I’ve come to the conclusion that I am much better at promoting other authors books on my blog than my own, so this week I’ve gritted my teeth and decided to shout about my latest novel by sharing an extract. I do hope that you enjoy it.
My seventh novel A New Arrival in Borteen Bay was published on 23 January 2024 by Choc Lit an imprint of Joffe Books. I am sharing an extract from towards the end of the first chapter. If you haven’t yet read the book I hope that you are encouraged to read on …
This is what it says on the back of the book:
FALL IN LOVE WITH AN UTTERLY IRRESISTIBLE, BRAND-NEW ROMANCE ABOUT FRESH BEGINNINGS AND LETTING GO OF THE PAST.
Skye knows it’s now or never. It’s time for her to reveal herself to the father she’s never met.
So she hops on a plane from Dublin to the English seaside town of Borteen.
But between the father she’s just getting to know and her worried mother, Skye realizes that the past is never that simple as a whirlwind of secrets turns their world upside down.
And now Skye has Adam, the hunky guy next door, to contend with. He’s determined to show her there’s room in her life for love.
Skye thinks they’re better off as friends, but Adam has other ideas. Even when she reveals a secret of her own.
Will Skye allow history to repeat itself? Or will she let go of the secrets of the past and open herself up to the future?
This extract is from the end of the first chapter of the book :-
“Her mother was going to kill her.
Skye took off the beaded dress very carefully. She now knew that it had been her mother’s wedding dress and had always been in the box on top of the wardrobe at home, cushioned in tissue paper. Glancing again at the photograph of her mother wearing the dress on her wedding day, which Wynn had only shown to her for the first time a week ago, Skye couldn’t quite believe how closely she’d managed to replicate the image from the photograph, right down to the correct positioning of the feathers in her hair.
She undid the plaits now, letting the feathers fall to the patterned carpet of the guesthouse bedroom. Her newly loosened hair had a wavy appearance that looked extremely odd, given she was used to her raven-black hair falling in a sleek curtain around her face.
What exactly had she achieved from her theatrical performance? She questioned her motivation. It had all seemed so clear before she’d arrived here. She’d seen the light of recognition in Buzz’s eyes from across the sand labyrinth and the dawning of his disbelief, but then her courage had deserted her and she’d run away as fast as she could.
Her mother had recently finally given in and supplied answers to her questions, telling her about Buzz and his crystal shop in the small seaside town of Borteen, with the flat above where they used to live together. Skye had peered through the windows when it was closed and guessed it was like a time capsule, still selling the same crystals and incense as when her mother had been involved in the business all those years before.
Her mother had been less forthcoming about her reasons for leaving Borteen and Buzz, clamming up completely with tears in her eyes. Skye was confused and frustrated, especially as her mother appeared to treasure the wedding dress and her wedding photograph from the way they were kept safely and separately in the box on top of the wardrobe.
With no further information, Skye had decided to come to Borteen to try and get answers for herself. She had another reason for travelling to England after all.
The guesthouse bedroom was large and comfortable, if old-fashioned. She’d booked it for two weeks and defiantly paid the bill with her mother’s credit card before she’d left home. She’d spent a couple of days building her courage, silently and stealthily watching Buzz, like a private investigator. The fact that he’d set up the labyrinth on the beach had been a bonus.
She guiltily knew that by now her mother would have found the credit card payments for her flight and the accommodation at Rose Court guesthouse. She’d know that Skye was in Borteen, England, and she wouldn’t be at all happy.
Curiosity might yet kill the cat . . .
As she’d run up the stairs to her room dressed as her mother, impersonating her mother in fact, she’d nearly bumped straight into the dishy guy who was staying in the opposite room. He’d introduced himself to one of the other guests at breakfast as Adam. She knew it was Adam, because the elderly man had repeated it as Alwyn and had been corrected.
Adam had apologized for getting in her way, even though it was really her fault they’d almost collided. He’d looked at Skye and the strange dress with curiosity and, dare she imagine it, interest in his blue eyes. She made an effort to try to remember that look of admiration, as given her current predicament, she was unlikely to have the time or inclination to think about men or romance for the foreseeable future.”
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About Morton S. Gray
Morton lives with her husband and Lily, the tiny white dog, in Worcestershire, U.K. She has been reading and writing fiction for as long as she can remember, penning her first attempt at a novel aged fourteen. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and The Society of Authors.
Her debut novel The Girl on the Beach was published after she won the Choc Lit Publishing’s Search for a Star competition in 2016. Her other books for Choc Lit are The Truth Lies Buried, Christmas at Borteen Bay, Sunny Days at the Beach, Christmas at the Little Beach Café, Summer at Lucerne Lodge and A New Arrival in Borteen Bay.
Morton previously worked in the electricity industry in committee services, staff development and training. She has a Business Studies degree and is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master. She also has diplomas in Tuina acupressure massage and energy field therapy. She enjoys crafts, history and loves tracing family trees. Having a hunger for learning new things is a bonus for the research behind her books.
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OOO – how intriguing!
Really hooked me.
I know what you mean about promoting our own books. We are not used to talking up ourselves, are we?
Well done!
Have a great week.
Angela xx
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I love promoting other authors but often forget to shout about my own books
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