Keeping A Promise

Good morning and welcome to Sunday Blog Share. Today, we’re focusing on promises. It’s easy to make a promise, but keeping one can be almost impossible, especially if the promise is made by or to a member of the armed forces.
Laura and Mark are in love, deeply in love. He’s a Marine during Vietnam and she’s just become a nurse. In a moment under a Hawaiian moonlight night, they make a promise that they will dance on the beach during the summer solstice. Can they keep their promise despite the hardships of war? Will they reunite under a summer solstice moon?

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Blurb
A promise leaves them wondering about the future.
Summer Solstice of 1968 brings major changes for Laura and Mark. Each worries about his returning to Vietnam, even though he’s due to finish his enlistment in the Marine Corps in a little over a year. In a moment of madness, their decision to give in to their heated emotions leaves both determined to do the right thing.
Laura and Mark marry right before he returns to the war, each pledging to stand on a beach on the next Summer Solstice and dance in the moonlight. A year later, mere moments after they connect on separate beaches and keep their promise, their lives change drastically. A firefight ends badly and Mark is captured. Laura now has to raise their daughter alone, without any reassurance she’ll see her husband again.
Will each maintain their faith and be reunited under a Summer Solstice moon?


Excerpt
The moon hung low over the Hawaiian beach. We were listening to the surf and dancing to music, relaxing and trying not to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow was when our guys would return to the war in Vietnam. Right now, in this moment, we were experiencing a beautiful forever.
Waves lapped up against the white sand, a quiet beat underscoring the music. Mark and I were slow dancing in each other’s arms, gripping each other tightly, ignoring what the near future held. I refused to believe that he had to go away for another year. For me, only tonight, the Summer Solstice, existed to remind me of the relationship we’d had for so long and how I wished it would last forever.
He was my guy, the man I gave my heart to so many years ago. That he was a Marine and in a horrible war everyone hated boggled my mind.
“Love you with all my heart,” he whispered in my ear.
“Love you more,” I whispered up against his bronzed chest. “Oh, Mark, why can’t we stay here forever?”
The scratchy background of a local radio station cut off for a moment. The DJ was on now, talking about tomorrow’s weather—the same as it had been for this whole week, a balmy seventy-two degrees with maybe some clouds in the late afternoon, and the surf would be fine all day.
“And now, folks,” this DJ said. “A special dedication, from Mark to his girl, Laura. Angel of the Morning, for his beautiful angel that he has to leave tomorrow.”



About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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