“I think reading all those vampire romance novels you love so much has addled your brain, Sunday Rose St. Clair. First, it was Grandma Rose and her faeries, and now you and your vampires.†Her mother remarked without rancor as she deftly rolled out the piecrust for the fifth pie of the morning. Sunday Rose was lagging behind her mother in peeling the Macintosh apples she was in charge of, causing her mother to give her a stern warning with eyes that plainly stated to hurry it up, we don’t have all day.
She sighed, “But ma, to be able to live forever, just imagine!â€
The older woman brushed back a wayward strand of still-bright auburn hair that belied her years with a backward sweep of a flour covered hand and looked at her last born child, though her expression softened as she took in her long shining titan hair and striking emerald green eyes that were the exact color of her late grandmother’s, a legendary beauty in her own right.
“I think I’ve done enough baking and cleaning and doing for others in this lifetime. No thanks to continuing this indefinitely.â€
Her mother’s practical answer drew an exaggerated eye roll from her daughter who was picking up the pace on the cleaning and cutting up of the fragrant apples into the large tin basin positioned precariously in her lap. A second warning look had sent the clear message her mother was fast losing patience.
“It’s not a practical matter. It’s about being able to have endless time to live and love and learn and—to just have more.†Sunday Rose’s voice was full of yearning as she tried to explain how she felt about the subject.
“What do you know about love? You’re just a chit of a thing.â€
“I know that I’m going to find someone that will love me no matter what—who’ll love me unconditionally.â€
“That’s pretty hard to find child. Sounds more like the love of a parent for a child.â€
Review: “January Bain has created characters so real as to feel like family or friends. She makes the reader really care about what happens to them.”
Judy rated it 5 stars
January Bain
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