'Twas the Night Before Valentine's Day (Nights Before #2)

By Leigh Verrill-Rhys

Jocelyn Tavers is juggling unwise princes, an ex-boyfriend and her rebuilt 4x4 on one of the coldest days of a Maine winter. Her big date on the night before the day for lovers has some surprises in store but so do her ex and the weather forecaster. What does it take for a girl to get some adoration of her own?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eres Books
• Release date: Jan 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301070299

Leigh Verrill-Rhys

A native of Paris Hill, Maine, Leigh spent most of her childhood and early adult years in San Francisco before emigrating to Wales to marry and raise three sons. She has been a writer, editor and lecturer for most of her life, intermingled with career portfolios in marketing, finance and community arts projects. Leigh's debut novel, WAIT A LONELY LIFETIME, was released in April 2012, published by Avalon Books. She is a member of the Authors Guild, a former member of the Welsh Academy and the Arts Forum and admits to running with scissors and leaping before she looks.Leigh also publishes as an entrepreneurial author with Eres (eresbooks.com). In 2012 and 2013, she released the romantic comedy novel by installment, NIGHTS BEFORE, in six episodes set in Portland Maine, beginning with TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE NEW YEAR, followed by stories set during celebrations and commemorations during the year, ending with TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE. These six stories are available individually as ebooks. A print edition, NIGHTS BEFORE: THE NOVEL, is now available.For Leigh's third novel, SALSA DANCING WITH PTERODACTYLS, released in March 2014, she first had to learn how to spell ‘pterodactyl’! THIS CAN'T BE LOVE, her fourth novel and the second in the ‘Americans in Love’ in foreign places, is set in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival.An award-winning editor, she has published three volumes of women's autobiographical writing about their lives in Wales and during World War II: ON MY LIFE; PARACHUTES & PETTICOATS; and IANCS, CONSHIS a SPAM (all published by Honno Welsh Women's Press). She has released a collection of her mother's adventures on her travels during the Second World War, FOLLOWING THE TROOPS.Leigh’s first American history novel: PAVANE FOR MISS MARCHER, set in post-civil war Maine, inspired by her brother’s, Thomas, passion for American history, many historians, including Shelby Foote, Thomas A. Desjardin, Lochlainn Seabrook, Michael Shaara, her family’s part in the Battle for Little Round Top as well as authors Louisa May Alcott and Elswyth Thane.More about all of Leigh’s independently published novels are available through her website, leighverrillrhys.com and eresbooks.com, Smashwords, as well as KDP: Amazon and most independent online booksellers.

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‘Twas the Night Before Valentine’s Day

A Short Story

#2 in the Serial Novel

Nights Before

by

Leigh Verrill-Rhys

‘Twas the Night Before Valentine’s Day

by

Leigh Verrill-Rhys

#2 in the Serial Novel

Nights Before

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Published by Eres @ Smashwords

February 2013

1st Reprint December 2015

with minor corrections

978-130107-029-9

Copyright 2013 & 2015 © Leigh Verrill-Rhys

All Rights Reserved

Cover Design: Gwion Dulais

Cover Photography: © 2011 Bryan Davies

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‘Twas the Night Before Valentine’s Day and the Nights Before serial are works of fiction. The characters, descriptions, events and dialogues in this book are of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, either living or dead, is coincidental.

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Books by Leigh Verrill-Rhys

Wait a Lonely Lifetime, April 2012

Nights Before, #1: ‘Twas the Night Before New Year, December 2012

Nights Before #2: ‘Twas the Night Before Valentine’s Day, February 2013

Forthcoming in 2013 and 2014

‘Twas the Night Before Mother’s Day, Nights Before #3

‘Twas the Night Before Labor Day, Nights Before #4

‘Twas the Night Before Veterans Day, Nights Before #5

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Eve, Nights Before #6

Salsa Dancing with Pterodactyls

Dance by the Light of the Moon

This Can’t Be Love

Columnist and Contributor:

Discovering Welshness, 1992

Western Mail, 1984-1985

Y Faner, 1981-1984

Cambria: The Magazine of Wales, 2009

Readers’ praise for Wait a Lonely Lifetime on Amazon.com

This book is a well-thought out romance novel which shows how life can often come around full circle and complete itself. Fate, destiny, call it what you will, the connection between the two lovers in this book is highly believable. The setting in Florence adds atmosphere and is beautifully described…. — Mrs. Rochester

"Wait a Lonely Lifetime was an enjoyable read. It made me want to read other books by this author. I liked her characters." — Barbara J.

Read for 6 solid hours. When I turned the last page I was so disappointed, I wanted the story to go on. I want to know more - how did they handle the Ex's threats, did Eric & Sylviana have a baby, what happened with Enid & Eva? If I'm really lucky, maybe we'll get a sequel. — Martha

"This was a most enjoyable book to read - a romance novel for 'mature' women! Romance can recur. The ex husband was very credible, unfortunately -