Blurb
Carla hopes that ten days on
the romantic island of Cyprus will finally progress her relationship with
reserved Scottish boyfriend, Jamie, to a full physical commitment. Or prove
that they have no future together. But they had reckoned without the
intervention of the goddess Aphrodite and her lover, Adonis. Will Aphrodite
awaken Jamie’s hidden depths and allow him to return the passion that Adonis
senses in Carla?
This is the first novella in
the Aphrodite and Adonis series set on Cyprus.
The
Aphrodite Touch Excerpt
“Shall we go and
find Aphrodite’s birthplace, today?” Jamie said. “Looks like another hot one,
so we could have a swim. Here it is in the guide book, Petra tou Romiou, like that woman said. Seems it’s supposed to be
where the goddess of love rose from the sea in a shell.”
Carla leaned across to read the passage before speaking. “Remember that magnificent
painting by Botticelli? Aphrodite in her shell with the sea behind her? She was
supposed to be born from the foam of the sea. Roman mythology calls her Venus.”
“Yeah, I know the one. Naked as the day she was born.” He grinned his
appreciation.
“I might have known you’d remember that.” But she was relieved too; at
least he enjoyed the female figure as much as any other man.
She stretched in the morning sunshine. She loved the turquoise shades of
the Mediterranean Sea and its endless pathway finally blending with a topaz
sky. The heady scent of lemons, and herbs, and pine permeated the air and
reminded her of an article she had recently read.
“Did you know archaeologists discovered a perfume lab dating from about
4,000 years ago? Here on Cyprus. They say one of the perfumes was used by Aphrodite
herself. Imagine finding something so old and precious!”
For a moment, she thought Jamie hadn’t been listening. Then he looked
up. “But how could it have been used by Aphrodite? I thought she was a myth,
like Zeus and Mount Olympus.”
Carla laughed at his earnest question. “How do we know what myths and
legends are based on fact, and which are imaginary? I’d like to think it was
true.”
BIO
A freelance writer for many years, Rosemary Gemmell’s
short stories and articles are published in UK magazines, in the US, and Online
and she has won a few short story prizes over the years. The Aphrodite Touch is the first in her new series of short
novellas published by Tirgearr Publishing. Her first historical novel, Dangerous Deceit, was published by
Champagne Books in Canada in May 2011, and Victorian novella, Mischief at Mulberry Manor, was
published on kindle in December 2012.
First tween novel, Summer
of the Eagles, was published by MuseItUp Publishing in Canada in March 2012
(as Ros) and The Jigsaw Puzzle was
published in April 2013. She describes herself as a butterfly writer, as she
writes in so many different genres and different styles. Rosemary is a member
of the Society of Authors, the Scottish Association of Writers and the Romantic
Novelists’ Association.
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Website:
www.rosemarygemmell.com
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4 comments:
Thank you so much for featuring me here today, Lindsay!
This is a lovely story. I highly recommend it. Am very pleased it's the first in a series! Congrats and best of luck with it, Romy!
Hi Kemberlee - thanks so much for your lovely comment! It's a pleasure working with Tirgearr.
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