The
Carousel
The
Wild Geese Book 7
by
Cynthia Owens
Genre:
Historical Romance
Like
the Wild Geese of Old Ireland, five boys grew to manhood despite
hunger, war, and the mean
streets
of New York
The
War had left him blind to beauty...
Kieran
Donnelly is a gifted artist who has sworn never to paint again. He
saw and did too many things during the war to extinguish the ugliness
that lies in his heart. But a chance to work with some of the most
magnificent paintings brings him close to the world he still
loves...and an extraordinary woman who sees his true heart.
Darkness
couldn’t extinguish the light in her heart.
Blind
from the age of four, Emily Lawrence yearns to experience the outside
world. When she hires Kieran Donnelly to catalogue her father’s
paintings, he offers her a glimpse at life outside her exquisite
home...and a chance for a future.
Can
Kieran and Emily emerge from the darkness to find happiness and love?
**easily
read as a standalone!**
I
believe I was destined to be interested in history. One of my distant
ancestors, Thomas Aubert, reportedly sailed up the St. Lawrence River
to discover Canada some 26 years before Jacques Cartier's 1534
voyage. Another relative was a 17thCentury "King's Girl,"
one of a group of young unmarried girls sent to New France (now the
province of Quebec) as brides for the habitants (settlers) there. My
passion for reading made me long to write books like the ones I
enjoyed, and I tried penning sequels to my favorite Nancy Drew
mysteries. Later, fancying myself a female version of Andrew Lloyd
Weber, I drafted a musical set in Paris during WWII.
A
former journalist and lifelong Celtophile, I enjoyed a previous
career as a reporter/editor for a small chain of community newspapers
before returning to my first love, romantic fiction. My stories
usually include an Irish setting, hero or heroine, and sometimes all
three!
I
am a member of the Romance Writers of America, Hearts Through History
Romance Writers, and Celtic Hearts Romance Writers. A lifelong
resident of Montreal, Canada, I still live there with my own Celtic
hero and our two teenaged children.
GUEST POST
Do you have any “side stories” about the characters?
Emily Lawrence’s mother,
along with her infant brother, died when she was four years old. The
measles that claimed their lives robbed Emily of her sight. But
despite being so young, Emily has never forgotten her mother, or the
very special day they spent together a month before her brother was
born.
On that day, Emily’s
mother too her to a park with a carousel, and they spent the long,
sun-filled day riding the enchanted horses, eating ice cream, and
just being together. When the day ended, Emily’s mother bought her
a music box with a carousel horse on it. The box played Down
in the Valley, and Emily’s mother
told her the story of how she and her husband had danced to the same
tune just before they became engaged. The music box is Emily’s most
treasured possession.
Can you tell us a little bit about
the characters in The Carousel?
Kieran Donnelly is an artist. A very
gifted artist. His greatest joy came from capturing the pictures that
swirled in his head on canvas. Before the war, he’d begun to make a
name for himself as a landscape painter. When he came home, he swore
he’d never paint again. He’d seen too much, and done too much.
His ability to see the beauty vanished.
Emily Lawrence is a young woman who’s
been sheltered most of her life. Blind from the age of four, she was
raised by her widowed father, as well as the Morans, the housekeeper
and her jack-of-all-work husband. Emily’s fondest wish is to
experience the world as others her age have. She longs to travel, to
go to balls and concerts and parties, and to have friends.
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