A Real Love at Last

Download or read book A Real Love at Last written by Victoria Leigh Gabriella and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a mature love relationship between a man and a woman in their mid 40s. Each of them has been a bit unlucky in love in the past and have almost given up hope of ever finding a real love. Becca Connelly is approximately 45 years old, gorgeous, and an elementary school teacher living in Williamsburg,Virginia. Tall, brown shoulder length hair, green eyes and feminine figure. She was deeply heartbroken when her marriage ended and has not seen or heard from her ex-husband Tripp in fifteen years. She has struggles to make it but has rebuilt her life to some degree. She has not been with any man since her husband deserted her. She does not trust men. She does not let anyone but close girlfriends and family into her life. She thinks it was her fault that she was abandoned by someone she loved and trusted. She had expected to live her entire life with him. Divorce was not an option, but forced on her unwillingly. Michael Stevens has just recently moved to Williamsburg. He is tall, muscular, brown haired, gray eyes and gorgeous of course too. He has just retired from a career in the Marines. He was a Colonel when he left active duty, having served all over the country and tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He settles in Williamsburg since the only family he has left is a sister and her family living in Richmond an hour away. He buys an expensive colonial brick home for a life he doesn't have as of yet. He has never been married, only passing relationships that really mean nothing to him at all. Michael sees Becca one night in June when she comes into a restaurant while he is having a drink alone at the bar. He watches her and wonders about her. He sees her ex-husband come in and after while figures out that she is meeting her ex to give him back a bracelet she still has. Even though Tripp is now on his third wife, he makes a move to start things up with Becca. Michael sees she is distressed and impulsively goes to rescue her by pretending to be her boyfriend. It takes a while but Tripp finally leaves. And so it begins...