{"id":117,"date":"2013-05-11T15:08:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenmoores.net\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2014-08-16T18:10:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T18:10:35","slug":"romance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenmoores.net\/?page_id=117","title":{"rendered":"Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHERUB\u2019S PLAY\"Bridge-angel-small\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2014 Finalist – Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers<\/em>
\n2013 Finalist \u2013 Crested Butte Writers Conference<\/i>
\n2012 Winner \u2013 Land of Enchantment Romance Authors<\/i>
\n2012 Winner \u2013 Central Ohio Fiction Writers \u2013 paranormal category<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wildlife Biologist Sandra Coulton would prefer to focus on computer data and research findings, rather than confusing and unmanageable emotions like love. She wants nothing more than to quietly finish her deceased father\u2019s bear study, but her research is inexplicably interrupted when she finds an eight-month-old baby boy sitting on the roof of her remote ranch house in Alaska. (The cowboys all swear the Great Stork delivered the child.) Sandra bonds with the mysterious baby and wants to adopt him, if no one can find the boy\u2019s real parents.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One week earlier, Austin Smith, an unemployed, part-Cheyenne Indian bush pilot, wanted nothing more than to quietly finish his beer when an odd woman came up to him in the bar and put a baby in his lap. She said, \u201cIt\u2019s your turn now, Dad,\u201d and left. Though he doesn\u2019t remember the woman and can\u2019t find her, he assumes the child is his, the result of an earlier dalliance. He was beginning to like the idea of fatherhood and finally settling down when the boy mysteriously disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Archangel Geoffrey Almaric Behir de Giverny can\u2019t remember what he wants, and he\u2019s anything but quiet about it. He\u2019s on a mission, but his arch-rival Gabriel has given him a bit of amnesia to win a bet. Now Geoffrey finds himself in a diaper, which Sandra is changing, and everything he says to her comes out as baby talk.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hearing of the child, Austin rushes to the ranch to reclaim his son, only to fall in love with Sandra, who is the perfect antidote to his lifelong wanderlust. Against her better judgment, she\u2019s immediately attracted to Austin, too. But, even if he were a reputable suitor, not a wayward n\u2019er-do-well, her father\u2019s death makes Sandra fearful that any man she loves will leave her.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sandra and Austin square off over child custody when Sandra\u2019s congresswoman mother, Martha, is stranded in the forest in which Sandra\u2019s bears live, and which Martha\u2019s timber constituents want to cut down. Someone must rescue her. Austin can fly Martha\u2019s helicopter, if they find it, but he won\u2019t go anywhere without his son, whom he\u2019s already lost once. Sandra won\u2019t let the baby out of her sight either, so they all ride to the rescue on horseback together.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Given his archangel status, Geoffrey thinks his mission is to save the congresswoman, but his efforts are hampered at every turn by the mutual attraction, distraction, and pre-occupation Sandra and Austin have for each other. Everyone\u2019s efforts are hampered by Gretchin, a trained Hollywood bear who escaped from a film shoot. (Is that bear they encounter on the trail wild and dangerous, or just acting?)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geoffrey\u2019s angel tricks can\u2019t save Sandra and Austin from each other, or from the other forest creatures, but a few \u201cmiracles\u201d happen, some more human than others. In the end, Sandra overcomes her fear of loss and embraces the untamed and unconditional nature of love.<\/p>\n

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