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Wanda is offering 1 e-version of LONELY HEART MEETS CHARMING SOCIOPATH to 1 randomly drawn commenter. PLUS a second chosen viewer will receive a printed copy of THE STORY, which includes my (Elaine's) FamilyFiction "People's Choice Award" short story IN HIS OWN TIME plus delightful stories by fifty amazing authors. The winner will be announced here on Friday, January 2nd between 5-6 PM EST. To be entered in the Giveaway, please leave your contact information within your comment.
Blurb on LONELY HEART MEETS CHARMING SOCIOPATH:
Lonely, vulnerable, and
looking for love, Wanda waded through the seemingly safe waters of Internet
dating. An easy target, especially for a sociopath.
Lonely Heart Meets Charming Sociopath takes you on a riveting, true journey through the
author's relationship with a verbal and emotional abuser. Nothing prepared her
for the twisted turn of terror she'd endure after this “southern gentleman”
clicked on her profile and entered her life. She discovered, all too late, that
he was not the God-fearing man he claimed to be.
Predators prowl the
Internet to gain easy access to victims. Appearing normal, but in reality they
are ravaging wolves. Living and walking among us. Blending in so well.
This powerful, expose-all
book offers freedom and peace of mind as you unlock the secret schemes of a
dangerous impostor. Peek behind the mask. Learn through vivid details, the
true-to-life signs of a trolling predator. If you think it can't happen to
you—you could be dead wrong.
One Powerful Kiss by Wanda S. Maxey
The
sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon,
but its echo lasts a great
deal longer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Sr.
I immediately reached out and touched my cheek.
“Aw,” I said out loud. I turned around to find out who had kissed me. I
wondered if I had been dreaming, but no, it was so real. I literally
still felt the kiss on my cheek. Cheeks still wet with tears. My chest ached
from crying. My heart was buried in a dead mans chest. My beloved husband of
thirty-two years had passed away. How could I go on? I asked myself. What a
silly question. My husband Buddy and I, after one of the most frightening times
of our lives, had both met the Lord, and because He lives, I could face the
future without fear. I knew we would see each other again one day, and God
comforted my heart. But
I
was so lonely and lost without the man who called me Angel Face. My daughter,
Lynn, had been with us for the past six weeks. Whenever I needed her, she was
there. Like the morning Buddy was so weak he couldn't stand. He fell out of bed
trying to get up and make coffee. All I had to do was yell, “Lynn, help,” and
she was there. When I was too tired and exhausted to cook, she was there.
During the excruciating long, midnight hours. She was there. But she had a life
of her own, back with her husband. I watched her little black Honda pull out
the winding drive that morning and waved until her car disappeared.
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Back
in the house I forced my legs to carry me up the steps of our bi-level home.
One step. Then another. I kept my eyes down, not wanting to look at the place
where his hospital bed had been. The hustle and bustle of the hospice workers
had ended. No more seeing the smiling face of my husband after the nurse had
given him a bath and a fresh shave. No more watching the nurse massage his
tired and frail body. I remembered when they asked him if he would like a
massage. “Yeah,” he said, “but only if my wife can have one too.” The quiet and
still of that large five-bedroom home on forty acres was deafening. Until the
sound of my sobbing filled the empty rooms. Exhausted, and bone weary I sat
down on the couch and fell asleep, which I needed. I woke up when someone
leaned over from behind and kissed me on the cheek. I sat on a couch that was
shoved tight against the wall. No one could have gotten back there. The door
was locked. But...someone had kissed me. I turned around to see who was playing
a trick on me. I faced an empty wall.
Still,
the kiss warmed my cheek. The sweetest, most pure and powerful kiss of my
entire life. Was the kiss from my late husband? No, because the Bible says the
dead have no power. From the Holy Spirit? From an angel? From Jesus?
I
don't know who kissed me, but I knew, in that precise moment, that
God used the kiss to comfort my shattered and aching soul. The sadness that
had gripped my heart seemed to evaporate like the water in my geranium pots on
a hot day. I jumped up from the couch and walked to the window. There was a
lightness in my step. One huge, Heavenly-Blue Morning Glory bloomed in the
planter Buddy and I had built together. The first bloom from a season of nothing
but abundant green leaves. The tears stopped for a while. I felt joy and a
renewed strength. A whole new world to explore. That was one powerful kiss.
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Author's Bio:
Wanda is a Christian, a
Writer, and an Author who lives in Michigan.
Her passion is trying to
help others who have been through abuse, no one has to go through it alone.
She was widowed in 2005
after 32 years of marriage to a wonderful man. Two years later, being lonely
and desperate, she found a new love on the Internet. After a whirlwind
courtship they were married. She soon discovered she had married a sociopath.
Her books were written in the hopes of helping others learn about the signs to
look for, so as to not be “Hooked,” by one of these predators.
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