You canât change the past but you can choose the future!
Twenty-five years ago⦠Emma Sandersonâs life was completely overturned. Her baby sister was kidnapped, right there in Comfort Cove, and her family fell apart.
Now⦠Emma lives quietly, cautiously. Until suddenly she finds out that the cold case involving her sisterâs disappearance has been reopened. Then, she ends her engagementâand meets another man. Chris Talbot shares her intense unexpected attraction, and their hours together mean more than anything sheâs ever experienced.
Despite that, sheâs uncertain about a relationship with him. Heâs a man in a dangerous profession, a man who makes his living from the sea, and there are reasons, good reasons, for Emma to keep her distance. But that night could have lasting consequencesâ¦.
She tried not to think about Chris
Tried not to let her body remember the sensations heâd evoked.
Finding herself on the couch before bed, irritated with television commercials and no longer distracted by movies, Emma pulled out the journal again. Just to see what sheâd written.
1. I want to be loved by a man who loves me so much that my love changes him.
She stared at the words. Sheâd written them down because, in that moment, sheâd felt them so strongly. Now, days later, she still felt the same way.
She grabbed her pen.
2. I want to be brave enough to live my life to the fullest.
She read what sheâd written again. And reread it several times. If there was going to be any value in this exercise, she had to be completely honest.
And she realized that, like it or not, her resolutions were about Chris....
âTara Taylor Quinn writies with wonderful assurance and an effective, unpretentious style perfectly suited to her chosen genre.ââJennifer Blake, New York Times bestselling author
Dear Reader,
Ever wake up and look at your life and wish some things were different? I have. And sometimes still do. And then what? You shrug and go on with your routine, your day. Most of the time, youâre happy. Or at least content.
But what ifâ¦
What if you decided that the things you wished were different were going to be different? What if, instead of shrugging and going on with ânormal,â you made changes?
What if gets me every time. Meet Emma Sanderson. Sheâs a high school teacher with a mortgage and family responsibilities. She canât just change any of those things in her life. Truth is, she doesnât really want to. She likes teaching and loves her family. But she wants more.
A Daughterâs Story is about that more. Itâs about having the courage to make changes where you canâeven in small ways. Itâs about daring to want and to reach for what you want within the realm of who and what you are. Itâs about taking what you have and doing something to make it even better.
A Daughterâs Story is about finding answers. Andâ¦as always with me, itâs about love.
By the way, Iâd really like to know what you think happened to Claire. Write to me at [email protected]! And watch for The Truth About Comfort Cove, coming in January 2013.
Tara Taylor Quinn
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
With fifty-seven original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA TODAY bestselling author. She is a winner of the 2008 National Readersâ Choice Award, four-time finalist for the RWA Rita® Award, a finalist for the Reviewersâ Choice Award, the Booksellersâ Best Award, the Holt Medallion and appears regularly on Amazon bestsellers lists. Tara Taylor Quinn is a past president of the Romance Writers of America and served for eight years on its board of directors. She is in demand as a public speaker and has appeared on television and radio shows across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning. Tara is a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and she and her husband, Tim, sponsor an annual inline skating race in Phoenix to benefit the fight against domestic violence.
When sheâs not at home in Arizona with Tim and their canine owners, Jerry Lee and Taylor Marie, or fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara spends her time traveling and inline skating.
CHAPTER ONE
SOMETHING WASNâT RIGHT. Something besides the hot chocolate splashed across the cream-colored silk blouse and brown-linen slacks that twenty-nine-year-old Emma Sanderson had come home to change.
Pulling her key from the lock that Friday morning in early September, she stood just inside the open front door of her two-story townhome, allowing the screen door to close behind her. She listened. But heard nothing.