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Footprints in the Sand Kindle Edition

by Ju Ephraime (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 35
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One Christmas Eve, five years ago, James Lorde lost the love of his life in a freak drowning accident. His wife’s body was never recovered, and since that night, he’s been in a depression, both grieving and clinging to hope that she lives.
It’s Christmas Eve, and the depression is especially hard this time of year. He gets only a small measure of relief when he’s near the water that stole her away from him because, somehow, he feels her presence on the beach. His family thinks he’s losing his mind when he tells them he feels her out there, but that is the reason he bought the home where he currently resides. He wants to give her a way home.
On Christmas day, it feels as if his wife is in the home with him, but when he looks, there is no one there. In a fit of desperation, unable to remain in the house, he takes off running to the beach. No sooner has he started running than he feels someone running beside him, but there is no one there when he looks. Thinking he has definitely gone over the edge, he begins running backward, hoping to catch evidence of whomever is following him.
And there they were, two footsteps next to his in the sand. He is so shocked by this that he keeps running, looking for the footsteps, but before he can focus on them, the waves wash them away. Running backward, he trips over an obstacle in his path. Turning around, he is not prepared for the sight that greets him, as he is now left to wonder, can even loved ones find their way home, at Christmas....?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HDFXYSK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ENVISION Business & Computer School Publishing (24 December 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7227 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0991187903
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 35

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Ju Ephraime

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Ju Ephraime writes steamy high heat romances, packed with emotions and strong alpha characters and always a wonderful, happy ever after. She has won several awards for her writing, and had even seconded in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, with her White Magic Woman. When not writing romance novels, Ju could be found writing children’s books, which includes her, Too-Clever series, a collection of ten children stories. Ju writes her children's stories under, Dr. Julia E. Antoine. These days she stays busy helping in the community and donating her services to a not-for-profit organization, which she helped establish. Presently, she resides in CT where she has lived with her family for the past thirty years. She still misses her time on the sunny Caribbean islands, but takes pleasure in using them as backdrops to some of her stories.

Visit her blog at http://www.juephraime.blogspot.com or her personal page at, http://www.juliaeantoine.com where you can sign up for e-mail updates and other goodies.

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"...steamy, provocative and fresh..." ~Midwest Book review

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Ink Blot
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and Sensual
Reviewed in Australia on 16 October 2015
Author Ju Ephraime has made a well-wrought, highly emotional story here with the tale of James Lorde and the tragic loss of his wife, Nicola. Ephraime uses the Christmas season as background for James' mourning and hope for a miracle. This story is about the overwhelming power of love, the precious quality of time, and most of all, the possibility of second chances and renewal. The writing here is undeniably sexy, sensual, and at times, otherworldly. I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely take on paranormal romance, and I was left feeling every bittersweet moment with these amazing characters. I would recommend this novella to anyone who enjoys a good romantic story, the mystery of the unexplained, and the magic that comes from unfaltering love.
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Aldo Ray Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique & quite moving!
Reviewed in the United States on 11 July 2014
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This novel is told in an engaging and unaffected style and benefits greatly from such an approach, so that the genuine feelings of the main characters come through quite tellingly. The reader's sympathies are immediately drawn towards James Lorde, as he tries to deal with such a major loss as the death of his wife Nicola -- his one true love -- and at the same time, as he tries to get on with his own life, knowing all the time that there is a huge void in his heart and in his soul -- a void that he feels certain can never be filled. That is, until he finds himself stirred by the appearance on the beach of a lonely figure of a woman who appears as though she has just been washed ashore. His wife Nicola had presumably drowned five years earlier, but her body had never been found. From this point on, the reader gets drawn into James's dilemma as he struggles to remain faithful to the memory of his dear Nicola, yet finds himself mysteriously drawn to Shelly who, in many ways, reminds him of what he has lost as she begins to touch his soul and arouse his latent feelings in much the same way Nicola once did. A heart-warming story that readers will, no doubt, find particularly enthralling!
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Sibyl Mory
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT TALE OF LOST LOVE AND PASSION
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2014
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This is a brilliantly-woven tale of passionate love, and the hold such passion can have on a person's memory and consciousness. James Lorde is faced with another miserable Christmas, still grief-stricken from the death five years ago of his adored wife, Nicola, lost overboard when they were on their yacht. Her body was never recovered. James has never been able to find closure; he has bought a property where the yacht beached on that fateful day, and is always searching for Nicola on the beach. When jogging he often feels the presence of someone else, and, sometimes, looking back, sees four footsteps in the sand, too quickly washed away by the tide before he can fully investigate. He becomes obsessed, doing up the house as if in preparation for her return. Then, inside the house, he senses a cold breeze at times, and catches whiffs of a perfume he has known before. He also recalls the bouts of mad, passionate love he and Nicola shared. I won't reveal any more of the story. Suffice to say it rises to a passionate, heart-breaking crescendo of a finale that won't leave you disappointed. A book written with flare and passion. Check it out.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2015
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Although Footsteps in the Sand is set during Christmas, Christmas isn’t the main focus of the story. It’s about James, whose wife was swept overboard during a Christmas sailing adventure five years ago. James has never got over the death of his wife, Nicola, and the fact that her body had never been found hasn’t allowed him closure; and Christmas is the worst time of year for him.
James starts to smell his wife’s perfume in the rooms of his new house, one that his wife had never been to. He starts thinking he is going mad when he sees another set of footprints next to his as he jogs along the beach, but they are quickly swallowed up by the ocean.
On Christmas after visiting his family he goes for a run along the beach and discovers a naked woman who appears to have been washed ashore. There is something familiar about her, but she has no memory. As the hours and days goes by her appearance seems to change and morphs into his wife’s. Her Brown hair turns red, her grey eyes change to the same colour has Nicola’s. She chooses the name Shelly for herself and the two of them discover each other.
What you have to ask yourself, is she changing or is it he didn't see the resemblance in the first place because of his overwhelming desire to stay loyal to his wife, or is there really something paranormal going on?
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Susanne
4.0 out of 5 stars To love forever
Reviewed in the United States on 18 March 2014
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James lost his wife, Nicola, in a boating accident. He mourns for her, mostly during Christmas. He kept the house and her stuff. He is waiting for her to return. He imagines her scent and her footsteps in the sand. He remembers their times together. He is not letting go. So when a woman appears that reminds him of Nicola, he right away assumes his wife has come back to him.
Grief can play tricks on your mind and subconscious. At this point, the book can branch out into two roads. One, Shelly is Nicola and the story is paranormal. Two, Shelly is just another woman and not a reincarnation of Nicola.
It is interesting to see what path the book takes.
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Adrianna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2016
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I don’t know anything about yachting or rich people who live in America so it was difficult to connect to James at first. I spent the first few pages reading the sad part to this tale and feeling very downbeat about it. Christmas is always a depressing time for anyone who has lost a loved one, and the author captured that feeling here, but the shift from dark and depressing into an erotic dream was a little unexpected. But when the dream ends and we’re back into the dark side of his world, James had my sympathy. By this point I either wanted him to find love elsewhere or be put out of his misery!
I consider this a sort of fantasy story even with the adult scenes. The characters were whimsical and the writing seemed to fit the style. My attention was held to the end with the mystery of the new woman and what was going to happen between her and James and who (or what) she was.
A great story that I enjoyed reading.
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