Katia's Promise
(Shores of Indian Lake #4)
by Catherine Lanigan
by Catherine Lanigan
Adult Contemporary Romance
May 1st 2015 by Harlequin Heartwarming
Katia Stanislaus is a top insurance agent in Chicago, but her company is about to fold if she can't pull off a miracle. She convinces her boss to relocate to Indian Lake where she lived as a child and broke the heart of the one man whose account would be enough to save her job and her company. The only problem is that Austin McCreary has been a near recluse since the day Katia left him. Austin won't take her calls and appears set on revenge for the pain Katia has caused him. Just seeing Austin, catapaults Katia back to the time when she was 16 and so very much in love. But it was just a teenage crush, wasn't it?
Read an Excerpt
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Her eyes locked on his, and though he saw her, he didn’t
seem to recognize her. Or he did, and he was a superb actor.
Austin’s hands dropped to his sides. Though he kept a smile
clamped on his face, he remained rigid.
The crowd dispersed slowly, like the shifting sand after a
wave has rushed onto shore.
Mrs. Beabots was the last to leave the room, and then it was
just Katia standing across from Austin in the front parlor of the house she
grew up in.
“Hello, Austin.”
“Katia.”
She thought her heart would hammer a hole right through her
chest, but she didn’t dare let him know how much he affected her. She couldn’t
decide whether to smile at him, rush to him and hold his hand or ask his
forgiveness on the spot. She felt as if she’d turned to stone. She couldn’t
think or move.
She was filled with blistering guilt.
“Austin, I’m so—”
His hands shot up to silence her. “Katia, leave. Now.”
“But, Austin, I want to talk to you...”
He shook his head. “Leave. It’s what you do best.”
He spun on his heel and stormed into the hall. Katia
followed him out of the front parlor and stepped into the main hallway in time
to see him talking to a woman carrying a tray of marinated shrimp. Katia
assumed she was his cook or housekeeper.
“Daisy, there is a woman in the living room,” Austin was
saying. “If she’s still there after you put that tray in the dining room, call
the cops and have her removed.”
“Sure thing,” Daisy replied.
Katia watched as Austin raced up the majestic staircase and
disappeared.
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Other Books in the Series
Links for Love Shadows
(Shores of Indian Lake #1)
Links for Heart's Desire
(Shores of Indian Lake #2)
(Shores of Indian Lake #3)
Catherine Lanigan is the bestselling author of over thirty published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, as well as over half a dozen anthologies, including “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dream”, “Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul”, “Chocolate for a Woman’s Heart”, Chocolate for a Woman’s Spirit”. Ms. Lanigan’s novels have been translated into over a dozen languages including German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Ms. Lanigan’s novels are also available on audio-cassette, CD and on electronic format. A prolific writer, she is always writing wonderful stories. She has several titles only available in ebook format on Amazon.com Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel, The Christmas Star, won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine for December, 2002, and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from ForeWord Magazine as well as Book of the Year Romance from Reader’s Preference. In March, 2006 Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention and the second in Lanigan’s Angel Watch series of books, was published by HCI, the Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher.
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Can these be read as stand alones????
ReplyDeleteits a sweet cover.i enjoyed the excerpt and i want to read more.i'll have to add it to my tbr list
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Angela. I loved writing this book and the story has been with me for a long time. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteThe synopsis is interesting. I feel bad for Austin because Katia broke his heart and now just pops back into his life in order to save her career. It's kind of a jerk move and I dislike her already. The cover is cute, but not memorable.
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