Emmaline Givens

One Step At A Time Emmaline Givens

A romance of the human spirit and how a few people, and a dog, come together to help one young woman find herself again as she struggles to cope with loss, and her perceived dangers that exist outside of her home. One Step At A Time: breaking free, is the first book in my NEW Romance Series. It takes place in Stinson Beach, a small laid-back hamlet off of highway 1 in the Southern California Bay Area, just twenty-five miles from San Francisco. Merigold hadn't left her house in years... Not because she was physically unable to or that she didn't desire to once again run barefoot on the beach... her mind wouldn't cooperate. It had taken her months to gather up the courage just to walk outside onto her patio, and then a few more to be able to venture out into the yard without being frozen by the panic that had taken root in her chest. And as fate would have it, just as she was beginning to feel comfortable again within her fenced-in space, he moved in. Finn Shepherd, the handsome, flavor-of-the-year, fan-stalked, over-paid actor had bought the beach house next to hers. She should have just bought it herself when it went on the market. If she had, she could have avoided the drama he was undoubtedly going to attract to her once secluded section of the coastline. Merigold might not get out much, but she still had access to the internet and she was sure that the peace and quiet that she had enjoyed for the past three years would be coming to an end. He had just moved in and already she could no longer enjoy a private over-the-fence discussion with DeeDee, the housekeeper who had agreed to stay on and manage the household for him. Her only living connection to the outside world had been tainted by this stranger who would find them as quick as a gnat the moment they started up a conversation. He couldn't understand why she keeps herself locked away from the world, and Merigold wasn't willing to let him in. She just wanted him to leave her alone, so why wouldn't he?