SPARKLE OF GLASS—contemporary romance new release

Scheduled for release on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, from The Wild Rose Press, my latest contemporary romance novel, SPARKLE OF GLASS by USA Today Bestselling Author Shawna Delacorte.

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Darvi Stanton is a glass artist specializing in stained glass windows. She has recently relocated from Laguna Beach, California, to the small coastal town of Sandy Cove, Oregon, in an attempt to get a new start and put the end of a painful relationship behind her—a relationship breakup that has had a very negative, controlling impact on her life for the last year. She has secured a marvelous new assignment, one very important to advancing her career. She'll be providing all the stained glass windows for the extensive renovations of a century old Victorian style bed and breakfast inn on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Rance Coulter, a resident of Sandy Cove, Oregon, for ten years is the contractor on the renovation project. He had someone else in mind to design and construct the stained glass windows, someone he had worked with in the past and whose work he knew and trusted. The inn's owner had chosen to hire Darvi. Rance also has his share of emotional baggage, his from a long ago short-termed marriage that continues to impact his life. Where Darvi covers her hurt with anger, Rance uses arrogance and aggression to cover his.

They clashed from day one on the main street of Sandy Cove before either of them knew who the other was. Their challenge? Getting the project completed on time and on budget while trying to ignore the attraction and emotional strings pulling them together.

And then there's the emotional baggage each is bringing to every encounter.

G-Excerpt #1:

“Hey, you there—Red!” An angry male shout shattered the morning quiet on the tree-lined main street of Sandy Cove, Oregon.

Darvi Stanton turned her head in the direction of the shout as she closed her car door. Her gaze fell on a tall man with a scraggly beard, shaggy hair, wearing frayed jeans, and a faded T-shirt. His stance screamed confrontation—one long leg on the pavement and the other on the floorboard of his old, battered pickup truck.

“Are you talking to me?”

“Yeah…you with the red hair. You’re in my parking place!”

She squinted into the morning sun as she brought her hand to her forehead to shade her eyes. “Since my car is already parked here, I’d say it’s my parking space.”

“Everyone in town knows that’s where I always park.”

She glanced up and down the road, then returned her attention to him. “This is public parking on a city street. There isn’t any sign indicating parking restrictions.”

“Who the hell do you think you are?” His angry question left no doubt in her mind that she had violated his sense of the order of things.

“I know who I am.” She fixed him with a hard stare, then a condescending smirk that said as much as her words. “Who the hell do you think you are?”

Darvi turned her back on him and walked away, but even as she hurried toward her destination, she couldn’t dismiss the incident from her mind. She felt his stare bore into the back of her head.

G-Excerpt #6:

Darvi took a deep breath, held it for a second, then slowly exhaled. She finally started to speak, her words cloaked in defensiveness. “I had my life under control until I ran into you. I’m taking care of some simple errands and you turn it into a major confrontation over some stupid parking spot on a public street. You’ve been going out of your way to antagonize me at every opportunity. I know you wanted George to hire someone else to do the stained glass, but he hired me in spite of your objections. I have a signed contract. The least you can do is make an effort to be decent about it.”

Her words caught him off guard. “I don’t have any—”

“I’m not a helpless little thing who cries at the drop of a hat. I’ve always been able to take care of myself, handle any situation that came along. You’re pushing me too hard, asking too much…demanding too much, things that have nothing to do with you or with this job. Things that are none of your business.”

The tears welled in her eyes as her veneer began to crumble. “You apparently believe that I should just trust you because you say so even though you’ve done nothing to show me your sincerity or that you can actually be trusted. How do I know what your intentions are? Why should I believe that you will keep anything I say to you in confidence rather than using it to humiliate me? Stop pushing me so hard. It’s very difficult for me…very painful.”

The arrogant Rance persona started to speak, the spontaneous outburst coming out as a harsh sound. “Pushing you? I haven’t—” The rest of the sentence stuck in his throat. His totally inappropriate reaction to what she said meshed with his own unspoken fears. He pulled her into his embrace as a mass of apprehension swirled around inside him. What to think…what to do…he didn’t have any answers. He stroked her hair as he thought over what she had said. He had no idea he had been pushing her that hard. Or that she harbored a secret so frightening for her that even what he thought of as teasing banter had been too painful for her to handle.

And her comment about not trusting him, fearing he would turn her secret against her in such a callous manner… He didn’t like hearing it, knew he would never do such a thing, but quickly realized why she would think it.

Blurb:

Putting a painful past behind her, Darvi Stanton has a new job in a small coastal town in Oregon. Designing the stained glass windows for a Victorian-style inn under renovation is right up her alley. She's determined to impress the owner in spite of the obnoxious, know-it-all contractor with gorgeous eyes and a charming smile.

Rance Coulter had another artist in mind for the decorative windows of his new project, someone with more experience, someone less…attractive. When he's overruled, he gives in grudgingly, but they clash over every decision. The only time she's not arguing with him is when he's kissing her.

Will mixing business with pleasure lead to ruin or a happily ever after.

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-Glass-Shawna-Delacorte-ebook/dp/B0DHW7959Q

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sparkle-of-glass-shawna-delacorte/1146283517?ean=2940185712221

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More excerpts and other information about SPARKLE OF GLASS and my other books are available on my website:   www.shawnadelacorte.com   https://shawnadelacorte.blogspot.com