“My heart, for unknown reasons, seems to freeze in motion in my chest. I can see he senses it and he holds his pause to enjoy my suffering, prolonging my ignorance. “Viktor, what?” RomanceDarkMysteryThrillerSecretsGothicFamily SagaVon StrassenbergGwenn WrightBluestocking GirlViktor Book:The BlueStocking Girl Source: The BlueStocking Girl
“A smile is hidden beneath the mustache, it crinkles the corners of his hooded eyes. “I didn’t. I have other business in town and I told my friend I would attend to the matter of his son, as he could not do so himself.” “Very kind of you.” “Yes. I have been looking forward to it for quite some time.” Daddy’s lemonade is almost gone, he sips it carefully, turning his eyes back to the water. “Looking forward to seeing the lad or to conducting your business?” Daddy is toying with him. “Both. You see, I had never actually met his son.” The glass rests against Daddy’s lips, unmoving. Mr. Geyer watches him closely. “But now I have, so I can get on with my,” he fixes his own gaze on the water, as though trying to see whatever it is that has transfixed my father, “business.” MysteryYoung AdultYaHistorical FictionDetectiveVon StrassenbergGwenn WrightBluestocking GirlViktor Von StrassenbergGeyer Book:The BlueStocking Girl Source: The BlueStocking Girl
“How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?” LoveDeathLossGriefYoung Adult FictionHistorical FictionVon StrassenbergBluestocking Girl Book:The BlueStocking Girl Source: The BlueStocking Girl
“All I know is that the fear I have been battling all night is breaking down the door of my ignorance. As my feet slam down I feel not the hard, wet asphalt but the soft Persian rug that led to the staircase in my father’s home. In the glow of lightning the dancing trees are illuminated but I see my mother in the glow of candlelight, spinning, twirling, her hair fanned out behind her. It is falling over me, saturating my thoughts, and I cannot. I cannot let it in.” MysteryDanceYaThrillerTeenMidwestSagaVon StrassenbergGwenn WrightSt LouisBluestocking GirlWilliam Drexler Book:The BlueStocking Girl Source: The BlueStocking Girl