“Silently she stared at the splintered pieces and felt the flame in her soul gutter. The flame she had nurtured since she was a child. The flame that had in it what little sparks of happiness she had ever known as well as all her hopes and dreams for the future. She had tended it so carefully and for so long, and in one, horrendous, agonizing second, felt it simply... go out.” RomanceFictionDramaIntrigueFiction WritingCaptivatingLiterary Romance Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“Only someone watching him closely like Celena would have noticed his intense preoccupation, and that something in a split second had happened to him. She wondered where he had gone when he should have been listening to the sermon, where his soul had gone went it had left his body.” LoveRomanceFictionHistoryDramaIntrigueLiterary RomanceHistorical Victorian Romance Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“I want to propose a toast!" Taking a spoon he noisily tapped it against the crystal glass. "Everyone!" He thundered, the large amount of whiskey he had consumed making him reckless. "To Victor, Ste. Genevieve's own inventor and my best friend, all the happiness in the world!" The happy crowd shouted their approval. "And to the ever, ever fair beauty Celena..." His voice cracking under the strain, and he wondered if he should stop now, before he embarrassed himself, before he made some horrible declaration.” LoveRomanceFictionHistoryDramaIntrigueLiterary RomanceHistorical Victorian Romance Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing
“Nearing the Riefler's big red brick house he could see the yellow light spill out on the galerie Yvonne had insisted her German husband wrap around the house. There was a tightening in Victor's chest. It happened to him whenever he got close to the Riefler's house, or church on Sunday- anytime he thought he might catch a glimpse of Celena.” PassionRelationshipsDramaDramaticTormentIntrigueTenseFiction WritingCaptivatingLiterary Novel Book:Victor's Blessing Source: Victor's Blessing