Spotlight incl Guestpost: Sarah Black – War Paint

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Southern Flowers

My new story from Dreamspinner is called War Paint, and it’s the Georgia story in the States of Love series. I recently found myself back in the south after many years of roaming around the country- and the world- and there were a few surprises coming back. Things have not changed much at all in the Deep South; the economy is worse and the food is better. The humidity and heat remain the same. But I had forgotten about the beautiful southern flowers.

Masses of azaleas and camellias, in beautiful pinks and corals and white; the dogwoods in the spring and the Easter cherry blossoms that blow around in the wind and bring great pink drifts of petals against the new grass. The magnolias, the majestic tall trees and proud white blooms that smell, strangely enough, a bit like lemons. The rain and the heat and humidity are hard to bear, but the flowers seem to love it, so that’s okay. Here are a few photos of the beautiful southern flowers. And thank you for reading my new story!

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Blurb:
There’s an art to love.
Mural artist Ben has come from Tel Aviv to Atlanta to work on a commission. A successful artist, he’s still lonely and isolated after his family’s rejection. Ben is charmed and surprised when local soldier Eli mistakes him for homeless, and brings him a cup of coffee and a biscuit. This gesture opens the door. Eli is lost, trying to make sense of a future without the Army after a combat injury ends his career.
Art gives them a new language and a path forward. But lost men can reach out, desperate to hang on to anyone close. Is what they find together real, and the kind of love that will last?
 States of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the United States.  
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author bio
Sarah Black is a writer, artist, veteran, and mother. She’s a Lambda finalist and has been nominated for a Pushcart.
Contact her at [email protected].

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