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Summer of Bliss: Post 2

Chapter 2: Klara

It’s strange being in Monika’s room. She had moved in with her boyfriend years ago. My mom had repainted the walls white and left only a desk, a chair, and a single bed in it. Gone were the glow in the dark stars across the ceiling. No longer was there a massive bookshelf on the wall when I walk into the room, where each week it seemed like a new book appeared on its shelves. The fuzzy reading chair had moved to the garbage, its fur looking ragged after years of Monika and I curling up in it with a hot chocolate and good book. 

Sighing, I drop the fresh sheets onto the desk and quickly strip the plain cover off of the mattress. Underneath is the goose feather blanket and pillow, bare and bright white. 

My mother had replaced everything after Monika moved out. Would she do the same with my room?

I was ready to go out in the world, I knew that. But a small part of me clings to home, and comfortable, to my friends who I’ve had since kindergarten. 

I quickly pull on the plain light blue duvet cover over the blanket. Then I wrestle the fluffed-up pillow into the tight confines of the matching plain blue pillowcase. 

Once the bed is made up, the pillows fluffed, I turn and fall back onto the bed. 

A single pale star clings on its very pointed edge to the ceiling. Smiling, I close my eyes and imagine Monika downstairs, studying for her national exam to be a licensed optometrist. Mother would be washing dishes at the sink while dad drank a cold beer while reading the newspaper at the table. 

“Klara!” my mom’s voice jars me out of my daydream.

“Yes?” I shout back as I sit up and quickly fluff up the blankets again. 

The tell-tale thud on the stairs that separate my room and Monika’s room warns me that mom is coming. “Have you finished with the she…” she stops and looks behind, smiling at the perfectly made bed. 

“Oh, thank you, Klara. I just wasn’t sure I would have time to prepare the room before your father and I leave for the airport.” She passes me with her arms full of towels and shower stuffs. 

I follow her back into Monika’s room and take the food stuffs off the top of the pile. 

My mom carefully places the towels on the desk, keeping them in line with the edge. Rolling my eyes, I make sure to set the chocolates and beer bottle perpendicular to the towels, and her handwritten note lining up with the bottom edge of the desk. 

Everything had to be exact. Nothing messy. Nothing extra.

Mom, pats me on my arm, her pale blue eyes flashing with excitement and nervousness. “You are sure you don’t mind showing this boy around?” she asks. 

I roll my eyes, the same pale blue as hers, and give her an easy smile. “Mom, I’ve told you before, I don’t mind. I mean, I think he will be a bit bored since he has no German and most of my friends have only a little English from school. But it will be fine. Good practice for everyone.”

She nods, the lines around her eyes loosening as she looks down at the desk. 

“Good, good,” she mumbles. 

“Therese!” my dad’s deep voice calls from the bottom of the stairs. 

My mom jumps a little as the nervous tension returns. “Okay!” she says more to herself than to me. “We should be back after lunch. I will see you after your shift then.” She leans in and gives me a quick hug before hurrying out of the room.

Smiling, I shake my head as I watch her disappear down the stairs. A minute later the door to the garage slams closed. 

I have a couple hours before I need to head to the café. I probably have time to make bake something for dinner tonight. Maybe a Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte?

I glance down and quickly scan my mother’s familiar clean handwriting. 

Dear Eric.

Summer of Bliss: Post 1

Chapter 1: Eric

The bed was deceivingly empty. A stack of boxers. A couple of shirts. Some shorts. A pair of jeans. My phone and a travel wall plugin. 

That’s it. 

I shove my hands in my hair as I go over the contents on the bed. It was barely enough to fill a backpack. Was it enough to last me a month of living and traveling in Germany?

A noise at my door has me turning around. Kitty, the sister I’m closes with, eyes my bed and gives a low whistle. “Wow, baby bro, you bring a whole new meaning to packing only the essentials.”

I turn back to the bed, frowning.

Kitty comes up beside me, her hair tickling my arms. It still throws me that my sister is suddenly a head shorter than me. For year’s I had been the same height as her. And then in high school I grew a foot in a year. And it kept going. 

“What about a laptop?” she asks, fingering the single phone cord. 

“Don’t need one. Classes are in person. And the host family said they have a family computer I can use.”

Her eyes, the same strange hazel as mine, twinkled as she peered up at me. “And toiletries?”

“I can buy full-size stuff when I get there.”

“Camera?”

I snort and pickup my phone and wave it in her face. 

She hesitates before asking the next question in a soft voice, “Violin?”

I rub my chest as I stare at the case on my desk. I thought about taking it with. But what if something happened to it? My family, all the sisters and my dad, had pulled their money together and bought me a D Z Strad Maestro Old Spruce Stradi for my final semester in grade twelve. It cost over five grand. 

“I’m there to learn German, not to play music,” I mutter as I start shoving my clothes into the backpack. 

Thankfully, Kitty keeps quiet about the violin. 

From downstairs, her husband calls for us both. I zip my bag up and throw it over my shoulder, shoving my wallet, passport, and phone in my front pocket. “Let’s go,” I say as I hit the lights in my room and head downstairs without a backwards glance. It would all be waiting for me when I got home. It was only a month. 

