Can two broken people help each other learn to love again and find their way home? For Samantha Cole, love and relationships have never come easy. Pain and heartbreak have forced her to build a wall around herself. Hoping to start over, Sam leaves Boston behind and moves to Napa with her best friend. Trying to make better choices in love, Sam establishes rules to keep her heart safe. Little does she know that one man will challenge her and change her mind. He has the potential to break down her walls and bring her heart back home. Ben Foster has been dealing with heartache and guilt for the past two years, believing he lost his only chance at love. Pounding guys on the Rugby field and running the family winery get him through the pain. When Sam arrives the fog over his life slowly lifts. He wonders if she is the one who can help his heart find a new way home. Letting go of the past and moving forward is not always easy. Their connection is strong, but their pasts keep getting in the way. Will Sam and Ben's journey tear them apart or help them find a place to call home?
Fun Facts
1. I have a potty mouth. It doesn’t come
out all the time but when it does it tends to shock people.
2. I am a sucker for anything chocolate.
It is a true addiction.
3. I love wine. Like really love wine. Red
or white, I’m not biased.
4. I attend boot camp twice a week for
personal torture. That’s when you may hear my potty mouth.
5. My original title for Finding Home was
Say Anything, but legally I didn’t think I could do it.
6. My Kindle currently has 40+ books
waiting to be read and yet I keep one-clicking. It’s yet another
addiction.
7. I am a sucker for the Love Songs
channel on Sirius XM. I’ve been known to wipe away tears as I’m
driving and listening to a mushy and gushy one.
8. Some of the best friendships I have
formed started on Facebook. Being in the indie author world I
get to talk to the most amazing women I have had the pleasure of
knowing.
9. I started writing Finding Home on my
summer vacation before going back to work. I worked on it every night
after my kids went to bed. It is a true labor of love and I have a
new appreciation for people that work multiple jobs and juggle being
a wife and mother.
10. Like Sam in my book, I am a true 80’s geek and love
all things movie and music from that time period.
11. I’m an only child.
12. I love the Peanuts. I have to watch the holiday specials
every time they come on with my daughters.
13. I go to the beach pretty much every day in the summer.
14. I’m a big sports fan. My favorites are football and
baseball. Go Patriots and Red Sox!
15. I was editing my book when the Red Sox won the World
Series. I was so excited that my lap top fell off my lap and crashed
on the floor. I then happy danced around the house.
Looking up into her moist eyes I pull her close to me. Our arms
hug each other with a fierceness that’s getting rid of every loose
fragment of damage. We’re expelling each and every bad memory and
all the shit that’s fucked us up. “I don’t want to let you go.
Can we stay like this for a little while longer?” Her head nods on
my shoulder as she sinks deeper into our embrace.
“You feel incredible in my arms. I never thought much about
guardian angels, but I think you’ve been sent just for me. Your
arms wrapping around me make everything go away.”
Sam’s arms grip me with even more vigor. I feel her breath and
lips tickle my ear as she turns her head into the crook of my neck.
Feather light kisses touch my neck and earlobe as she whispers;
“You’re wrong Ben; you’re my angel. You make me believe that
love can exist.” Her head pulls back but her arms stay firmly in
place. “Your voice brought light into my life when all I could see
was darkness. When I’m all alone, it’s your voice that I hear
when I drift off to sleep at night.”
I turn and press my lips onto hers tenderly and hold them there
for several seconds before breaking away. We stay holding each other
well into the night. Finally, her breaths change and I realize she’s
fallen asleep on my shoulder. I gently shift her body close and place
one arm underneath her legs to pick her up. She stirs slightly and
turns her head into the curve of my neck and inhales deeply. “Mmm,
you smell so good.”
I hold her against me as I chuckle, “Oh yeah? It’s a
combination of sweat, wine, and you.”
Sighing she lifts her head with her eyes still closed. “How is
it you know to say the exact thing a woman likes to hear?”
“I don’t know about that. I guess you bring it out of me.”
We get into the truck, and I buckle her up. I fight off the images
of the accident and instead focus on Sam. I listen to her
steady breaths and watch her sleep. She hypnotizes me. I’m
captivated by her heart, beauty and soul. Her capacity to let me in
is remarkable and humbling especially when I don’t think I deserve
it. Home has to feel a lot like this because I can’t imagine living
anywhere else.
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I'm a wife, mother, teacher, and now author. Aine Kelley is my pen name for when I take off my 'super mom' cloak and write. I'm a Massachusetts native who resides in a small seaside community outside of Boston. Besides my immense love for my hubby and two girls, I'm a huge lover of the Patriots and Red Sox! I'm a one click addict and love getting lost in a great story. I can be wooed or bought, depending the situation, with wine and chocolate. Like Samantha in my book, I'm a huge 80's movie lover and a music freak! My love of books, beta reading for authors and reviewing for a blog, led me down the writing path. My motto is: Live freely, laugh heartily and love deeply.
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