Laura’s Light
by Donna Gallagher
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BLURB:
Forty-two-
year- old single mother Laura Harris devoted more than half her life to raising
her son. She remembered the concept of having sex but it had been aeons since
she’s actually been a participant - especially with a real flesh-and-blood
partner. But it’s time to reclaim her life. Her son is a man now. And the
rising star of the Jets rugby league team. Their future is brighter than ever
and, for the first time, financially secure. But Laura is starting to think
agreeing to have dinner with Trevor Hughes could be biting off more than she
can chew. Not that she can’t see herself taking a nice big chunk from the
absolutely gorgeous thirty-four-year-old sports commentator’s rump, he’s one
prime piece of masculinity! She just isn’t sure how or when the whole sex thing
will become an issue. She can’t even get past the what-to-wear step. Let alone
the when-to-take-it-off stage…
Trevor Hughes usually avoids the woman with
substance - he has enough of his own demons to deal without trying to care for
anyone else. But there’s something about the upbeat, sexy, one-woman-dynamo
Laura Harris. The woman is pure sunshine and happiness. And that’s surprising
when you look at what life has handed her. Nothing seemed to dampen Laura’s
spirits and she quickly becomes someone Trevor needs in his life…Until
misunderstandings come between them. Can Trevor put things right?
EXCERPT
“I didn’t mean to fall asleep.
I’m sorry… I should have left hours ago. This isn’t what is supposed to happen
these days, I suspect.” Laura caught sight of the light shining from the corner
of the closed drapes.
“The sun is up! I have no idea
what time it is. What on earth is Mitchell going to think?” Laura started to
struggle in an attempt to free herself from Trevor’s hold, tried to remove
herself from his arms, his bed. Then, realising she was naked, she froze. How
the hell was she going to make a gracious exit when she would have to hunt,
completely naked in front of him, for her clothing? Any chance of her maturing
body’s flaws remaining hidden in the room’s darkness was now fading as the sun
rose. Not to mention the walk of shame she was facing, going home in the probably
now rumpled clothing that she’d left home in last night. Laura groaned.
“Oh, this is so embarrassing. I’m
not really up on the etiquette this sort of thing involves. You know, the
morning after the night before. What the hell was I thinking?” Laura buried her
face into the pillow, thinking that hiding from the world might magically make
all her uncertainty and embarrassment go away.
She heard Trevor chuckling next
to her, and anger was the first emotion to take hold.
“This might seem funny to you, but
I’m not some young bunny that hops from bed to bed. This is my first one-night
stand and I’m a mother, for goodness’ sake. What will I tell my son? ‘Yes,
Mitchell, it’s okay for me to stay out all night without letting you know, but
heaven help you if you do the same to me—I’m the only one allowed to worry in
this family.’ Not to mention the fact I’ve never stayed away from home before.
No, I’m sure Mitchell is feeling just fine that his accusations proved correct,
that we did end up in bed together. My God, what must he think of me?” And if
the embarrassment of admitting her lack of a sex life hadn’t been enough to
completely humiliate her, then bursting into tears left her in no doubt.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Sydney-born Donna Gallagher decided at an early age that life needed be
tackled head on.
Leaving home at 15 she supported herself through her teen years.
In her twenties she married a professional sportsman, her love of sport
-- especially rugby league -- probably overriding her good sense.
The seven-year marriage was an adventure. There were the emotional ups
and downs of having a husband with a public profile in a sometimes glamorous
but always high-pressure field. There were always interesting characters to
meet and observe and even the opportunity to live for a time in the UK.
Eventually Donna returned home a single woman, but she never lost her
passion for watching sport, as well as the people in and around it.
Now happily re-married and with three sons Donna loves coffee mornings
with her female friends, sorting through problems from the personal to the
international. But she's on even footing with the keenest man when it comes to
watching and talking rugby league.
Donna considers herself something of a black sheep in a family of high
achievers. Her brother has a doctorate in mathematics and her sister is a
well-known sports journalist.
An avid reader, especially of romance, Donna finally found she couldn't
stop the characters residing in her imagination from spilling onto paper.
Naturally rugby league is the backdrop to her League of Love Series, published
through UK publisher Total-E-Bound, spicy tales of hunky heroes and spunky
heroines overcoming adversity to eventually find true love.
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