“Now I know what is meant by ‘To say goodbye is to die a little’ – because when I walked away from you that last time and saw you standing there so darling I did die a little in my heart.” – Humphrey Bogart in a love letter to Lauren Bacall, c. 1944
…are in the works! While the progress is not as great as I’d like, I am making progress every day. To make the waiting until the epilogue comes out a bit easier to bear, I had an idea.
I’m going to share the very first line with you guys, and you can tell me what you think might be happening. :)
[Line below the pic]
The hour was still a pre-dawn mauve when a heartfelt “Fuck,” burst from Claire’s lips.
so far most guesses are related to her water breaking. :D any other ideas?
how about a little tease? :D
the follow-up paragraph to that first line is this:
The hour was still a pre-dawn mauve when a heartfelt “Fuck,” burst from Claire’s lips.
It was a small, unremarkable sound, and yet it conveyed the complete and long-suffering history of every stubbed toe in existence. Still muttering curses under her breath, she clasped her fingers around the edge of the bathroom counter for balance and peeled the grey wool off her heel to take a professional look at the appendage in question.
Warning: Explicit Sexual Content, Explicit Language
Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp was orphaned at the age of five, and when her uncle Lamb died, the Frasers became her official foster family. Growing up as an outsider in the Highlands was never easy, and her teens proved to be equally challenging, especially when she fell in love with her foster brother, James Fraser’s best friend, Frank Randall.
When Claire returned as a beautiful full-grown woman to Lallybroch after years of pursuing her studies and travelling the world, she hoped this time around Frank Randall would finally notice her. But this time around, James Fraser was not going to stand back and watch as he did in his teens. This time around, James Fraser intends to win her heart even at the cost of his friendship with Frank.
Tori