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#8Sunday--The Tender Bonds #newrelease

5/17/2015

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The e-book release of The Tender Bonds is less than a week away! It's got a beautiful new cover and will go on sale Thursday, May 21. 
In this excerpt, from the beginning of the book, Patty's boyfriend, Noah has asked her to marry him and she finds, much to her surprise, that marrying him is not what she wants.
Here's the snippet--

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My reaction surprised me. There was so much about myself I didn’t know. How could I commit my life to someone else—how could I begin a new future—before figuring out my past? 
“Well, say something,” Noah said. 
I was going to say I couldn’t possibly accept it, when Noah smiled at me in the candlelight. His face was so full of expectation that I reached out and squeezed his hand. “Thank you,” I said. “It’s beautiful.”

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Christina Ochs link
5/17/2015 07:27:22 am

Well, that's a kind of answer. :-) It's a great way to send your protagonist on her journey. Beautiful cover by the way.

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Ute Carbone
5/17/2015 08:52:32 am

Thanks, Christina. I do love the cover. :) She's a little wishy washy at the start--and part of her growth is to learn to ask for what she wants and not just accept whatever is handed to her.

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Eden Mabee link
5/17/2015 10:53:06 am

It's so hard to hurt someone's feelings when you know they are holding their heart out to you. Patty has to learn to be honest though, because she's going to hurt him more if she commits to him and then makes them both unhappy as she tries to find something better.

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Veronica Scott link
5/17/2015 11:24:55 am

Oh dear, saying yes for the wrong reasons almost never turns out well. Very effective snippet!

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