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The end of Julia Belden's marriage came as no surprise. Although it began for a pregnancy, she and Carl stayed married for 10 years. Their only emotional connection was a baby who did not survive past one day.After two years of grieving for his wife, Nick Sitello kept busy while teaching high school math and raising Sammy. Romance never entered his mind until his encounter with Julia while on a weekend getaway.It was a timely moment when she tumbled into the water just as he and his son coasted by in their rowboat. As he helped her from the lake, the attraction was immediate. Nick questioned Julia's love when Carl reentered her life. He was protective of his feelings but mostly of his son's. Julia was torn between her new relationship and an obligation to Carl as childhood ghosts returned to haunt him, vindicating his distant nature while married
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Donna Marie writes so real that you feel you are the main character in her book. What makes this one so good to me, is that it is set in a small town like the one that I have a cabin in. Everyone knows you. Good down home reading.

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It's a very good contemporary fiction about second chances, love, mending the fences, and healing from old wounds. I think that it's very well-written and I liked all the characters. I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to those who like contemporary stories about love and family."

"Ms. Donna Marie has presented her readers with a fast moving, interesting romance. Her main characters were poignant individuals who had traumatic pasts. Their summer romance was plagued with other mishaps. The characters were believable and captured my sympathy the further they journeyed into their new relationship......"

" Donna Marie writes in a way that by the time you are done reading the story she has made the characters seem like you have known them for years! I couldn't put the book down and finished it in a day and a half. Her first book that I read of her's also was very good, "Love For Angela". I'm looking forward to her next novel! I hope it's soon!!!"

​"Excellent summer read. Donna Marie writes in a way that you feel like you have known the characters for a long time. I read the book in one day because I couldn't put it down! I'm looking forward to her next novel."


Second Chances in Camelot is an enhanced, new edition of
We Can Love Again. 



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​GRACIE MAE escapes the madness of an abusive husband when she and her children, Ella 4 years of age, and Jacob, only 18 months old, move back to Gracie's home town of Sanford, Illinois where they take shelter with her sister and fiancé, Greta and Frank. The attraction to Dr. John Azzari was immediate when a visit to the pediatrician office became necessary due to Jacob's ear infections. As a receptive pediatrician, John sensed this family was running from something, or someone. When Gracie Mae confides in the gracious doctor, the magnetism between them is amplified to a new level. Whenever Gracie finally felt she could live a life of happiness with her small children, her feelings of hopeful contentment were crushed by threats from her husband, Rich, which eventually became a horrific reality.

"The story was great. Donna Marie writes in a way you feel you know the characters. I read the book in one day. I couldn't put it down ! Great spring read."
 
"Donna Marie writes with a refreshing honesty and her work stirs the emotions. I wish her every success with “Gracie Mae” and all future stories!"
 
"I loved this book! I had a hard time putting it down. The story was loving, sexy, tense and captivating.I would definitely recommend it. I am definitely a fan of Donna Marie."

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LOVE FOR ANGELA is a romance book about a young woman emerging from a somewhat sheltered life with her parents, Dominic and Lucille Varelli, owners of the Varelli Cafe. Angela's shy manner and lack of confidence hinders her love life. However, Vince, a cafe customer mesmerized by Angela?s innocent beauty, transparently perceives the desirable woman through the guarded facade of a bashful girl, surfacing Angela?s repressed desire for love. When Angela is faced with tragedy, she acquires new strength to overcome many obstacles. Her virtuous nature becomes compromised as her affection for Vince magnifies to a new level of passion.

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I like the style of writing too. Everything about it made me feel as if I were in the book.
Waiting for more of the same good writing by this author."
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"In Love For Angela, Donna Marie has created a touching love story that will steal you heart. You will lose yourself in the characters of Angela and Vince. You will cry with Angela as tragady strikes with the lose of her beloved father. Vince will show Angela how love can help her deal with anything that should come her way. Donna Marie is a very talented author. She has brought to life a very special couple. I hope to read more of this authors work in the future. Love For Angela is a must read novel that I highly recommend."

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WE CAN LOVE AGAIN
Available in audio book.
Novel published in new edition ~ SECOND CHANCES IN CAMELOT 

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