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Hello, and thank you for stopping by. I’m Tamaria Soana, a
contemporary romance author. My stories tend to be on the steamy side and
always end with a happily ever after.
Southern Embrace my newest release was a very different
story line for me to tackle. The story opens with Savannah my heroine trying to
pick up the pieces of the broken heart her high school sweetheart Lance left
her with when his family moves away the summer after graduation and he cuts her
out of his life.
With some prompting for her best friend Nikki, Van
(Savannah) goes out with the girls to a club and meets the handsome older
Stephan. He sweeps her off her feet and she begins to heal. The stories over and
they live happily ever after right? WRONG. The story is just beginning. In
chapter 1 we learn that Stephan was killed in a car accident (I hated doing
that). Savannah is twenty-three and the grief consumes her. Nikki her best
friends steps in once again and arranges for Lance to run into her at the mall.
Will Savannah give Lance a chance to explain and let him back into her life?
Southern Embrace is an emotional story about overcoming
grief, forgiveness, and second chances.
I hope you’ll fall in love with Savannah and Lance as much
as I have. Southern Embrace is from Savannah’s POV. I’m currently writing
Southern Desire, the story from Lance’s POV.
Can a
long lost love mend a grieving heart?
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Widowed
at twenty-three, Savannah Grant is devastated and consumed with grief, a grief
that she can't seem to move past. When her high school sweetheart, Lance
Peterson, re-enters her life, Savannah struggles with the feeling that she
would be betraying her deceased husband by moving on. Plus, she can't forget
the way Lance broke her heart all those years ago.
Lance
never stopped loving Savannah. He wants a second chance, and he's willing to do
anything it takes to convince her to give him one. Will she give in and let
Lance love her, showing her a passion beyond anything she thought possible?
Content Warning: adult language, explicit sexual situations,anal play
It was a
beautiful Friday afternoon. Van grabbed her purse and headed out to the mall.
Nikki's shower was the following weekend, and Nikki had been on her to get a
new dress for days, threatening to drag her shopping kicking and screaming if
she didn't go herself.
Once at
the mall, Van picked up some last minute gifts for Nikki. After trying on a few
dresses, she found a knee-length, strapless coral dress. She purchased it and
was off in search of a pair of shoes. When she found the perfect pair of coral
and silver heels, Van concluded the trip to the mall a complete success.
Her
cellphone rang as she was leaving the shoe store. She dug around in her bag to
find it. With her head down and her steps brisk, she ran right into someone.
"I'm
so sorry. I'm such a klutz," she said as she looked up into the brown eyes
of her first love. She gasped and took a step back, surveying him. His light
brown hair was a little shorter and he was built like a man now, not the boy
she used to know. She stood frozen in place, staring at him. This can't be
happening. A tidal wave of emotions rushed through her at once. Anger,
resentment, hatred, but mainly pain…so much pain.
"Lance?
Oh my God!" She took another step back. "How?"
"I-I
talked to Nikki. She told me you would be here. I needed to see you. When I
heard what happened…" He paused. "I knew I couldn't stay away any
longer. I'm so sorry."
The more he talked, the more Van's anger flared. Who does hethink he is? He left me! Turned his back on me when he cut all ties!
"What
exactly are you sorry for, Lance? That my husband died or that you broke my
heart all those years ago?" The words she spoke were full of acid.
"You have a lot of nerve just showing up here like nothing ever happened.
Go away." She turned to leave.
"Please,
Van, just talk to me. Give me a chance to explain," he begged as he
reached for her hand.
"Don't
you dare touch me," she said through gritted teeth, yanking her hand away.
"What do you want from me?" She stared at him while plotting all the
ways she was going to torture Nikki for her betrayal.
She
seethed as he looked around. "Calm down, Van. People are starting to
stare. Please, can we go somewhere more private and talk? There is so much I
need to tell you."
"What
could you possibly have to say to me that would make up for what you did? I
mean, I know you had to move, but you cut all ties with me. Like the three
years we spent together meant nothing to you, like I meant nothing to you. Damn
you, Lance, you didn't even try to make it work."
"Please,
Savannah. Give me a chance to explain."
"Give
me one reason why I should."
"Because
I still love you. I. Never. Stopped. I cut all ties with you
His words
shocked and confused her. After she took a few moments to process everything,
she shook her head. "I can't do this." She turned and walked away,
then stopped. "Go back to wherever it was you came from and leave me
alone."
"I
won't give up on you. I won't stop trying, and I most definitely won't ever
leave you again."
"Just
go away, Lance. You're good at that," she snarled before she walked away.
She didn't dare turn around because looking at him as he begged her to give him
a chance to explain would certainly weaken her. Van needed to focus on how she
was going to kill her so-called best friend.
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Tamaria Soana is middle aged, but just feels her life has begun. She writes sexy contemporary romance stories that always end with a 'happily ever after'. Growing up she loved to read and make up new places in her head to escape to. In her late teens she began writing short stories and poetry; it wasn't until her late thirties before she began to spin a full story.
She's married and a stay-at-home-mom of two beautiful young girls, they reside in Western New York. Cuddling up with a good book under an electric throw. is her way to escape the cold Buffalo nights.
Besides writing, she co-owns Shades of Rose Marketing and hosts a talk show on Talkshoe called Live with Tamaria ~ Giving authors a voice.
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