Gladioli in August, Flowers can be fatal #8
Clare Revel
Pelican Ventures LLC, July 2016
Inspirational romantic novella
$3.99 Ebook
Also available on Audible
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About the Book
The work place is
volatile and the volcano is restless… Jael Stevens questions her decisions
after she ignores her brother’s warnings and takes a sabbatical to work as a
nurse on the volcanic island Tiampu. The position isn’t what she imagined. Long
hours, difficult working conditions, and frequent rumblings from the nearby
mountain are only made bearable by the joy of helping others and a certain
set-in-his-ways pilot. Micah Norris has dedicated his life to God and is more
than content with his permanent bachelor status. But after his childhood filled
with abuse, could it be that keeping his distance from others is self-preservation?
When Jael Stevens shows up, Micah isn't prepared to like her. He sees the new
nurse as just another in a long line of caregivers from
"civilization" who have no idea what life on a remote island will be
like, and he is tired of constantly having to train new professionals who don’t
last. But Jael makes a big impression. With her Christ-centered focus and her
kind treatment to patients, she may be just what the doctor ordered. His
confirmed bachelor status may be in serious trouble. Can he finally let go of
his painful past, and will he have enough, time to do so with a volatile
workplace and a restless volcano?
My review
Bad things happen with volcanoes in August,
Jael Stevens’s brother tells her when she takes leave from her hospital nursing
job for a missionary stint in Indonesia. Jael isn’t impressed, since the
volcano on Tiampu, where the Red Cross home base is set, has been silent for
hundreds of years. She has little idea what she’s truly in for, however, as she
attempts to match hospital decorum and uniform, including high heels, with
jungle medicine. Scrambling over a log with the help of a smirking smug pilot
is a humbling experience. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.
Pilot Micah Norris has two loves: God and bush
flying. In that order. In his world, Micah is the boss, and there’s little room
for deviation. Every six months he has to break in a new nurse, and this latest
one has a funny name to go with her funny ideas. Didn’t anyone tell her that
dresses and pantyhose won’t cut it? And he’s in charge? As the two begin to
work out their anything-but-routine schedule, Jael learns confidence in the
most unusual circumstances and Micah learns he can bend his strict mindset and
closed heart without breaking.
The two face the ultimate sacrificial challenges
when Tiampu awakens. Told through intertwining points of view, each of these
romantic people share their deepest feelings and fears as they begin to bond. I
loved the audio version narrated by Brit Lynne Thompson.
About the Author
Clare is a
British author. She lives in a small town just outside Reading, England with
her husband, whom she married in 1992, their three children, and unfriendly
mini-panther, aka Tilly the black cat. They have recently been joined by Hedwig
and Sirius the guinea pigs. Clare is half English and half Welsh, which makes
watching rugby interesting at times as it doesn’t matter who wins. Writing
from an early childhood and encouraged by her teachers, she graduated from
rewriting fairy stories through fan fiction to using her own original
characters and enjoys writing an eclectic mix of romance, crime fiction and
children's stories. When she's not writing, she can be found reading,
crocheting or doing the many piles of laundry the occupants of her house manage
to make.Her books are based in the UK, with a couple of exceptions, thus, although the spelling may be American in some of them, the books contain British language and terminology and the more recent ones are written in UK English.
The first draft of every novel is hand written.
She has been a Christian for more than half her life. She goes to Carey Baptist where she is one of four registrars. She can be found at:
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