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"An orange rose is for the spark of romance and the fire of love; it is the kindling of each dawn and the glowing ember of sunset.”

 

Romance

 

A Sensible Match
From Vintage Romance Publishing

Purchase at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com

 

Abby’s parents want her to marry a man she’s never met. But how can Abby marry someone who’s secretly insulted her? The only solution is to make sure he doesn’t propose. After all, Abby knows that the only sensible match is a love match.

Excerpt:

“Take a risk, Abby. You can’t live here all your life. You can’t choose to be so stubborn, so alone.” Edwin pleaded, but his words came out harshly.
Abby did not hear this as desperation from a rejected suitor, but as a halfhearted effort to fulfill his word. If he were in love with her, why wouldn’t he talk eloquently and joyfully? Why couldn’t he just say that he cared? What a blessing that he did not know what love was.
Abby fired up. “Risk? You talk of risk when you are now not leaving your home. You have given up your calling to minister, because it is expected of you to become a lord. What risk have you made?” She had found another way to drive him away. Her words were bitter and sarcastic to hide the vulnerable self she was inside.
“Are you afraid,” Edwin asked bitterly. “Afraid of anything new? You like to have control, even over your life and emotions. You like to pick and choose to whom you show charity, always the Good Samaritan that never feels a thing. What if God calls you to do more, be more than you already are?”
Edwin paced and came back to her.
“Why is wealth so bad or a title so wrong? Are you unable to forgive that I have them or that I wouldn’t forsake them for you? You have made your choice and I would know the reason why.”

Courting Constance

(Sequel to A Sensible Match)

Coming soon, all rights reserved.

If marriage was an occupation then Constance was determined to enjoy her search for employment. Men after all made it easy to fall in love. Sadly, though, they also made it just as difficult to stay in love. Constance was not going to settle for an ordinary life as a wife. She just had to convince a certain someone as well as herself that a wedding could be the beginning of some adventures instead of the end of them.

© Teryl Cartwright 2007

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