one by one the birds begin to sing their morning songs. It's super cool to hear :)
9. Campfires, whether at home or at the campground. They are pretty amazing to just sit beside and relax.
10. The company of good friends. It seems like in the summer we see more of our friends than we do in the winter months.
Excerpt from Destiny's Price...
Destiny. How could he face her? All she had said was true. He could no longer deny the power her father had over her. He saw it with his own eyes. He heard it all with his own ears. Jeb Connors was a burly sort of man, with cold calculating eyes, long greasy hair, and smelled even worse. He was ten times Destiny’s size, and used his strength to bend her to his will.
“I’m sorry, Destiny,” Stephen muttered.
“For chasing my pa away? Saving me from him, for now anyway,” she asked in a shaky voice.
Stephen turned to her, noticing the pool of blood at her feet as she stood on two wobbly legs. “What did he do to you?” Stephen gasped, running to her side as Destiny lost her footing. He grabbed her up in his arms, lifting her to his chest. “Let me get you back into the cabin, then I’ll go for Nichole,” he said.
“No!” Her arms wrapped about his neck, clinging to him. “What if he comes back?” Her tears soaked into his shoulder as her body trembled in his arms.
“You have already lost too much blood, and now . . . I can’t chance taking you all the way back to the ranch house. Nichole is the only one who knows anything about medicine,” he reasoned.
Her body convulsed against his, and Stephen didn’t know if it was from fear or shock. “Please don’t leave me, Stephen. If I am to die tonight I want it to be looking at your face.”
Her desperate words gripped his heart. For the second time in a day, he stood there covered in her blood. By all rights, she should already be dead. Something in the moment changed within him as this epiphany settled uneasy in his mind. He may not understand much about Destiny’s situation, but one thing was for certain, he understood he needed to know what it was about the woman that locked onto his heart.
Destiny's Price coming in 2018
To read more of my historical romance and the first story in this series, The Cheyenne Bride, check out my author page on Amazon.
“I’m sorry, Destiny,” Stephen muttered.
“For chasing my pa away? Saving me from him, for now anyway,” she asked in a shaky voice.
Stephen turned to her, noticing the pool of blood at her feet as she stood on two wobbly legs. “What did he do to you?” Stephen gasped, running to her side as Destiny lost her footing. He grabbed her up in his arms, lifting her to his chest. “Let me get you back into the cabin, then I’ll go for Nichole,” he said.
“No!” Her arms wrapped about his neck, clinging to him. “What if he comes back?” Her tears soaked into his shoulder as her body trembled in his arms.
“You have already lost too much blood, and now . . . I can’t chance taking you all the way back to the ranch house. Nichole is the only one who knows anything about medicine,” he reasoned.
Her body convulsed against his, and Stephen didn’t know if it was from fear or shock. “Please don’t leave me, Stephen. If I am to die tonight I want it to be looking at your face.”
Her desperate words gripped his heart. For the second time in a day, he stood there covered in her blood. By all rights, she should already be dead. Something in the moment changed within him as this epiphany settled uneasy in his mind. He may not understand much about Destiny’s situation, but one thing was for certain, he understood he needed to know what it was about the woman that locked onto his heart.
Destiny's Price coming in 2018
To read more of my historical romance and the first story in this series, The Cheyenne Bride, check out my author page on Amazon.
Participating authors in Don't Let Summer End blog hop:
M.K. Scott
LaNora Mangano
Teresa Keefer
Lisa Caviness
M.K. Scott
LaNora Mangano
Teresa Keefer
Lisa Caviness