Reluctant Date (27 page)

“I’m going to love living here,” she told him, kissing his
cheek.

He nuzzled her ear.
 
“You’re a shameless hussy Mrs Marchant, marrying a man just for his
property!”

“Oh I haven’t married you just for your property,” she told
him wickedly as he carried her over the doorstep and into a bedroom whose
windows overlooked the midnight sea. “But you
are
right about the shameless hussy bit!”

He laughed out loud then, and kicked the bedroom door shut
behind him.
 
After that it wasn’t very
long before all the lights went out, and the house in the deserted cove faded
into a murmuring darkness.

The End

About the Author

Born and educated in the south of
England, Sheila Claydon has gradually moved northwards across the UK. Nowadays
she and her husband live in the northwest close to an
unspoiled
coastline
where she finds walking a constant
source of inspiration as well as a counterweight to the sedentary life of a
writer.

Interspersed with her writing is a
long and varied career in health, education and employment, most of which
involved working to improve standards and opportunities for children, people
with disabilities, people who were ill, and older people. She likes to think
she is a better writer because of those experiences, and also admits to basing
some of her characters on people she has worked with in the past.

As a writer she has tutored
creative writing groups and organized and run workshops. She is also a
published prize-winning poet. Prior to moving north she also worked with the
UK’s ‘Poetry in Schools’ programme, running 3-day events with pupils of all
ages.

Although her husband, children and
grandchildren have always been, and remain, central to her life, she still
finds the time to read, to write, and to travel. Many of the places she has
visited feature in her books. As her website says, reading them is like buying
a ticket to romance.

Sheila’s earlier books were
published under the pseudonym Anne Beverley.
 
Now that she is considerably older and no longer shy, she writes under
her own name. She loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at
http://sheilaclaydon.com
where her books are listed, and where she also
writes a blog.

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