Kitty hurried behind me as I met dad and Matt downstairs. Matt gives me a nod. Dad, not caring how uncomfortable it made me, pulled me into a hard hug. “Have fun, son. Text me when you get settled.”

“Will do,” I mumble, avoiding his eyes as he looks me up and down. He eyes my floppy bag but says nothing. 

~

Hey everyone! Thanks for tuning into the first post for my online romance book. I will be posting every two weeks for the next year following this story. Every email subscriber of my website at the end of 2021 will receive a link to the free completed ebook of Summer of Bliss.

In the mean time, tell me what you think? I love hearing from you about the characters and the story.

Trying something new

Hello all!

I’m trying something new. Since I usually don’t do a lot romance writing during the year, I thought I would try something new. What about a blog romance series?

So here is what I’m thinking. Every 2 weeks I will post another 300-400 word addition to a continuing romance story until we get to the natural conclusion. At the end, I will bring all the blog posts together and publish it as an ebook.

If you would like the story for free, please subscribe to this blog. All email subscribers will get a free copy of the ebook emailed to them at the end.

Now what do you think of that? Sounds pretty fun!

All that’s left is to find my main character…

Tune in end of this month for the first instalment!

Now Available: Library of Lust

Hey all!

Library of Lust is now available worldwide in book print and ebook. Please leave lots of reviews and likes!

Click the book/link and get your copy now.

https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=library+of+Lust

Available for Pre-Order

It’s here! You can pre-order the kindle version now or wait until the paperback comes out this Valentine’s day. I am so excited to see all my hard work coming together into a finished book. I’m even more excited to receive my author copies in the mail.

For those that live in Alberta, connect with me to get a signed physical copy!

Here’s hoping that 2021 will have farmers’ markets again so I can go out and meet people again. I have boxes filled with books that I want to get out into the community this summer.

In the mean time, here is the synopsis to Library of Lust:

A GUARDED BOOK LOVER.AN UNSHAKEABLE ROMANTIC.A SPILLED COFFEE.

Emily is stuck in more ways than one. She is stuck at a dead-end job that doesn’t want to use her skills to grow the business. She is stuck on the idea that her online shop sells t-shirt, and only t-shirts. And her heart is stuck on a tall, dark and exceptionally sweet man who just won’t leave her alone no matter how many times she tries scare him off.

Liam is this close to finally achieving his dream: opening his own coffee shop. But what good is reaching his dream without someone in his life to celebrate with him. A chance encounter has him thinking he finally found the one. Now if only he could get her to agree to go out on a date with him.

Can Emily open up to Liam in time to let love happen? Or will she hunker down with a book and ignore own love story?

*Warning: Explicit content and a happy ending buying new panties because yours are ruined

Cover Reveal: Library of Lust

January has been flying by! I am in the home stretch with publishing my fourth book. I had a lot of fun working with the graphic designer. And I may have spent a day giggling over potential ‘hot’ stock photo’s to use for the cover. What do you think?

Book cover for Library of Lust by Bridgette Tell, expected to be published Valentine’s day 2021.

Shy Emily Macgrath has met her match in the sexy Liam Romano. Tall, dark, and exceptionably sweet Liam tries his hardest to get on Emily’s good side. He even manages to bring her coffees that taste like heaven and can’t be found anywhere else in the city. And Emily has looked…

But can Emily open up in time to this sweetheart? Or will she hunker down with a book and ignore her own love story?

New year, new book!

Hello all

January is here, and with it comes the shift from writing mode to editing. The fourth book, Library of Lust, is in the beginning stages of revision. I’m hoping to get the cover teaser out by the end of the month (a nice birthday present to myself).

I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a book give away for Valentines day. I’m not to certain about the details, but likely it will be romance related. And there will be chocolate involved…

On another note, with 2021 here, I have some new year goals.

The first and foremost is publishing Library of Lust. And then, to plan out my next series this spring. Third, is to complete the first novel in my new series for #Nanowrimo2021. Finally, and the one I’m looking forward to the most, is to schedule a reading staycation dedicated solely to catching up on my TBR pile and lots of baths and chocolate.

What are your new year goals?

Coming soon for Valentines 2021!

Here it comes, people!

The fourth, and probably final, instalment to the Love Me Right series is done and will be published on February 14th. Library of Lust is based in Edmonton Alberta, and follows the mysterious Macgrath sister, the quiet book-lover Emily as she breaks out of her shell in love and work.

Keep an eye out for a sneak peek at the cover and other little tidbits!

…On a side note, I have been feeling the itch to try out something different for my romance books. What do you all feel about a little bit of fantasy? Some witches, angels, and the occasional sexy dragon-shifter? Let me know what you would like to read about so I can get these ideas pinned down and fleshed out.

Coming into Summer

Hello everyone!

With summer almost here, I’ve been busy in the garden and enjoying the sunshine. But that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about my characters and their stories.

I have started the outline for the fourth book in the series following the quiet sister, Emily, as she navigates her career and love.

The goal is to get the fourth book published for Valentine’s day 2021 at the latest.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for some sweet deals including free copies of Diamond of Desire.

Now Available: Look of Love

Hey all!

You can now purchase your copy of Look of Love at . Be sure to leave a review!