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Mary Sullivan | The Right Person, At the Right Time, In the Right Place...
May 14, 2014
I’m writing this post on Mother’s Day, after having spent a wonderful day with
my daughter, and I’m thinking about my heroine in my current book, ALWAYS EMILY.
Emily doesn’t have children of her own, but the hero does. Five years older than
Emily, Salem married years ago, breaking Emily’s fourteen-year-old heart. He and
his wife had two daughters. His wife is now dead and the girls are at a
vulnerable stage, one smack dab in the middle of adolescence and the second just
entering into it. When Emily returns to her hometown after years away, the elder of the two girls
is in trouble. She is having serious problems at school and with a boy. Emily is
thrust into the center because Salem asks for her help. His daughter needs a
woman to help her sort through confusing, overwhelming emotions. Things were so
much easier when he was handling simple problems like scraped knees. Now,
dealing with teenaged girls and their adolescent issues, he feels out of his depth. It was interesting for me to imagine how a woman would feel when having to deal
with someone else’s children, when she has had no experience with her own. She
hasn’t had the years of nurturing from infancy through childhood, of knowing who
these children are and how to deal with their particular personalities and
quirks when, suddenly, she has to step lightly around volatile adolescent
hormones. She handles it all like a trooper, but it isn’t easy for her.
Sometimes it’s hard enough when the children are your own let own someone
else’s. Fortunately, Emily sees them as an extension of the man she has never
quite been able to stop loving, so showing his daughters affection and support
comes naturally. I really enjoyed writing this book because of the two young girls/women who were
wonderful secondary characters. They fully supported the relationship between
Emily and their father. Unfortunately, it was Salem who was being stubborn about
the whole thing but, really, what man can hold out for long against three very
persuasive females? Was there ever a special person in your life who helped you when you needed a
listening ear and a supportive shoulder? Today, I’m giving away a copy of my May Superromance, ALWAYS EMILY. Good luck! ALWAYS EMILYThis time, it has to be forever Emily Jordan has been in and out of Salem Pearce's life for years. As an
archaeologist, her work often took her far away—even when he asked her to stay.
She called it bad timing. He called it running away. Now she's back and asking
for one last chance. But Salem is a single father with more than himself to think about. If he gives
Emily another shot and she takes off again, it'll hurt his daughters, too. He
can't take that risk. But deep down, he needs Emily. He always has. Maybe this
time she'll stay….
Comments
22 comments posted.
Re: Mary Sullivan | The Right Person, At the Right Time, In the Right Place...
I have a friend that I consider the sister of my heart. I can always talk to her and know that she'll always have my best interests at heart. Even though we now live in different states, it seems like no time has passed when we talk.
(Marcy Shuler 12:48pm May 14, 2014)
Marcelyn, how wonderful that you have such a close friend! It sounds like a truly
special relationship. We're fortunate these days that communication is so easy
now when friends or family move away!
(Mary Sullivan 7:34am May 14, 2014)
When I was growing up, I had my big Sister to go to, because
she had already been through the things I was going through
with my Parents, and gave me advice on how to deal with
different issues. Now that I'm older, I have a best
Girlfriend who is actually closer to me than my own Sister,
who I can bounce things off of, and she's helped me with
problems from time to time, or is there just to have a nice
chat. She's actually brought parts of my personality out -
good things, that I didn't know existed, and for that alone,
I don't know how I could ever repay her!! Your book sounds
like the perfect read to usher in Spring with!! I love the
concept of the story line!!
(Peggy Roberson 8:11am May 14, 2014)
The book sounds fascinating. I have to admit to being very lucky to have a great mom that is my go to person when I need to talk about anything.
(Pam Howell 8:39am May 14, 2014)
Your book sounds wonderful. I was lucky to have had a great Mom, and have a great sister, and had a great brother, too. Both my Mom and brother have already gone - way too early - but I still have that sister. I consider myself blessed. Thanks for this chance to win.
(Nancy Reynolds 11:28am May 14, 2014)
Hi, Peggy. It sounds like you've been twice-blessed in sisterhood and in
friendship!
(Mary Sullivan 12:03pm May 14, 2014)
Pam, your mom sounds wonderful. I hope you had a great Mother's Day!
(Mary Sullivan 12:04pm May 14, 2014)
Nancy, I'm so sorry to hear about your mom and your brother. My mom died four
years ago and there aren't many days that go by in which I don't think of her. I'm
so happy you have a great sister!
(Mary Sullivan 12:05pm May 14, 2014)
Yes though that person didn't enter my life until I was an adult.
(Larena Hubble 12:36pm May 14, 2014)
I've had numerous good friends to whom I have turned through the decades. When I was 19, I lived with a woman who taught me to cook with love (and not necessarily measurements of ingredients); her shoulder was always available. When I got married, I had a few BFFs who were there for me. When my mom died, my mother-in-law stepped in to help me (but not to replace my mom, but instead to enhance our relationship). When I had kids, I reconnected with two high-school chums, and we visit each other every year at each of our homes a few hours apart. My big sis lives 2000+ miles away, but she would be here if I needed her, no questions asked (as I would be for her). I am blessed.
(Elaine Seymour 1:47pm May 14, 2014)
I have a very good friend Vickie that would always be/has been
a good sounding board for me. We have been like two peas in a
pod at times and then there are times when we fight like
sisters. However, she has been there thru some very tough
times and always kept me sane.
(Tina Ullrich 2:26pm May 14, 2014)
Larena, it doesn't matter at what age they appear, these special people matter,
don't they?
L Lam, wonderful that your special person is your mom!
(Mary Sullivan 4:14pm May 14, 2014)
Elaine, you are indeed blessed.
(Mary Sullivan 4:14pm May 14, 2014)
Tina, I like the description of the two of you like two peas in a pod :-)
(Mary Sullivan 4:15pm May 14, 2014)
I have always been blessed with wonderful people in my life. I like to think I am a good listener as well as someone that needs a friend to listen to me.
(Lisa Hutson 12:09pm May 15, 2014)
i have 4 siblings so i really been blessed with wonderful
sisters and brother
(Denise Smith 10:53am May 15, 2014)
this book sounds great! I'll have to read it even if I don't win it :-)
(Joanne Schultz 11:59am May 15, 2014)
This sounds like an exceptional book!
(Maria Proctor 12:57pm May 15, 2014)
No one comes to mind but I've always had a good family support system.
(Laura Gullickson 1:52pm May 15, 2014)
My step-father was always there for me. Thank goodness, if it hadn't been for him I don't know what I would have done!
(Denise Austin 2:36pm May 15, 2014)
A friend just married a man with kids. We all went to school together, with
her a year behind us, and they actually never met until just a few years
back. I always thought they'd be good together. Now she gets to help
coparent his 2 children.
(Michelle Schafer 5:06pm May 15, 2014)
I had an older woman that I could go to with anything. She was single and never had kids and loved life. I learned so much about living from her!
(LeAnn Knott 10:35pm May 15, 2014)
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