Maureen

By Mary E. Trimble

Extraordinary life changes are in store for Maureen Gardner when she responds to a help-wanted ad. A professional woman, victim of a double betrayal, Maureen is more than ready for a change. She moves to eastern Washington where rancher John Cahill, mourning his wife’s recent death, is desperate for someone to care for his seven-year-old daughter and oversee his household. Will destiny carve a path through pain and disappointment?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary E. Trimble
• Release date: Aug 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370156221

Mary E. Trimble

A prolific writer, Trimble draws on personal experiences including purser and ship's diver aboard the tall ship, M.S. Explorer, two years with the Peace Corps in West Africa, and a 13,000-mile South Pacific sailing trip aboard their Bristol 40, Impunity. SAILING WITH IMPUNITY: Adventure in the South Pacific covers a 14-month, 13,000-mile adventure with Mary and Bruce Trimble from Seattle to legendary South Pacific Islands and home again. From magical sights and scents of their first tropical island landfall to the bustling, colorful Tahitian markets. From sudden midnight squalls and weathering a cyclone in Samoa to pristine anchorages in the Kingdom of Tonga. The memoir frankly discusses the hardships and joys of offshore cruising with only two people aboard their 40-foot sailboat, Impunity. Trimble's other works include: MY BROTHER ERIC is about a homeless city boy who finds "home" with a ranch family. This novel is a sequel to MAUREEN. MAUREEN, is a novel about a city woman who comes to the rescue of a ranch family whose mother died. TUBOB: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps is the story of a newly married couple who discover themselves in new light as they work and learn about a different culture in a third-world country. TENDERFOOT, a romantic suspense with a sub-plot of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, was,a 2010 SPUR Finalist for Best Western Long Novel. Her coming-of-age novels, ROSEMOUNT and McCLELLAN'S BLUFF have been met with enthusiastic acclaim. McCLELLAN'S BLUFF was the EPIC 2004 Winner for Young Adult Fiction. Trimble lives on Camano Island, Washington, with her husband, Bruce.

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