Stinger

“He was an enigma to me, stinging me one minute and then soothing me the next–with his words, his touch, his smile…Maybe when it came to Carson, just like a vaccine, a little poison was also the cure.” “Grace Hamilton was not a one-time experience…She was my anchor and yet I was drowning in her.” Grace had been afraid “that I would always compare the man I ended up with to the man I really wanted.” But Carson inspires her to let go. “I hadn’t followed a plan. I’d followed my heart…I had thought I hated him…now, the man I knew I never wanted to live without…Life is wild.” “Women are the gatekeepers of the world…surrounded by those who had survived the unthinkable but were still able to give comfort when they saw another woman in need of it…a thing of generous beauty…but I also believe that this world needs strong, good men–men who are raised by mamas who have seen what weak men do. You have the ability to serve justice–by making your son everything his father was not.” “I used to pick buttercups in my granny’s yard. She would hold one underneath my chin and I would hold one under hers…When I asked her how the buttercup made a glow…she told me that when something brought you happiness, its glow became a part of you and made you glow too…I kept your glow with me and I’ve never let it go…Until there’s a reason not to be optimistic, optimism is what I’m choosing…I felt it, your goodness, here…Thank you for proving me right.” “I was glad that human trafficking was being discussed. People needed to know the reality of it if they were going to be inspired to help the cause…Some angst, some heartbreak, some really unexpected twists, but the most wonderful HEA…It really is a great story.”