On a rainsoaked, windswept, pre-Christmas night in St. John’s, Newfoundland, prim and proper teacher Jacqueline O’Rielly is hit by a sudden, reckless urge to go bar-hopping. What she finds in a dingy, harbourfont pub where a Baltic shipwrecked shrimp fisherman is sojourning, will forever alter the course of the rest of her life. Hunky Aleksandr Bovka Is married, can hardly speak a word of English, and only in port long enough for his battered ship to be seaworthy again. What follows is a collision catalyst for tragic, impossible chemistry, as these two unlikely lovers find that one can’t live without the other. Then, Jackie gets a Dear Jane letter with no return address. Eight bitter years pass, where one doesn’t know anything of the other. Until a work trip to Europe, where amazingly she is confronted by the cavalier sailor who broke her heart so long ago, and who is torched into the very depths of her unforgiving soul. A searing saga of the elemental twists of fate, that leave even the most cynical believing in the power of eternal love.
PRAISE
“The most heart-wrenching read since The Bridges Of Madison County!” —News and Observe Arts
“Wow! This fabulous book kept me awake suffering along with the characters. Loved the pace, the heartbreak, the passion! Wonderful, masterful writing.” –Angela Otto, author, Custody Of The Eyes
“Brilliant, poignant, passionate! Ryan-Lush delivers!” —Book Blog Tours
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Geraldine Ryan-Lush is a triple-award-winning author of numerous books, stories and poetry. Her work has been on the American Bookseller’s Pick Of The Lists, and reviewed in New York journals, Copley News Services, Washington, DC. and the London Free Times, among many other prestigious review sources. A former teacher (B.A.) Ed. and print columnist, she lives in St. John’s, NL, Canada.
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About Black Rose Writing
Black Rose Writing is an independent publishing house that strongly believes in developing a personal relationship with their authors. The Texas-based publishing company doesn’t see authors as clients or just another number on a page, but rather as individual people… people who deserve an honest review of their material and to be paid traditional royalties without ever paying any fees to be published.
