This Beautiful World by Elisabeth Jackson
As children, RaeAnne and her sidekick King were held captive after they discovered the body of a boy their age in a crate of apples in their small town’s peculiar orchard. Now RaeAnne is grown and the mother of a troubled young daughter. After her mother is killed in an accident, she travels home to her father with her daughter. But RaeAnne finds that she is not welcomed by everyone, and frightening incidents start to happen involving her and her family. As RaeAnne unravels the mysteries of her childhood, including what happened to her older brother, who vanished on the same night RaeAnne and King found terror in the orchard, she reunites with King. The boy she knew has grown up to be very handsome and guarded. But can the two ever be more than old friends who share a terrifying secret?
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Elisabeth Jackson loves the outdoors and dogs, rescued dogs in particular. This Beautiful World is her debut novel and blends haunting childhood secrets, romantic themes, second chances and a mystery in a small town setting, with a dash of Gothic elements. When she is not writing small town Romances and Mysteries, she works as a freelance business writer. She welcomes readers to connect with her at ejacksonbooks.com and Facebook.com/ejacksbooks.
What inspired you to write your book?
My characters were inspired by the small, rural towns I have visited and lived in. The mystery part was actually inspired by a little known true story.
Here is a short sample from the book:
The waitress delivered our order, and I lifted my doughnut from the china plate and bit into the sweet, still-‐‑warm inside. Daddy gazed out the large window his shoulder pressed against, and I peeked to see what he was watching.
King stood outside the diner in worn jeans, wearing the same baseball cap I’d seen him in ever since I returned, talking with a slim, pretty brunette with a Sugar Bowl apron tied around her waist. Amy. The woman who took my mother’s life.
Amy touched King’s arm, and he smiled down at her. He had paired a tight-‐‑fitting t-‐‑shirt under an unbuttoned, long-‐‑sleeve denim shirt, its collar flipped up to hide the rope burn scar on his neck. I knew he’d turned up his collar on purpose, because I had an identical scar on my neck. Before the orchard, my life had been a spinning wheel, rotating calmly. Then the wheel had suddenly collapsed. Seeing King pained a part of me, because I always associated him with those painful moments. His presence also eased some of the horrible memories, because he had been there with me, and experienced everything I had.
Obviously, King’s relationship with the waitress wasn’t over, which meant that when King told me he was single, he’d lied. Still, I noted his well-‐‑defined arms with pleasure. There was no denying I envied the woman with him. His face was handsomely sculpted, with his almond-‐‑shaped, green eyes and high cheekbones. If he turned to me, looking at him from behind the window, would his gaze be one of longing? King was a young, handsome guy, and I was a not-‐‑quite divorced mom. Who was I to think he could be interested in me? I stared down at my hands folded on the table.
Daddy moved and I looked up. He was about to tap on the glass to get King’s attention. “Don’t,” I said, drawing his arm down.
Once more Daddy raised his hand to knock. “Don’t you want to invite him to join us?”
“No,” I said. “Looks like he’s busy,” I added when Daddy cocked his head.
Daddy frowned and stared out the window at King and Amy “Isn’t that…with him?”
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