Interwoven
by Michelle Montebello
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Belle Hamilton is a
romantic at heart. She's engaged to the love of her life and dreams of
marriage, children and a happily ever after. Belle’s world is close to perfect
until one afternoon she makes a decision she can't take back.
In the blink of an eye,
Belle’s life spirals out of control. She loses everything that is dear to her
and is forced to flee to the other side of the world where she meets Andrea, a
local bartender from Rome, and develops an unexpected connection with him.
Can they break through
the complications of past hurts and a long-distance relationship to make it
work or will one terrifying night in Paris end it before it had a chance to
begin?
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EXCERPT
They’d met at Hunters Hill High School when they were
sixteen. He’d asked for her help with his English and History assignments,
subjects that he wasn’t terribly natural at, and she’d agreed.
After study each afternoon, he would walk her to the local
milk bar for a strawberry ice cream cone. They would sit in the park by the
water, licking their ice creams and talking for hours. It was during those
lovely picturesque afternoons lying on the soft grass, beneath the trees that a
delightful appreciation for each other’s company had ensued.
Belle wasn’t like the other girls in Ben’s class. She wasn’t
loud or a show-off. She was shy, sweet and quietly curious. She was creative,
loved books and was a whizz with a spoon in home economics.
He was handsome and spoke with an intensity and passion that
had secured him a spot as captain of the school debate team. He was smart in
science and mathematics, cleverly conversational, and popular with the girls. A
beautiful young relationship had blossomed, for opposites surely did attract.
They’d graduated from Hunters Hill High School together at
eighteen. He’d gravitated immediately toward a Bachelor of Law at university.
Belle hadn’t felt the same pull, inclined more so towards a job in the food
industry. Her father had balked, of course. After many arguments, ones in which
she never did seem to get her point across, she’d reluctantly agreed to study a
Bachelor of Communications in Journalism. She hadn’t been thrilled with the
idea of going to university. It wasn’t at all what she wanted to do but it
temporarily appeased her father and that made everyone’s life a little easier.
Ben’s career after university had taken off; exploded, more
like it. He was ambitious, focused and brilliant in the courtroom. He regarded
his career with the same kind of intensity and passion that Belle had come to
love him for. He balanced her; completed her.
One night when they were twenty-six, Ben proposed. It was over
dinner on a Wednesday evening at Tetsuya’s on Kent Street. He’d just been
offered a position with the prestigious law firm, Richardson & Fields, as a
junior criminal barrister. They took only one new recruit a year. It was a
culmination of hard work and dedication that had finally paid off. He’d landed
his dream job.
Ben had been animated that night, a number of scotches
already under his belt. His happiness had been infectious, she remembered, as
they’d laughed and celebrated his success. He’d gotten down on one knee and
produced a small box: robin egg blue. Unmistakably Tiffany’s.
When he’d opened it, Belle’s breath had caught in her
throat. A stunning engagement ring twinkled up at her, a thousand white
diamonds, it seemed, set in an elegant round cut and sitting upon a
diamond-encrusted platinum band. It was worth more than her car and tiny flat
above Darling Street put together, she was sure.
Belle had shivered when he’d placed the ring on her finger
and she’d whispered yes before he’d even asked the question. She wasn’t sure if
it was the alcohol, the proposal or the dizzying thrill of being in love, but
she’d had a feeling that night at Tetsuya’s that, like all good fairy tales,
theirs was destined for a happily ever after.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
She has worked
full-time in the corporate sector since 1998. It wasn't until she completed a
writing course with James Patterson that she was inspired to write and publish
her first novel, Interwoven, in 2017.
In addition to
her writing, she also has a passion for travel and loves to combine her two
favourite things - creative writing and travelling - to create vibrant worlds
for her characters to explore.
When this busy
mum is not working, chasing little ones or searching under beds for monsters,
she can be found reading, writing or plotting her next story.
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My Review
Interwoven is the first installment from Michelle Montebello’s series, A Belle Hamilton. I liked it. It is not a very long read with a little over 200 pages and i had it finished within a few hours. I felt connected to Belle right from the start. Her story is so believable that I felt like I was with her throughout.
Interwoven is a beautifully written book of how to let go of yesterday and moving on. I recommend it and give it four stars.
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
Interwoven is a beautifully written book of how to let go of yesterday and moving on. I recommend it and give it four stars.
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
