After
unsuccessfully dating a laundry list of professionals and reasonably
well-positioned businessmen, Samantha meets Harry, an auto mechanic in New
Jersey with “good teeth and a great smile.”
Although
her dear Aunt Sophie and best friend, Megan, and eventually her own mom, warn
her against marrying Harry, she adopts a “no one is going to tell me what to
do” attitude, ignores any negative vibes and forges ahead with the nuptials.
Roy,
an old boyfriend of Samantha’s, owns a used car dealership in Florida and
offers Harry a job in this tiny, remote Florida town. The newlyweds head south
to start a new, exciting life together.
As
it turns out, Harry is cheap, completely unsophisticated, and Samantha
discovers that she and Harry were actually hired as a team to work for Roy in this
isolated Florida dump of a town. It doesn’t take Sam long to assess that she
has made an enormous mistake--not merely in relocating to Florida, but in
settling for Harry as a life partner.
Harry
tightly controls everything--their finances, their dreadful living conditions
and their almost nonexistent social life. Sam desperately misses her former
existence in New Jersey that was far more civilized.
Moreover,
Sam discovers that Harry has been withholding very pertinent information about
his life, and she needs to find a way to get herself back on a positive path.
Was
Harry really such a bad guy or was he just apathetic and irresponsible in his
personal life? He has to make some life-altering decisions of his own. Were Sam
and Harry destined to be together, or were they simply from different planets?
Reading
A Love Betrayed personally brought me
back to a time of being far too young to marry, but nothing was going to stand
in my way. I was so sure that I knew exactly what I was doing, only to discover
that I was too young to really know who I was, how I would change over time,
and what would be important to me as a mature adult versus what I thought I
wanted at that early age.
A Love Betrayed explores how
important it is to truly know yourself, as well as the person to whom you are
expecting to spend the rest of your life. What you see isn’t always what you
get.
Book Description
This
beautifully written story flows with love, passion, tears and humor. It
introduces you to a charismatic array of unforgettable characters that will
stay with you long after you finish the novel. Samantha, "Sam," has
to make a major decision she knows will ultimately affect her destiny. What
would you have done?
In the Words of June Weikel
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| June Weikel |
It was a Sunday afternoon in the
month of July. I was sitting on the sofa, and my dad was sitting in his chair
by the front window in a row house. I was seventeen and had already started
reading at the age of four.
I
said, “I am going to write a book someday.”
“Well,
honey, I know you can do it,” my father said.
At my book presentations, I always
say, “And honey did it, and here it is!”
I frame everyday happenings with my
realistic, no-nonsense perspective and unique brand of humor.
I want my
readers to feel they are part of each chapter and wonder if it will turn out
the way they think it will. It’s all about keeping the reader’s interest and
keeping them guessing. I also like to add some humor!
…June Weikel
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See
you soon!
Mary
Anne Benedetto
Author of Eyelash, 7 Easy Steps to Memoir
Writing: Build a Priceless Legacy One Story at a Time!, Never Say
Perfect, From Italy with Love & Limoncello and Write Your
Pet's Life Story in 7 Easy Steps!
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