Honeymoon Disaster

By Alexandria Blaelock

For better or for worse...

As the sun set, a line of orange and yellow highlighted the darkness of the landscape. The clouds overhead partially concealed the summer blue sky with grey and charcoal cotton candy.

Junie's just become Mrs Franco Visille Jnr. It's the first blissful day of the rest of her life.

At least until the bullets start flying.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BlueMere Books
• Release date: Mar 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9781923083080

Alexandria Blaelock

Alexandria Blaelock writes stories, some of them for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. She's also written four self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters like getting dressed, cleaning house, and feeding your friends. As a recovering Project Manager, she’s probably too fond of sticking to plan. She lives in a forest because she enjoys birdsong, the scent of gum leaves and the sun on her face. When not telecommuting to parallel universes from her Melbourne based imagination, she watches K-dramas, talks to animals, and drinks Campari. At the same time. Discover more at www.alexandriablaelock.com.

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HONEYMOON DISASTER

As the sun set, a line of orange and yellow highlighted the darkness of the landscape. The clouds overhead partially concealed the summer blue sky with grey and charcoal cotton candy.

While the sea reflected the sky in shades of turquoise. On the other side of the bay, a patch of luminous blue-green ocean was the exact shade of the Venetian glass bead necklace Franco had given her as a wedding gift.

Scattering a flock of squawking seagulls, Junie sat on the shore to release her feet from her padded socks and hiking boots, before wading through the stinking heap of dried seaweed piled along the high tide mark, the clouds of seaweed fragments drifting in the tide and out into the delightfully cold deeper water.

She was tired after the long drive down the Great Ocean Road.

They’d taken regular breaks, getting out of the car to stretch and hike through the hot, humid bush to take a look (and dozens of photos) at the spectacular Lower Kalimna Falls and Erskine Falls.

Stopped for snacks and ocean paddles in the Anglesea and Lorne townships, and finally for the night in Apollo Bay.

Turning, she paused to take in the sight of Franco,