The Gift

by C.R. Sturgill

A loving husband promises his new bride the gift of one day living in a mountain cabin. Despite their perfect love and happy life, they experience a number of hardships over the years that postpone the gift. When tragedy strikes, it looks like the gift of the cabin might be more than the husband can give. Can his love, and his promise, overcome all?

17 pages, ebook

First published January 31, 2015

About the author

C. R. Sturgill, a Transportation Manager by day and writer by night, lives in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. He is married, with one son who currently attends college at U.C. Berkeley.

DREAMS FROM THE HEART: TALES OF HOPE & LOVE—a collection of short stories exploring romance, love, and family—was his first book and dedicated to his mother, and biggest supporter, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2012. He donates all the proceeds from that book to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

His latest book, FANTASY WORLD, is a young adult science fiction/fantasy novel. He has also published SEA OF HEARTS, a young adult historical romance novel, and BLOOD TIDES, a historical fiction novel. While he is genre agnostic, he seeks to write books that entertain as well as explore deeper themes of life, love, and family.