Hello Friends and Readers,

This being the month of May, and in honor of moms, my mid-month contest/giveaway is for Caliburnus. Although this novelette is a work of fiction, it was inspired by my life as a special needs mom. My son’s diagnosis—or the “A word”—is spoken in hushed tones in our house, as well as the impetus and anxiety to share that part of my life with my readers. But here it is.

My other fiction is fun and meant to give readers a respite from anxiety. I’ve reveled in the luxury of those fantasies and find the escape into writing a significant blessing. 

But it all stems from who I am and my journey as a mother. The chronic grief of having a child with special needs has left its impression on my soul. And I, like parents everywhere, share a rollercoaster of emotions as I work through my life with the hopeful prayer that I am doing my best.

If only, are words that haunt me. My beautiful son and I will forever travel together and my love, if not my magical ability to cure him, will remain true.

The synopsis of the book is below the image. Click the image for entry details!

Much love, Annabelle

Vivian Rees never thought she’d be the mother of a child with special needs, let alone one with autism. But that’s who she was, and who her family became, when her young boy, Jesse, was born with it.

Their collective world revolved around his needs and her drive, her every waking moment, to help him, and spare him his pain, and to somehow find a solution to fix it. But there was no miracle cure. “Go home and grieve,” the psychologist of her two-year-old had said to her and Grant. The official diagnosis slammed in their face as if a death sentence, she and Grant fought hard to figure it out with slow steps forward and countless steps back. All she wanted now was to make a connection. To bring them together. To forge a real bond.

And one summer day, on the shores of Pelican Lake in Minnesota, a curious gift appeared. What would happen now?

Cut and Run is entered in this multi-author giveaway! Click on an image below to be taken to entry details. OMG - so many good books!