Julia Berkwith’s daughter has
moved to Alaska, her beloved mother-in-law is in a nursing home, and her
ex-husband is in Hawaii—with a younger woman. In her late forties, Julia is now
used to being invisible. But even if she has to do it alone, she’s determined
to celebrate her victory over breast cancer by hiking Italy’s Cinque Terre. And
while she’s there, she can scout out treasures for her interior design business
back in Kentucky.
Invigorated by the beauty of the Italian countryside, Julia seems unstoppable, until she’s injured by a rock—one that happens to belong to thirty-something stone mason Vitale DeLuca. Reluctantly, Julia accepts Vitale’s insistent offer of lodging while she recovers. But in his home, amid his exquisite sculptures, Julia sees beyond his charm and looks to something special: a talent she must bring to the world’s attention. And once she does, she plans to step aside to leave him in the spotlight. But Vitale has seen something in Julia too, something she is no longer able to recognize in herself. And he is determined to find a way to show it to her.
Poignant and uplifting, Gaining Visibility is an exhilarating story of one woman’s realization that even the deepest scars have a beauty of their own—and that it’s time to take her place in the sun once more.
Invigorated by the beauty of the Italian countryside, Julia seems unstoppable, until she’s injured by a rock—one that happens to belong to thirty-something stone mason Vitale DeLuca. Reluctantly, Julia accepts Vitale’s insistent offer of lodging while she recovers. But in his home, amid his exquisite sculptures, Julia sees beyond his charm and looks to something special: a talent she must bring to the world’s attention. And once she does, she plans to step aside to leave him in the spotlight. But Vitale has seen something in Julia too, something she is no longer able to recognize in herself. And he is determined to find a way to show it to her.
Poignant and uplifting, Gaining Visibility is an exhilarating story of one woman’s realization that even the deepest scars have a beauty of their own—and that it’s time to take her place in the sun once more.
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Twelve
Things You Don’t Know about Me … Or Maybe Wish You Didn’t
by
Pamela Hearon
1. I’m a blueblood—a rabid,
died-in-the-wool University of Kentucky Wildcat fan. My two favorite basketball teams are Kentucky
and whoever is playing Duke that day.
2. Blowing air out of my tear
ducts to cause a squeaky sound was one of my claims to fame in childhood, but
sadly, I lost the ability as an adult … so don’t expect a lively rendition of
“Whistle While You Work” when we meet.
3. My best blind date turned
out to be with my boss’s ex-husband (eeeek!!!).
We’ve now been married for 30 years.
4. Just looking at a pretzel (the skinny, stick kind)
can make me barf. The origin of the
aversion is a mystery, but it has something to do with the fact that they smell
like fever.
5. My best writing happens in
the shower … and while I’m asleep.
6. I’ve seen the movie Dr. Zhivago 27 times, and I’ve read the
book (but only once).
7. My lifelong love affair
with chocolate continues with no break-up in sight.
8. Walking the Great Wall of
China, hiking a glacier, parasailing, seeing puffins and grizzly bears in the
wild, and riding a bobsled have all been checked off my Bucket List. Seeing a grand aurora borealis display has
not.
9. I’ve had my jade plant for
thirty-three years—that’s longer than I’ve known my husband.
10. One night, I heard
footsteps in a house I was renting. The
house was old and the wooden floors creaked, and the sound was definitely
someone walking. I went through all the
rooms and checked everything out, but I found nothing alarming and all the
doors and windows were locked. The
footsteps came a second time … and a third.
The next morning, I read in the newspaper that the woman who owned the
house had died the day before. I never
heard the footsteps again.
11. Perfect days usually have
a beach involved.
12. I mix up the flatware in my dishwasher so the
pieces can all get to know each other.
They only get to hang out with their own kind in the drawer.
About
the author:
Pamela Hearon grew up in Paducah,
Kentucky, a small city that infuses its inhabitants with Southern values,
Southern hospitality, and a very distinct Southern accent. There she found the
inspiration for her quirky characters, the perfect backdrop for the stories she
wanted to tell, and the beginnings of her narrative voice.
Pamela was a 2013 RITA® Finalist and Maggie Finalist for her first Harlequin Superromance, OUT OF THE DEPTHS (August 2012). Six more Superromances followed — THE SUMMER PLACE (National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist), MOONLIGHT IN PARIS, HIS KIND OF PERFECTION (2015 Maggie Finalist), MY WAY BACK TO YOU, RIGHT WHERE WE STARTED, and IN EMMYLOU’S HANDS.
Pamela was a 2013 RITA® Finalist and Maggie Finalist for her first Harlequin Superromance, OUT OF THE DEPTHS (August 2012). Six more Superromances followed — THE SUMMER PLACE (National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist), MOONLIGHT IN PARIS, HIS KIND OF PERFECTION (2015 Maggie Finalist), MY WAY BACK TO YOU, RIGHT WHERE WE STARTED, and IN EMMYLOU’S HANDS.
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