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Marlie by Anneli Purchase ~ new release

January 15, 2018 by Patricia Sands 34 Comments

It’s a pleasure to welcome my friend, author Anneli Purchase to talk about her newest release, Marlie. Anneli taught elementary school on the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) for several years and had the opportunity to see much of the islands’ beauty by boat. She must be a true islander as she still lives on an island, having simply exchanged Haida Gwaii for Vancouver Island as her residence.

Here’s Anneli with a peek into the pages of Marlie, a heartfelt romance of love and loss and love again.

Who among us has never made a bad decision? Marlie, in her mid-twenties, is young, pretty, and smart. But already her life is messed up.

Here she is on the cover, taken from a painting by Jan Brown.


Running away from her troubles, she takes a teaching job in Masset on the mystical Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). The small town is rougher than she anticipated. People relate to each other in a much more personal way, and get to know each other well. Masset is on an island—no one is going anywhere. Couples may trade around. Everyone knows everyone else’s business.

Marlie meets an artist who pays her a lot of attention. He seems like a gentleman … but is he?

The fisherman who has befriended her takes her on wonderful boating trips. Sparks are flying. Life is looking better every day.

But Marlie has made a serious error in judgement.

That one bad decision will rattle her nerves for months. Being new to the islands, she has no one to rely on but herself. All the beauty of the islands can’t take away her pain.

 

 

Devastated, at the downward turn her life has taken, Marlie’s confidence is shaken. She throws herself into her schoolwork and concentrates on her students, but she wonders if she was ever meant to find happiness.

For a raw adventure in the lonely northern islands of Haida Gwaii, read Marlie and see how she deals with being single and newly arrived in this remote place. Find out if she can outrun the bad decision she has made.

Anneli loves photographing and writing about nature, and the west coast of British Columbia is ideal for this. You can find more of her excellent nature photography and entertaining anecdotes on her website.

YOU CAN PURCHASE MARLIE FOR KINDLE AND IN PAPERBACK FROM:

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.ca

FOR E-BOOKS OTHER THAN KINDLE GO TO:

Smashwords.com

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ANNELI PURCHASE AND HER OTHER BOOKS VISIT:

https://wordsfromanneli.com/

www.anneli-purchase.com

FOLLOW ANNELI ON TWITTER:

https://twitter.com/anneli33

@anneli33

 

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Filed Under: Author Promotion, Blog, Writing Tagged With: Anneli Purchase, British Columbia, fiction, Marlie, photography, Vancouver Island, writer

Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspectives

March 13, 2014 by Patricia Sands Leave a Comment

I’m just sliding in under the wire with this challenge from The Daily Post! The new one will be out in a day or two, but this was too much fun to miss! Here is my entry for “Perspectives”:

Tofino-PSandsPhotos
Tofino-PSandsPhotos

Sometimes, when you get very, very close to things, your perspective changes. Be sure to click on the photo to see a larger version.

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Tofino-PSandsPhotos

Peeking into the tide pools on a beach at beautiful and wild Tofino, BC, offered hours of fascinating exploration. If you have never been there, add it to your wish list!

Pop on over to the photo challenge page to check out more entries. It’s worth the time!

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Filed Under: Blog, Photo blogs Tagged With: #photochallenge, British Columbia, Patricia Sands, perspectives, postaday, tidepools, Tofino

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