It took Ben less than a month to realise that there were more than two of them in this marriage. And he did not mean Sarah’s six-year-old daughter Emily.
Calm, caring and loving for most of the time, Sarah had another person buried within her – one connected to something lurking in her past which threatened her sanity and their marriage.
He knew Emily was the result of a mistaken one-night insistently-forgotten entanglement, father un-named on her birth certificate, but from things Sarah said, when in the grip of nightmares, he believed this unknown man was the cause of her distress.
With the best intentions, and despite her refusal to co-operate, Ben starts digging into Sarah’s past: his search culminates in a monastery rendezvous intended to allow Sarah to confront – and lay - her ghosts. Ben’s interference has shocking and tragic results – but for who? [144 words]
This is partly a plot development for someone in my NaNo novel but also Week #35’s response to Lisa Ricard Claro’s Book Blurb Friday challenge (I've missed a few!) and Ashley Ortiz' photograph, Each week Lisa posts a photograph which represents a book cover. Participants are challenged to “Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book”
Sandra, interesting how we can take a few characters and give them lives we want. I appreciate, when someone leaves a question, as you have done.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds cool!
ReplyDeleteVery well done, Sandra. Bring on the book.
ReplyDeleteKay, Alberta, Canada
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Ooh, part of your NaNo! That means we may eventually get to learn what happens. :) It was nice to see your name in the Linky! Great blurb, Sandra, as always. I already care about the characters.
ReplyDeleteYou had me long before the monastery rendezvous with the shocking and tragic results, but that clinched it for me! I too was happy to see this is part of your NaNo novel! Please do get that written. Like your cover, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you all - it's good to have had the mental space for this - sadly lacking over the past few weeks. AND I fear I may have dug myself into a hole with this particular plot-line, but we'll see what happens.
ReplyDeleteThis one hooked me quickly. I'm happy to learn that it will actually be part of a book. I'm not able to do NaNo this year, but wish you lots of luck with it.
ReplyDeleteWow, Sandra! I can't wait to read more about this in the real book that you are writing. This has so many interesting facets to it. Great job, and best of luck over the next month.
ReplyDeleteKathy