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Margaret Izard is a multi-award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance, best known for her Stones of Iona series. She writes steamy, heartfelt stories and lives in Houston with her husband and adult triplets.
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Heartlines – notes from a romance author's heart. (opens the original)
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Our final week away from home was the most unsettling.We had left the beachfront rental in Galveston and moved into a smaller rental on our side of town. Work, school, appointments, and daily life required us to return, even though the repairs were not finished. I drove the same roads I always drove. I passed the same stores, restaurants, and familiar places that were part of my normal routine. Everything around me looked exactly as it should.But I could not go home. At the point where I should
Heartlines – notes from a romance author's heart. (opens the original)
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I never felt particularly strong while we were dealing with the aftermath of the hot-water heater.I felt tired. I felt frustrated. I grew impatient with changing schedules and answers that seemed to create more questions. Mostly, I focused on whatever needed my attention next. There were insurance matters to handle, contractors to deal with, belongings to pack, and temporary housing to arrange. Then there was work, because deadlines don’t disappear just because life has become inconvenient.When
Heartlines – notes from a romance author's heart. (opens the original)
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During our two weeks in the beachfront rental, my husband continued working. His coworkers joked about how difficult it must be to work with a view of the beach.They weren’t wrong about the view. It was spectacular.But what they couldn’t see through a computer screen was the reason we were there. We weren’t working from the beach because we had decided to extend a vacation. We were there because our hot-water heater had burst and we couldn’t go home. That reality remained beneath the beautiful v
Heartlines – notes from a romance author's heart. (opens the original)
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At the beginning of summer, I decided to take a break from Heartlines. I planned to rest, reload, and rejuvenate before returning in September. Instead, our hot-water heater burst heading into the Fourth of July weekend. The quiet summer I had planned disappeared beneath water damage, repairs, contractor schedules, and decisions I never expected to make. We had to leave our home for three weeks.For the first two weeks, we stayed in a beachfront rental in Galveston. If we had to be displaced, bei
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