Romancing Jemima

by C.D. Gerard

When Makenna Hadley loses her job, and her long term relationship ends abruptly, she gets away from it all by taking a trip to New England, where she stays with her Aunt Jenny Markham, an eccentric widowed farmer living in Connecticut's famous Quiet Corner. Uncomfortable with Jenny’s unconventional lifestyle, Makenna plans to stay only a short time, until she discovers a journal in a box Jenny purchased at a garage sale. As she reads, she becomes enthralled with the tragic love story of Jemima Brown and the Revolutionary war soldier she loved and tried to save. She also learns about the local legend that says her apparition still inhabits the town. Most importantly, she discovers the girl’s connection to a secret involving the most famous general of the Revolutionary war, which if proved valid, could turn the academic community on its head. If she could prove what was written in the journal was true about this important man, it would be the most important historical find in decades. In her search for the truth, she encounters an array of quirky characters; a shy librarian desperately searching for love, and an egotistical museum curator who is sure her findings are a fraud, as well as a cast of colorful town locals that seem provincial, but are anything but. In the end, she discovers more than a love story written for the ages. She learns about grief and greed and the importance of knowing who your friends truly are and that fame and success do not always bring the things they promise.

230 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2017

About the author

C.D. Gerard is a New-England born, California raised, Minnesota resident. She has a master's degree in literature, and taught literature and composition in various colleges throughout Southern California and Minnesota.

Her first love as a child was poetry. She won the Ina Coolbrith prize for poetry in 2006. After leaving California after the recession in 2009, she decided to pursue her dream of writing a novel. Her first novel "Because You're the First" was published in 2012.

She also wrote two sequels to Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" titled "Mrs Dashwood Returns" and "The Daughters of Delaford" under the pen name Lucia Edgerton.

Cyndee lives with her husband of 25 years and her daughter in the Twin Cities. She is a avid reader of classic and historical fiction and history. She creates jewelry and draws and paints