An excerpt from The Sanctuary...

Hi I thought today I would post an excerpt from the Sanctuary published by Astraea Press a great e-publisher of sweet romance. As well as being a romance, there are elements of mystery as well such as why Zach Coen's young daughter is so troubled. Here we go! Kimberley was intrigued by the girl, who was immensely beautiful in a gawky, teenager way. Without any makeup and totally unselfconscious, Kimberley was struck by how natural the girl looked and how much care she was showing the donkey as he chomped his carrots. Carefully Kimberley opened the front door, wondering whether the girl knew there were other animals and if she’d like to see the Shetland pony. As Kimberley made her way down the steps, the girl suddenly saw her and her body language changed instantly. Her shoulders hunched, and she looked terrified, as if she had been caught out doing something bad. “Hello,” said Kimberley, but the girl turned tail and ran down the steps as fast as she could. “Don’t be scared,” called out Kimberley. “You haven’t done anything wrong. What’s your name?” The girl wouldn’t answer. She shot down the steps and was now at the gate, fumbling with the catch and panicking in a way Kimberley found quite odd. The girl was so scared that Kimberley saw her cut her hand on the gate and witnessed blood drip from a wound on her finger. “You’ve hurt yourself. Don’t be silly. Let me look at that.” The girl took no notice of the wound and, finally getting the lock undone, threw the gate open and fled off down the seafront path, so fast that sand and pebbles flew up from her retreating shoes. You can buy the book here.