{"id":3802,"date":"2021-02-14T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2021-02-14T11:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:03:10","slug":"happy-valentines-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/happy-valentines-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine’s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Would you like a nice, emotional, sweet romance to enjoy this Valentine\u2019s Day?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Valentine\u2019s Day, I\u2019ve reduced the price for my romance novel,\u00a0Sugar and Spice<\/a>, to $1.99!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to share how I happened to write this amazing love story. When my son was young, between the ages of 3-7, he suffered from stuttering. His stutter was quite strong, and we had to go to speech therapy for years. We ended up seeing three different therapists for long blocks of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my son was having sessions with his last therapist, I was speaking with her. I asked her if she\u2019d ever had any male adult patients who stuttered. She told me that she had one. She said that this man had stuttered his entire life. The only reason he was seeking help was because he had a high-level corporate job and they required that he get help for his stutter. I believe she said he had to speak to many people, and his stutter caused issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course she didn\u2019t tell me the identity of this person. She may not have been at liberty to share the details outlined above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our conversation, I thought about it. I thought, how terrible for this poor man! What if he wanted to go out on a date and stuttered so badly that he couldn\u2019t even ask a woman out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That thought stayed planted in the background of my mind for years. Sometimes, I might get a kernel of an idea and it\u2019s rooted into my head for a long time. I might not even realize I\u2019m actually thinking of a story until years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My one conversation with my son\u2019s speech therapist grew into Sugar and Spice<\/a>. In Sugar and Spice, Mason is a stutterer. He\u2019s also an identical twin. Here are more details about this amazing love story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheila Parks is stunned when Mason Smith, the identical twin brother of her ex-boyfriend Reese, moves to Blue Spring and opens a bakery. Reese\u2019s cruel breakup still bothers her and seeing somebody who looks just like him is a painful reminder of her predicament. Unemployed, Sheila needs financial help and it appears that Mason can assist her with her problem. Can she learn to trust a man who looks just like her ex?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason is stunned when Sheila storms into his bakery, mistakenly thinking that he\u2019s Reese. Mason is used to comforting his womanizing brother\u2019s ex-girlfriends. A stutterer, Mason has always had a hard time socializing with others. However, he finds himself smitten with beautiful Sheila. Can he control his stutter so that he can ask Sheila to be his date to his grandmother\u2019s Christmas birthday party?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Sheila and Mason deal with past pains as they work together during the Christmas season.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugar and Spice<\/a>\u00a0is a sweet, emotional Christmas romance that you will always remember!\u00a0Download now<\/a>! This is a nice Valentine\u2019s Day treat for you and all of your friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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