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Author Insight
Proposal overlooking the Pacific
California’s iconic Big Sur is just up the coast from my fictional town of Milford-Haven. It’s long been a favorite area and I had a wonderful time introducing it to my husband during our visits and study programs at the Esalen Institute. I wanted to share this special place with my characters and with you, my readers! I chose two extraordinary properties for you to visit. First is Esalen, a place of healing, discovery, and creativity. Next is the Post Ranch Inn, a place of such beauty it hardly seems real, with its transparent rooms hovering over the sparkling Pacific. Deep in my soul, I realized I believe these places are so special that one must earn one’s way there, so I place my characters on a winding road to healing in this novel. Zack Calvin, having come clean about his own misbehavior, and having discovered how deeply he cares for Meredith Jones, hopes he’s not too late. Oh, and what better place to propose? If you don’t get to visit Big Sur in person, don’t worry, you’ll feel as though you know these special places intimately when you’ve read the concluding novel in my Milford-Haven pentalogy!
Book Excerpt
When Hearts Heal
Meredith’s eyes blinked open in the early light of dawn. The first thing she did was confirm she and Zack were still at the Post Ranch Inn. The wall of glass revealed a calm ocean that barely seemed to be moving, a dreamy, layered image of blues meeting a horizon just warming up to pink. Yes . . . we’re still here in this incredible place.
The second thing she did was flip the blankets back to free her hand. There it is! The ring stared at her, or she stared at it and her heart leapt in her chest. It’s real, she thought. It actually happened. The ring, the blended knee, the proposal. And yes, She’d said yes. I said yes!
“Sparkling isn’t it?” Zack asked from his pillow.
She turned to beam at him.
“Actually, it’s you that’s sparkling,” he said with a laugh.
“You laughing at me, Zack?”
“With you, Mer. Always, with you.”
“Hee hee!” She exulted. “Oh my God! This is so fun!”
He laughed again. “Glad I could give you a fun day.”
“A fun life, you mean,” she retorted, growing quiet. “A wonderful, amazing life. The very one I wanted, and didn’t even know.”
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