Unless you've been living under a rock (or taking total refuge in fictional worlds in order to avoid the real one - and who could blame you?), I'm sure you've heard that Google is discontinuing Feedburner's RSS email subscriptions. They've announced that this is effective July 2021 so no way to know if that means July 1st or July 31st, but suffice it to say that email subscriptions through Feedburner are now living on borrowed time.
Like many others, I'm not thrilled with the decision, but what can you do, right? Roll with the changes. :)
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There actually aren't all that many of you who subscribe via email - most are already following on Bloglovin' or Feedly - but I wanted to give a couple options for those that do. And no matter how you follow, whether you're new or have been here from the start, whether you comment often or just lurk around quietly... thanks for being here. I appreciate you taking time to check in on what I have to say. For the record, I think you are delightful!
You Loved Me Once by Corinne Michaels is now live!
From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a heartbreakingly beautiful standalone story about letting love in.
I'm losing myself trying to save everyone else...
As a doctor, I walk a dangerously delicate balance of being compassionate but not overly invested. The same is true in my personal life--love is a luxury I can't afford.
It isn't until Dr. Westin Grant breaks down all my walls and offers me a future, I find myself wondering if I'm brave enough to risk my heart.
When who I was and who I've tried to become collide during my clinical trial, the fate of one patient changes everything.
In a single moment, everything I've worked for is jeopardized. My integrity, my career, and even my relationship with Westin.
He loved me once, I just hope he can love me always.
Download today on Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble!
Serenity was forever changed after the death of her
mother and the end of a relationship she was sure would last forever. Now a
talented surgeon who treats women with ovarian cancer, Serenity excels at her
job, but also keeps everyone at arm’s length, including Westin, the man she’s
been seeing the last two years. When faced with impossible choices, she had to
decide what’s more important – the past that has kept her in its hold, or a
future that she hasn’t allowed herself to hope for.
So much about You Loved Me Once focused on the choices we
are faced with and how each one has consequences. I have to be honest and admit
that I struggled with the choices Serenity made. As a physician, she was faced
with situations that most of us will never have to even contemplate. She lived
with the knowledge that her decisions could mean the difference between life or
death for her patients. So, I acknowledge that I cannot truly understand the
weight of that burden but even so, I grew frustrated as she seemed to compound
one mistake by making three more. Her every move was so clouded by the past and
her inability to move on. She held tight to the past with both hands and
refused to let go.
I’m being intentionally vague with details because it
would be a shame to ruin the twists that Corinne Michaels delivers in You Loved
Me Once. There were surprises and twists of fate that left me stunned, and
watching the story unfold made for a remarkable reading experience.
While romance is featured, it’s not always front and
center. First and foremost, this is Serenity’s story and her journey to
reconcile her past. But when there is romance, it comes from one of the swooniest,
kindest, most patient leading men you’ll ever come across. Westin is one of a
kind and there’s no doubt you’ll fall a little in love with him, too.
If you’re already a fan of Corinne Michaels, you know
that she consistently delivers emotional, heartfelt stories. You Loved Me Once
has those hallmark elements and provides food for thought with its ethical dilemmas.
Meet Corinne Michaels
Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.
Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed--reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.
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Happy Sunday, friends. I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. It's been a rainy week here, which I've loved. Everyone else is complaining like crazy and I just sit back and quietly clap my hands and hope for more. :)
I had to have some lab work done Thursday morning so I decided to make that a work from home day. And on Friday Boss #1 and Boss #2 both worked from home so it was just me and Boss #3. It made for a quiet day and an easy end to the work week.
The exciting news of the week was that the Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 7 on Friday and they're headed back to the Stanley Cup Finals! They won the Stanley Cup last year and it's been so exciting watching them this season as they advanced through the play-offs. Game 1 of the Finals is tomorrow night (Monday) so I'll be glued to the TV cheering them on.
This week's 80's music fix is Queen of the Broken Hearts (1983) by Loverboy. For no reason other than it's a cool song and the video was a typical 1980's head-scratcher.
