A Leap of Faith
- Author:
- Allyson Dowling
- Category:
- Contemporary Romance
- Mentor:
- Sarah Mayberry
Summary
Sabrina is embarking on a new adventure after the breakup of her marriage. She arrives in France to start a new business and a new life. But fate has plans for Sabrina in the guise of mysterious artist Tom. Will she take a leap of faith and learn to trust
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Chapter One
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Sabrina arrives at the airport, devastated after the end of her marriage and ready to start a new life. She meets her best friend's brother Tom at the airport and sparks fly as they drive to Paris.
Chapter Two
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Sabrina is excited about her new venture, Tom's nerves about his exhibition get the better of him and romance cross the minds of both. But their next meeting is yet again disconcordant.
About Allyson Dowling
I'm a busy mum of two, Yoga teacher and avid reader. I stole my mum's mills and boon books when I was far too young to be reading them and read out the steamy passages to my friends. Happy days! See Allyson’s full profile
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Allyson Armstrong
Saturday 29 October, 2011, 11:48 AM
Hi Allyson,
I'm glad you haven't taken my comments personally. Being in the older age group here (I presume!) I can certainly identify with your heroine on age grounds. I agree with Sarah that your characters did come across as real and well painted. But to my mind they could have been 'painted' with a little more charisma.
My criticism was meant to be honest not harsh. For me, harsh/personal criticism is when someone deliberately posts (as they did with another entry here) that they couldn't be bothered to finish reading their story - in which case, why bother to comment?
The fact is: you wrote a story that intrigued me enough to read it several times over - as with others here - to see if I could 'get it'. Those who thought it was great, far exceed those who thought it lacked a certain something. Just focus on the former - they're the ones who will be buying your book when it's published.
France is one of my favourite places. Give either one of your characters a little more bite and I probably would buy it too! :-)))
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Allyson Dowling
Friday 28 October, 2011, 7:51 PM
Thanks for your reply Sue. It's good to see what other women would identify with in an older heroine. Your mom sounds pretty cool to me!
Thanks also Allyson for taking the time to reply. Even the harshest criticism can offer insight. As Sarah points out it is amazing how people can interpret stories so differently.
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Sarah Clark
Friday 28 October, 2011, 4:17 PM
I always find it intriguing how different people reading the same story can come away with very different opinions; I found the heroine to be beaten yet strong - I would not have called her whimpy;
The direction the story has taken isn't 'classic' m&b but to me that's all the more exciting. I want to hear her story ... the characters are very real and well painted and I think this offers a great opportunity to lead the heroine on a journey of self discovery, redemption & of course love!
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