Today, I welcome my friend, author Carmen DeSousa, to my blog. Here's what she has to say about her newest release, Split Decisions:
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As
I was doing my final read-through of She Belongs to Me eighteen months
ago, I realized I’d left several options open for a new story.
Like
my real life, my female protagonist had many options to fail or succeed in her
life. Every choice she made good and bad brought her to a crossroads. Some
situations, of course, were out of her control, just as they are out of our
control in real life. We don’t always see what awaits us on the other side of
the door, and that can be scary or thrilling, happy or sad, wonderful or
horrifying.
One
of my favorite quotes to deal with all of these choices—good and bad—is…
“I
know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me
so much.” ~Mother Teresa
I
liked the quote so much I used it in my newest novel, Split Decisions, as I
discussed this very issue of the choices we make and the situations others
thrust us into without our approval. As I considered my life, at all the
horrible things that have happened to me, all the bad decisions I’ve made, I
realized that if I hadn’t made every one of them, I wouldn’t be where I am
today. And more importantly, I wouldn’t have ended up where I did twenty-three
years ago, the year I met my husband. He is the reason I am alive and the
reason I can write ‘happily ever afters’.
So
remember, it doesn’t matter what door you decided to walk through, you can
always make it the door to your dream. No matter if someone shoved you through
it or if you opened it on your own volition, make that decision work for the
good.
If
my musings interest you, you will find all of these concepts in my stories. My
first novel, She Belongs to Me, follows the life of a woman who has gone
through many tragedies, but via one decision meets a man hell bent on saving
her from them. She just has to learn to trust again and let her past and
secrets go.
From
there, all my novels have a slight connection to each other, so you can
continue the journey and meet different protagonists with different issues and
tragedies to overcome. Every story has a mystery, there’s always a gentle
message, and above all, there’s always romance and suspense.
For
more information on my stories, follow the links to your
Until
next time, happy reading, friends!
Carmen
DeSousa
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