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Annie's Ghost: A Romance In Five Days
Annie’s Ghost, A Romance in Five DaysLeft on her own on Black Mountain, Vermont, in January when the North Eastern states are experiencing one of the heaviest snow storms for years, Annie is slowly recovering from a hysterectomy. Her husband, John Jackson, is attending a conference in New York City. Her two grown-up children live a long way away, her daughter in Montana and her son and his family in Florida.Annie is exhausted both from the operation and the problems of trying to deal with her husband’s inattentions and the fact she is unable to work at the job she teaching children in an all age school in rural Vermont.Once John has set off for New York she is both relieved and worried. At last she falls asleep and sleeps for over twenty hours. When she awakes she hears a voice from the garage asking her for help.And so begins Annie’s dilemma for once she revives the young man she finds in the garage does she succumb to his attentions?An evening spent discussing some of the most erotic poetry ever written in English – the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne, the great metaphysical poet – draws Annie and Will dangerously close to Annie doing something she may regret for ever.An absolutely glorious afternoon spent playing in the snow in the magical fairy-like forest brings Annie alive again and makes her determined to make her marriage glow once again. For Will time is running out. He appears to be desperate to get to know Annie intimately. In spite of her fierce determination to remain faithful to her husband Annie feels irresistibly drawn towards Will until she feels compelled to do something utterly against her natural instincts.Annie’s Ghost is a deeply romantic love story with a shocking twist at the end that may break your heart.Annie’s Ghost is a love story for women featuring an extremely handsome young man and a middle aged woman. It is also a romance in Vermont, a ghost story and a paranormal romance. You may think it a fantasy romance or even something else entirely but you will have to decide for yourself.
87 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 29, 2012
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About the author
R.I. Heslop
16 books8 followersI have three sons, one daughter, two grandchildren and have been married for 49 years to my wife Sylvia. I am 70 years old, a retired high school teacher of English, Drama and Special Needs, and have been writing off and on for as long as I can remember. Amazon and Kindle are leading the way for authors like myself to at last gain recognition.
Back in the seventies I wrote a horror novel for children 11 to 12 years old. This came about because I wanted something that would work as a class reader when I was Head of English at my previous school. I even managed to get myself one of the leading children's agents of the time but the offers I got for the book would have meant me destroying the best of the book in order to make it fit into a series already conceived. I wasn't prepared to do this.
I have tried over the years to become published but have become disheartened by rejections. Globe came about because a dear friend of mine got me started writing again when he came up with the idea of a molecular computer. It was entered into a competition, didn't win but got enough plaudits to get an offer to publish. We naturally took this up but the book never got any publicity and later the publisher went bust.
My old school, Walbottle High School, in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, always puts on a musical as the main production every summer. I helped to produce a number of them but the best one was in 1997 when I wrote the book, music and lyrics for my musical Ghostwalk. It is a rock and roll musical set in an American high school, circa 1955. It is loosely based on my favourite play, Hamlet, by the greatest writer who ever lived - William Shakespeare - and also refers in some of the events and names to my other hero, Elvis, the greatest singer who ever lived.
I have published a romance, Annie's Guest, on the Kindle. Set in Vermont in one of the worst winter storms for years it is the story of lonely Annie whose life is disrupted by the sudden appearance of a strange young man.
Since about 1997 I have been writing sonnets for my wife on the following occasions: Christmas, Valentine's Day, her birthday and our wedding anniversary. I've written close on fifty and the first batch called Sylvia’s Sonnets is now available on the Kindle.
My friend Jim and I are now working on a series of seven books called The Seven Runes. The first one, The Alchemist’s Daughter, is now available on the Kindle. The second one, Knights of the Wyrm, should be available later in the year.
My latest book was produced in instalments and is now available on the Kindle as one full length book. It is called Growing Pains of a Teenage Werewolf: Michaelmas 9 and features two very handsome and beautiful teenagers who are very clever but who are also much more than they seem.
Back in the seventies I wrote a horror novel for children 11 to 12 years old. This came about because I wanted something that would work as a class reader when I was Head of English at my previous school. I even managed to get myself one of the leading children's agents of the time but the offers I got for the book would have meant me destroying the best of the book in order to make it fit into a series already conceived. I wasn't prepared to do this.
I have tried over the years to become published but have become disheartened by rejections. Globe came about because a dear friend of mine got me started writing again when he came up with the idea of a molecular computer. It was entered into a competition, didn't win but got enough plaudits to get an offer to publish. We naturally took this up but the book never got any publicity and later the publisher went bust.
My old school, Walbottle High School, in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, always puts on a musical as the main production every summer. I helped to produce a number of them but the best one was in 1997 when I wrote the book, music and lyrics for my musical Ghostwalk. It is a rock and roll musical set in an American high school, circa 1955. It is loosely based on my favourite play, Hamlet, by the greatest writer who ever lived - William Shakespeare - and also refers in some of the events and names to my other hero, Elvis, the greatest singer who ever lived.
I have published a romance, Annie's Guest, on the Kindle. Set in Vermont in one of the worst winter storms for years it is the story of lonely Annie whose life is disrupted by the sudden appearance of a strange young man.
Since about 1997 I have been writing sonnets for my wife on the following occasions: Christmas, Valentine's Day, her birthday and our wedding anniversary. I've written close on fifty and the first batch called Sylvia’s Sonnets is now available on the Kindle.
My friend Jim and I are now working on a series of seven books called The Seven Runes. The first one, The Alchemist’s Daughter, is now available on the Kindle. The second one, Knights of the Wyrm, should be available later in the year.
My latest book was produced in instalments and is now available on the Kindle as one full length book. It is called Growing Pains of a Teenage Werewolf: Michaelmas 9 and features two very handsome and beautiful teenagers who are very clever but who are also much more than they seem.
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December 28, 2018
Annie's Ghost
I chose this book because of the title it was easy to read and interesting. At times it was enticing and difficult to put down a definite page turner. The ending was a surprise but expected and thoroughly enjoyed. I would definitely recommend this book.
I chose this book because of the title it was easy to read and interesting. At times it was enticing and difficult to put down a definite page turner. The ending was a surprise but expected and thoroughly enjoyed. I would definitely recommend this book.
November 29, 2012
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5 stars
A literary novella, which delves deeply into three major characters: Annie, her husband John, and visitor Will, exploring their character evolution, using as the backdrop a Vermont mountain snowstorm, and the poetry of John Donne.
Annie is a teacher of special needs children, on leave due to surgery. She and her husband live in a lovely farmhouse on the mountain, at her husband’s wish. She is happy in her life, on the surface, but the arrival of young Will, who claims to have wrecked his pickup in the driving snowstorm, reveals dropped stitches, missed cues, and some middle-aged dissatisfaction. Will’s presence over several days presents her with some new options; and her choice will reveal her character-and his.
5 stars
A literary novella, which delves deeply into three major characters: Annie, her husband John, and visitor Will, exploring their character evolution, using as the backdrop a Vermont mountain snowstorm, and the poetry of John Donne.
Annie is a teacher of special needs children, on leave due to surgery. She and her husband live in a lovely farmhouse on the mountain, at her husband’s wish. She is happy in her life, on the surface, but the arrival of young Will, who claims to have wrecked his pickup in the driving snowstorm, reveals dropped stitches, missed cues, and some middle-aged dissatisfaction. Will’s presence over several days presents her with some new options; and her choice will reveal her character-and his.
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