I'm pleased to introduce Pamela S. Thibodeaux with her novel, "Circles of Fate." Pamela hails from Southwest Louisiana, just east of the Texas border. She writes inspirational "with an edge" romance, women's fiction, and some spiritual nonfiction. What does she do to relax? Like many other writers, reading is her #1 past-time, but she also like to walk, hike, swim, and horseback ride.
Does she ever experience writer's block? In her own words...
"If you had asked me ten years ago, I’d have said a definite
NO. However since my husband passed away in 2009, I can honestly say: Yes, I do
experience writer’s block. I’ve had many things published since 2009, including
a couple of NF pieces in different anthologies, but Keri’s Christmas Wish (Dec.
2016) is the first fiction work I’ve written
in its entirety since
2008. Since writing KCW, I’ve gone on to write a few short stories that have
not been accepted anywhere, and I’ve started another novella which isn’t moving
very well or fast.
Seems to be the norm for me right now, but I am glad I had
the breakthrough with KCW and know as I keep healing, the words will once again
begin (and hopefully continue) to flow.
BLURB (From "Circles of Fate")
Set at the tail end of the Vietnam War era, Circles of Fate takes the reader from Fort Benning, Georgia to Thibodaux, Louisiana. A romantic saga, this gripping novel covers nearly twenty years in the lives of Shaunna Chatman and Todd Jameson. Constantly thrown together and torn apart by fate, the two are repeatedly forced to choose between love and duty, right and wrong, standing on faith or succumbing to the world’s viewpoint on life, love, marriage and fidelity. With intriguing twists and turns, fate brings together a cast of characters whose lives will forever be entwined. Through it all is the hand of God as He works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.
EXCERPT:
“Promise
me you’re sure or I won’t let you go."
She
would have to convince him or he’d never let her leave. She also knew he’d see
through anything less than complete honesty.
“Oh,
Todd,” she whispered, her voice urgent. “I wish it were that easy. I’m sure I
have to try. But I want you to know something…” She hesitated, unsure how to
say what she needed to say. “If things were different, if he weren’t so
determined, if nothing was left between us, if I didn’t think there was a
chance, I would stay.” Her eyes searched his for some sign he understood.
A
ghost of a smile played around his sensuous lips, he nodded. “I know,” he
whispered. “And I understand,” he said and gathered her close once more.
She
should leave. Shaunna knew Joe waited for her, but was unable, unwilling, to
end it, to end them, just yet. She held him firm in her embrace, committed the
feel of his body to heart.
“I
have to go,” she whispered, then clung, not yet able to turn him loose.
“I
know,” he answered and tightened his arms around her. With a sigh of surrender,
he stepped away, loosened his hold but rubbed her back and shoulders in a
tender gesture.
“Don’t
look back,” he whispered then dropped his hands to his side, clenched his
fists.
She
saw the struggle in his eyes, felt it in her heart, as each fought not to grab
hold and cling. They gazed at each other, read the naked truth in each other’s
eyes.
Neither
wanted to be the first to walk away.
Shaunna
touched his face, traced his features…his eyes, his jaw, his mouth. A shiver
shook her when he held her hand and pressed his lips to her fingertips.
“I
almost wish we had made love the other night.”
Almost?
The
word echoed between them like a silent scream. The despair in his eyes slashed
her heart another degree. He shook his head, swallowed hard.
“Know
this. If we had, you would not leave here today.”
She
stroked his cheek, her smile tender, bittersweet. “Take care of yourself.
Please,” she whispered then placed her mouth on his.
Lips
met on a sigh, breaths mingled on a sob. Each of them committed the kiss to
heart, and fought not to cling to the other. With a final touch, a last
trembling smile, Shaunna did one of the hardest things she’d ever done in her
life.
She
left.
AUTHOR BIO:
Award-winning author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
LINKS:
When widower Rich Redman returns to
Pennsylvania with his young daughter to sell his deceased grandmother’s
house, he discovers Grandmother Gertie’s final request was for him to
find a missing relative and a stash of WWI jewels. 
