A mother, confronted with her husband’s infidelity, must decide
whether to help raise his child or end her marriage.
Annie and Stuart Rayburn have loved
each other since high school. Their life is idyllic until their baby dies of
SIDS, and Annie falls into a deep depression. Months of therapy help her
recover, and they look forward to another child sometime in their future.
Despite his own grief Stuart tries to
comfort Annie, yet when he reaches for her in the night, his advances are
rebuffed. In a moment of weakness, he turns to another woman. Stu learns his
night of infidelity produced a baby girl. The mother died in a car crash, and
her will gives Stu custody.
Stu can’t deny the child is his, and
he’s determined to raise her. He begs Annie’s forgiveness. Hurt and angry,
Annie must face her demons, decide if she can forgive Stu, and love the
innocent child, or divorce him and move on without the only man she’s likely to
love.
About The Author
Linda
LaRoque is a Texas girl, but the first time she got on a horse, it tossed her in
the road dislocating her right shoulder. Forty years passed before she got on
another, but it was older, slower, and she was wiser. Plus, her students looked
on and it was important to save face.
A
retired teacher who loves West Texas, its flora and fauna, and its people,
Linda’s stories paint pictures of life, love, and learning set against the raw
landscape of ranches and rural communities in Texas and the Midwest. She is a
member of RWA, her local chapter of HOTRWA, NTRWA and Texas Mountain Trail Writers.
Linda
writes contemporary western romances, time travel romances and futuristic
romances. Shattered Vows is her first Inspiration Women's fiction.
Visit
Linda at these locations.
Other
Books by Linda LaRoque
Contemporary
Westerns
Forever
Faithful
Investment
of the Heart
When
the Ocotillo Bloom
Futuristic
Born
in Ice
Time
Travel
The
Turquoise Legacy
My
Heart Will Find Yours
and
Flames
on the Sky
A
Way Back
Desires
of the Heart
A
Law of Her Own
A
Marshal of Her Own
A
Love of Her Own
Birdie’s
Nest
A
Time of Their Own (A collection of three time travels
set
in Prairie Texas—A Law of Her Own, A Marshal of Her Own, and A Love of His
Own.)
Excerpt
“You’ve changed, Annie. Where is the loving woman I
fell in love with? The one with forgiveness in her heart?”
“You’ve destroyed her. You had sex with another
woman, Stewart. You've cheapened our love, the vows we took. The woman you
married no longer exists."
His shoulders slumped. “You’re right, I did, but
you turned me away time and again. We’d had a healthy sexual relationship and
then . . . ” he slapped the wall, “ . . . nothing.”
Annie jumped at the sound of the blow. “You shrank
away from me.” His voice was harsh, his words like a physical blow because they
were true.
Tears slipped down her cheeks, and, once again, she
resisted the urge to sob. Her body vibrated with unreleased emotion.
“I hope in time you’ll forgive me,” Stu said. “I
love you, Annie. If I could erase what I’ve done, the hurt I’ve caused, I’d do
so in a heartbeat, but I can’t.”
Giveaway
Linda will be awarding three
individual prizes to randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour:
1st prize—sterling
charm bracelet with baby theme and a handmade wooden jewelry box
2nd prize—a handmade wooden
shawl pin and an ecopy of Shattered Vows
3rd prize—an ecopy of
Shattered Vows
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