Today’s Wednesday Wonders features Jennifer Kitchens and her
novel, Once Upon a Lifetime.
About the book:
Amy
stared at the portrait dancing in front of her.
She reached out to grab hold of it, steadying it. Or at least making it shake in tune with the rest of her body. The image could have almost been a mirror. But more disturbing was the fact that it looked like another picture she had.
A photo. The only image she had ever had of her mother not faded by time and memory.
Taken by a helpful nurse at the hospital just after Amy was born, she recognized the same features as the ones she had secretly stared at for hours after she’d been orphaned. The same red hair and green eyes sparkled back at her. Even the lone dimple on her left cheek.
It was her mother. Amelia Price.
And she was wanted for murder.
As far as Amy Price knew, she was just a normal girl from Los Angeles. An orphan, left alone after the death of her mother years ago. Little did she know the truth of her mother's past. Nor did she know that she would soon come face to face with it. Sent back in time to the past her mother escaped, Amy must either face what her mother couldn't, or find a way back home. Though the handsome man intent on seeing justice met isn't helping any.
Book Excerpt:
“Patrick
O’Flannigan’s me name.”
Focusing
her gaze back on the small man before her, Amelia studied him and his strange
appearance. Her grandmother had told her of the wee folk that once lived
in her homeland of Ireland. Warned her never to trust them. The
older woman always whispered this seriously, a hint in her eyes of a story from
before she had come to England. But Amelia never knew more. Could
this little man be one of them she had been warned against? But what was
he doing in England?
“You
seem to be a long way from home.”
The
little man’s eyes sparkled and she knew she had guessed right. “As are
you, wee lass. It seems you’ve got yourself into a spot of trouble now.”
Cold
dread spilled over her. Did he know? Did he know what had happened
in the library? Could she trust him to keep her secret? To help her
out of this mess? The clattering of horse hooves nearby forced her to make
a quick decision.
Choosing
to ignore her grandmother’s warnings, she forged on before she could change her
mind. “Can you help me? I have to leave here. D-do you know
of somewhere I can go?”
A
crooked smile appeared on the wizened face, revealing stubby yellow teeth.
He crossed his short arms in front of him and looked thoughtful for a
moment. “How far do ye want to go?”
“Far
enough that no one will find me. Where no one will know me,” she
whispered. Another image of Charles’s lifeless face skipped across her mind. “I
can’t…I mean, I have no need to come back.”
You may purchase Once Upon a Lifetime by clicking HERE.
About the Author:
Jennifer Kitchens is a life-long lover of romance novels.
She started reading Regency romances as a teenager and hasn't stopped
since. She is the founder and sole reviewer for Clean Romance Reviews.
When she isn't writing and reading, she is raising her young children and
dating her husband.
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