Sunspots
by
Karen S. Bell
Genre:
Romantic Suspense, Time Travel
Aurora
Goldberg Stein is lost in grief. Her beloved husband, Jake Stein, has
just died in a tragic car accident and her sorrow is overwhelming.
But is this really the end? Perhaps, perhaps not. She hears his
voice. She sees his ghostly presence. She travels back in time to
another life with Jake. What is going on? What is the message?
Jake
Stein, a dashing Texan, sweeps Aurora off her feet and changes her
life. A Brooklyn born actress, she moved to NYC and does temporary
work to pay her bills. On this particular assignment, she
accidentally meets Jake Stein, who is her dance with destiny. Leaving
everything she knows, she marries him and moves to Austin, Texas. No
longer struggling to make ends meet, Aurora wiles away her time bored
and lonely, and trying to recapture the excitement she once had with
this man. And then suddenly, it's all over, her life, her future is
gone. Vanished are all her hopes and dreams.
But
destiny comes in many forms, and when Aurora moves to a new house,
she discovers that the previous owner has never left. The ghostly
presence of Viola Parker looms large and becomes Aurora's guide
through time revealing to her the mistakes she's made with Jake Stein
through the centuries. This time, maybe this time, Aurora can get it
right.
I
get so much satisfaction in the writing process. I take care to
choose just the right word, to make sure each sentence has the right
cadence. I appreciate other writers who respect the craft in this
way, and I hope my readers do so with me. Writing is a need, a desire
for expression, and springs from well within my subconscious mind.
Thoughts rise up, scenes rise up and blend in with the over-arching
story. These thoughts emerge whenever they want to and wherever I am
and probably not when I am at the computer. The computer is for the
craft, the technique. The thoughts come during walks, or while
driving the car, or at the grocery store. I am the willing recipient
of these thoughts and so they seek me out. It's a mystery this
business and art of writing and it keeps me enthralled.
GUEST POST
Which of your novels can you imagine made into a movie?
I have written three
novels and I believe they all could be made into movies. When I write
I’m very visual in describe the environment in which my
protagonist’s dwell precisely. Whether it be an apartment, the
outdoors, clothing, my descriptions are detailed and noticed by
reviewers in a positive manner. What happens to my characters is also
quite cinematic with the main character going through the gamut of
emotions from sorrow to humor.
My first book Walking
with Elephants was an exploration of what it means to be a
working mother today. Although the main character is married, I took
her husband way on a teaching sabbatical in Australia so she must
cope with the joys of doing it all, all by herself. I throw in the
coincidence of meeting up with her fist love to add juice to the
storyline.
My second novel,
Sunspots, explores the heartache of losing a spouse after just
two years of marriage. Although Aurora thinks she knew everything
about Jake she discovers hidden secrets. The setting is Austin, Texas
and all the cowboy stuff common for that area. In the end, she finds
happiness but it’s a long emotional journey with flashbacks of
their courtship and new marriage issues. Aurora is named for the
Aurora Borealis which was the backdrop of her conception by her hippy
parents. Sunspots—the title—are storms on the surface of the sun
that are the nursery for making the energy that hurls through space
to create the Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis.
My most recent novel,
When a Stranger Comes… is set in NYC and upstate New York in
the fall. Glorious outdoor scenery and the streets of Manhattan.
There are whimsical characters that are alien creatures from other
worlds conjured up by the Devil to attend lavish parties. The Devil
lives in a mansion off Park Ave. He also has a lodge in upstate NY
and an island in the Caribbean, so the settings themselves are
cinematic. Alexa’s plight makes for heart pounding discoveries and
a time travel episode in Moscow brings colorful and extraordinary
images to the plot.
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