Excerpt from Mothers of Pine Way

Here is an excerpt from my upcoming novel, Mothers of Pine Way:

"What Sylvia craved in the moment, was to believe that she and Jim were in love, to be young again...and wanted. She fought to suspend the urgings of the past, to instead encapsulate a lost dream, shield it from her troubles and from Jim's. But, change was due to come. Her innocence was lost, as was his, and the truth, she would soon learn, enlightens even those who seek to dwell in the dark.

"Watching Jim hastily spread the blanket upon the hay, a thought came to her, more like a tender knowing. The lantern light shone faintly from below, illuminating his features in golden light and shadow. His back, broad and strong, attracted her to him, and she drew her hand across it, laying her head on his shoulder. Drawing away, she caught the look on his face exposing his childlike worry, as though he was afraid, having become that young, teenaged boy whom she remembered well."