A Stargazy Night Sky by Laura Briggs
Starry autumn
nights are bringing a rare celestial event and exciting new guests to
the shores of the sleepy hotel Penmarrow.
Maisie is happy
to be back among its staff, even with the question of its future
ownership still in the air and the fate of her unpublished manuscript
soon to be in the hands of London acquisitions editors. More than
anything else, she’s happy to finally be in a relationship with
Sidney Daniels, the sparks between them no longer denied. She’s
excited for the future and things couldn’t be better with regards
to romance … except for those lingering little questions about
Sidney’s uncertain past, that is.
Meanwhile, the staff
at the Penmarrow is tasked with hosting a special celestial
conference where stargazers are gathering for a glimpse of the
much-anticipated comet. The ever-timid maid Molly is flustered by the
return of charming astronomer George and seems to need a little
advice on how to rekindle the spark they shared last autumn. Hotel
porters Gomez and Riley vie for the attentions of a mysterious female
guest, the eccentric ‘Megs’ Buntly pays another visit, and a
dramatic revelation about someone on staff will leave Maisie and
everyone else reeling from the unexpected news. Is this the moment
for the revelation Maisie has been waiting for since her Cornish
journey began?
Brimming with humor, romance, and the kind
of surprises its fans have come to expect, the seventh book in the
series brings a twist at the end that’s sure to leave readers
excited — and anxious — for the conclusion of Maisie’s original
gorgeous Cornish adventure.
Thank you to Ellesea for the chance to give her readers a glimpse of my feel-good romance read A Stargazy Night Sky. The seventh installment in my series ‘A Little Hotel in Cornwall’, it finds aspiring author Maisie still working at the seaside hotel—and finally in a relationship with the charming and semi-mysterious Sidney Daniels. The short extract below finds Maisie and Sidney sharing a lighthearted exchange about their romantic connection.
"Who would we be as a couple?" he asked me.
"What do you mean?" I replied.
"The dynamics of who we are. Two different people are the parts behind the working whole, so we each play a part in it — the yin to each other's yang," he explained. "Theoretically, we should have opposite traits that compliment each other."
"You're impulsive, reckless, and heedless, and so am I," I pointed out.
"True," he said. "And we're both stubborn, unless I don't know you as well as I think."
"You're the more stubborn of the two of us," I pointed out.
"One of us should be a responsible type, the mature realist of the two," Sidney mused. "I hope it's you, because I would be rather rotten at it."
He grinned and dodged as I tried to give his shoulder a hard push. "Certainly you're the most wicked of the two of us," I answered.
"And you're the most trusting of us," said Sidney. "I'm much better at being suspicious. But that trust is quite beautiful and remarkable, especially to a rotten rogue like myself."
I liked that smile, which was one of the gentle, true smiles that comes when Sidney is at his most honest. It laid his feelings open like a book for all to read, but for me in particular, to prove that not all of this conversation was a joking one. What we shared meant as much to him as to me, even if we didn't know just yet how 'we' would take shape. I didn't have the words for this moment and didn't need them, if he could read my response in my eyes.
"Since we can't both be unrealistic dreamers all the time, I suppose we'll have to take turns being responsible," he said. He glanced at me with this conclusion.
We exchanged smiles, and walked on without breaking the hold between us. Our fingers laced, and I leaned against Sidney's shoulder as the bicycle rustled through the stray leaves across the road.
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Laura Briggs is the author of several feel-good romance reads, including the Top 100 Amazon UK seller 'A Wedding in Cornwall'. She has a fondness for vintage style dresses (especially ones with polka dots), and reads everything from Jane Austen to modern day mysteries. When she's not writing, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, caring for her pets, gardening, and seeing the occasional movie or play.
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