Reflections - Memories of a Woman
This is a short novella, which made it into the Kindle Store in 2016 as a 'digital only' release. I knew there was some work to do on it, but I was trying to get my work out there and thought I needed some fiction and this was the only thing that was being close to complete.
But a few years later, I revisited it and began to edit and rewrite it, morphing it into something bigger and (I hope) better. Although not overly salacious, it is very different from my normal fiction and touches - maybe even fumbles a bit - with sex and adult themes. It's the simple story of love, sex and the triangles we as humans create between each other. Life and its intimacies are explored in a fairly open way and when I met Jodie from @RubenArt I knew I had the opportunity to break with my tradition and do something different.
If you look at my books, they all have covers created by me. Normally a photo that I've taken, worked on in Affinity and chosen for the overall theme running through the book. The original art for 'Reflections' was the photo of an Inglenook fireplace with flames dancing, maybe a poor reference to the heat of passion felt by the protagonists in the story.
Meeting Jodie offered a talented artist who could - and would - create a few pieces of Art for the book's cover and inside. I love them, intimate, a bit on the edge of naughty, accomplished; they were a brave step (for me) but added to the book and I love the way it looks in print. If you're looking for a fictional story about love and all it's issues, you might like this one!
And if you buy one, you might get a set of Postcards of Jodie's work thrown in for free! (OK, they'll not be thrown in but placed reverentially)