A little about Jackie:
Love, romance, passion. Canadian romance author Jackie M. Smith’s books have all these ingredients. Her debut historical romance has received rave reviews and now her second book is out, ready for your reading enjoyment.
Jackie’s latest book is a historical romance – A Soldier’s Vow – which released from XOXO Publishing on June 13, 2010:
Winnie Douglas always loved taking pictures of her family and her hometown. One day, while reading a war magazine, pictures of the soldiers whose strength and courage touched her. With her family’s blessing, she journeys to Paris where a French magazine hires her to take pictures of the war.
Henry Whitfield answers the call of duty and travels halfway across the world to fight in the war. Far away from his family and Canadian hometown, he feels the loneliness. On the battlefield, he meets an angel. Afraid she is just a dream, he befriends Winnie.
War brought them together. Will it tear them apart?
Excerpt from A Soldier’s Vow:
Prologue
Valise in hand, Winnie stood breathless as she gazed at the majestic ship floating with so much grace against the afternoon late November sky. She stepped forward and her heart raced in her chest. After spending the last two years in Europe, she headed home. Taking a deep breath of the cool salty air, she calmed herself. “You can do this,” she whispered.
Fixing her wide brim hat, she climbed the thick wooden walkway, feeling her feet heavy with every step. She let her eyes glance down. The high distance from where she stepped and the water below made her nauseous and very light-headed. Taking another deep breath, she continued her way while touching her growing belly and feeling the baby’s movements within.
“Winnie!” A man’s voice far behind her called out her name.
Looking out into the crowd behind her, she searched for the caller but saw no one. She shook her head and continued her way up.
“Winifred Douglas!” The man’s voice called out again.
She stopped once more and looked below. For a quick moment, she swore hearing her darling Henry calling out to her. Could it be he travelled all this way to Liverpool in order to find her? Her heart raced. Her palms moistened inside her gloves. Walking a few steps back down the gangplank, Winnie bumped into people going up. She squeezed her eyes closed as people jostled their way past her. Stopping where she stood, Winnie looked everywhere for Henry’s handsome face. Unshed tears stung her eyes. She imagined hearing him and seeing him. She felt dizzy. Taking a deep breath, she walked the rest of the way down the gangplank, and waited once last moment for the familiar baritone to call out her name.
Links:
Where to buy A Soldier’s Vow: XOXO Publishing Online
Jackie’s website: http://jackiemsmith.weebly.com/
Jackie’s CoffeeTime Romance Forum: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=1500
This one sounds like a sweet and poignant read Tracy. Thank you so much for sharing! I will have to check Jackie's work out.
I hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks Tracy for giving me the chance to post an excerpt of my book on your blog 🙂
Jackie
PS My virtual book launch for A Soldier's Vow is this Monday. Hope you can all make it 🙂 Please pass along!Start Time: 5pm PST / 8 EST
Date: 6/28/2010
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Lea – My pleasure.
Jackie – No problem. Congrats again on the release!
Thank you Tracy! Interesting excerpt…but an evil place to finish it 🙂