Five Facts about
Circles of Fate
My husband (now deceased) was stationed at Ft. Benning, GA
while in the Army. That was before I knew him but he talked about it often.
Thibodaux is an actual city in Louisiana although spelled
slightly different than my name (Thibodeaux), the two are pronounced the same –
Ti-ba-dough with the i as in “it”.
There was a café in my hometown of Iowa, Louisiana named the
“Feed Trough”
Although more regulated now, military in lieu of jail was an
option in the past especially during war time.
Circles of Fate was initially written in 1989 and comprised of
two five-subject notebooks. I typed it using a word processor in 1994 then the
files were converted to rich text format (rtf) by a friend so that I could put
it on my computer. That was in 2000. It sat virtually untouched on my computer
until 2014.
Blurb: Set at the tail end of the Vietnam War era, Circles of Fate takes the
reader from Fort Benning, Georgia to Thibodaux, Louisiana. A romantic saga, this gripping
novel covers nearly twenty years in the lives of Shaunna Chatman and
Todd Jameson. Constantly thrown together and torn apart by fate, the two are
repeatedly forced to choose between love and duty, right and wrong, standing on
faith or succumbing to the world’s viewpoint on life, love, marriage and
fidelity. With intriguing twists and turns, fate brings together a cast of
characters whose lives will forever be entwined. Through it all is the hand of
God as He works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are
called according to His purpose.
Excerpt:
“Promise me you’re sure or I
won’t let you go.”
She would have to convince
him or he’d never let her leave. She also knew he’d see through anything less
than complete honesty.
“Oh, Todd,” she whispered,
her voice urgent. “I wish it were that easy. I’m sure I have to try. But I want
you to know something…” She hesitated, unsure how to say what she needed to
say. “If things were different, if he weren’t so determined, if nothing was
left between us, if I didn’t think there was a chance, I would stay.” Her eyes
searched his for some sign he understood.
A ghost of a smile played
around his sensuous lips, he nodded. “I know,” he whispered. “And I
understand,” he said and gathered her close once more.
She should leave. Shaunna
knew Joe waited for her, but was unable, unwilling, to end it, to end them,
just yet. She held him firm in her embrace, committed the feel of his body to
heart.
“I have to go,” she
whispered, then clung, not yet able to turn him loose.
“I know,” he answered and
tightened his arms around her. With a sigh of surrender, he stepped away,
loosened his hold but rubbed her back and shoulders in a tender gesture.
“Don’t look back,” he
whispered then dropped his hands to his side, clenched his fists.
She saw the struggle in his
eyes, felt it in her heart, as each fought not to grab hold and cling. They
gazed at each other, read the naked truth in each other’s eyes.
Neither wanted to be the
first to walk away.
Shaunna touched his face,
traced his features…his eyes, his jaw, his mouth. A shiver shook her when he
held her hand and pressed his lips to her fingertips.
“I almost wish we had made
love the other night.”
Almost?
The word echoed between them
like a silent scream. The despair in his eyes slashed her heart another degree.
He shook his head, swallowed hard.
“Know this. If we had, you
would not leave here today.”
She stroked his cheek, her
smile tender, bittersweet. “Take care of yourself. Please,” she whispered then
placed her mouth on his.
Lips met on a sigh, breaths
mingled on a sob. Each of them committed the kiss to heart, and fought not to
cling to the other. With a final touch, a last trembling smile, Shaunna did one
of the hardest things she’d ever done in her life.
She left.
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Author bio: Award-winning author,
Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers
Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well
as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with
an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier
and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Links:
Website
address: http://www.pamelathibodeaux.com
Face Book: http://facebook.com/pamelasthibodeaux
Twitter: http://twitter.com/psthib @psthib
Amazon
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Thanks for the Eggcerpt Exchange Kryssie!
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PamT
Thanks for dropping by. It was lovely to meet you
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