#MFRWhooks Blog Hop - An Excerpt from A LONG WAY FROM EDEN - What Have You Done?
Happy Wednesday! Today I've got an excerpt from A LONG WAY FROM EDEN. Zane Martin has just found out that his eighteen year old daughter Erin is pregnant. The father is Tom Evans, and Zane is pressuring the young couple to marry. Zane grew up not knowing his father and he doesn't want that for his grandchild. Tom's mother, Meg Evans, is against the marriage, believing that love is the only reason for two people to marry. Zane stubbornly forces the issue by threatening to bring Tom up on charges.
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Excerpt:
Erin was waiting to pounce on Zane as soon as he opened the front door the next afternoon.
"Oh my God, Daddy, what have you done?"
Her complexion was even more pale than usual. Her long blonde hair curled around her face, reminding him of her mother.
The anger in her dark blue eyes also reminded him of her mother.
"I'm looking after things, sweetheart. Don't worry about it."
He reached out to touch her, but she evaded him.
"Don't worry about it?" She bit out the words in a tone he'd never heard her use before, her eyes narrowed. "You're threatening to have my boyfriend thrown in jail for rape and I'm not to worry about it?"
"Erin, he has to take responsibility for what he's done."
She took a step closer to him, her body shaking and her voice vibrating with anger. "What he's done? What about what I've done, Daddy? I invited him over when I knew you wouldn't be home, and I took him to my room. He told me he didn't have any condoms with him, but I told him it was okay because I was on the pill, even though I wasn’t."
Zane's gut twisted. This was his baby talking. "God, Erin, why would you do a thing like that?"
She lifted her chin in a gesture of defiance. "Because Tom is good-looking and funny and smart and because I wanted him."
"Sweet Jesus." Sweat broke out on his forehead. He couldn't believe this was his little girl talking, the one who'd played with Barbie dolls till she was fourteen. But his little girl was all grown up and it was the grown-up Erin he had to deal with. "So you're saying it was consensual?"
"Of course it was. I'm eighteen years old and I can decide who I sleep with. If you try to say otherwise, I'll certainly set everyone straight." She took one step closer and looked him right in the eye. "Unless you drop this ridiculous notion of rape and apologize to Tom and his mother, I'll move out right now and find somewhere else to have my baby."
Panic bubbled through him. How could she manage by herself, alone and pregnant? The thought of Erin being hurt or sick scared him as nothing else in the world could.
Blurb:
Zane Martin's teenage daughter is pregnant. Meg Evan's son is the baby's father. Because Zane grew up not knowing who his father was, he'll be damned if he'll let his grandchild live with that shame. Meg was forced into an abusive marriage because of an unplanned pregnancy, so she knows that love is the only good reason to marry. Neither Meg nor Zane expects or welcomes the attraction that sparks between them. As they await the impending birth of their grandchild, old wounds open and long hidden family secrets come to light. The young couple builds a newer, stronger relationship, while Meg and Zane reach for a love passionate enough to overcome the past—if they're strong enough to trust it...and each other.
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That's a lot for Zane to process - good luck to him dealing with her!