Thankful Author 2017- Clair Brett

This post was a great exercise for me, but a difficult one. I have had one of those years that would give a weaker person whiplash. I had my first book published, my mother passed away, my biological mother passed away, my oldest daughter graduated from High school, and I had my second book published. Whew. Looking back it is a wonder I have any memories of anything.

As I sit here now, happily in the hindsight section of the year I am able to take away many things from this year and I would like to share some of the biggies. They are not anything we don’t know, but sometimes we ignore them until it is too late.

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Tell those you love that you love them—often! They can’t hear it too much from you.

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When life gets in the way, NEVER give up on your dreams. If it is meant to be, it will happen no matter what crazy is going on in your life at the time.

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  Childhood really does go by in a heartbeat. Hug those babies! It doesn’t matter if they are 1 month or 18 years old. They are still your baby, and you can. Soon enough they won’t be close enough to hug every day.

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People care about you. If they ask if they can help or do something, don’t say no. By allowing them to step in and help, it will make them feel like they are doing something and it will take something off your list, which is huge! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CARRY IT ALL ON YOUR SHOULDERS!

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**this is most important! Be kind to yourself. You aren’t always going to say the right thing, or have it all together all the time. You would tell your friend to not beat themselves up, let’s start treating ourselves as we treat our friends. It’s ok

Love those around you this Thanksgiving, and pay it forward when you can. We are all in this crazy thing called life together!

Blurb

Lady Louissa Adair was raised by her uncle to be anything but a lady, spending hours scrubbing the decks of his ill begotten ships. Now, he has tasked her with a more deadly task. If she refuses, any hope of finding her long-lost and possibly dead brother will be lost while her uncle moves up his timeline to marry her off to a most dastardly man. While doing her uncle’s bidding, a blasted Englishman running around Scotland sets upon being her champion – not that Louissa has ever needed one. If he doesn’t get them both killed, and she might just kill the fool herself, she faces an even bigger danger – losing her heart.

Lord Clive Colcord, Earl of Breakerton, had escaped to Scotland in an attempt to avoid scrutiny by his late father’s solicitors. It had been a quiet, if not boring rustication until he finds himself tasked by the local magistrate with apprehending the highwayman menacing the North Road. He doesn’t expect to discover a beguiling dark-haired beauty with more dangerous men in her life than Clive has sisters. Yet he finds himself offering aid in an attempt to protect this damsel in distress. He must help Louissa find the proof of her uncle’s crimes and find her brother before she is forced into marriage all the while not losing his own heart in the process.

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