The Truth Behind the Broken Promise

Forty years ago, Ilya and her lover, Kerwin, agreed to elope on the night of the full moon.

That night, neither of them showed up.

P.S.:

1. Core elements: Western fantasy, romance in old age, and a reunion after a long separation.

2. It’s probably a story full of magic and the incredible.

3. This is the second book in a series about romance in old age. The other two are Stumbling Along (completed) and Far Away, Right Before Your Eyes (coming soon).

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Blurb for Stumbling Along:

An old man moved in next door. He always wore a white shirt, his back ramrod straight, looking spry and full of energy.

Grandma always found herself paying attention to him, when taking out the trash, going for a walk, or playing chess.

Her granddaughter teased that Grandma was in for a springtime romance.

Grandma blushed, looking lovely and demure, like an eighteen-year-old girl.

But she was already sixty-eight.

Without the pride of youth, would she still have the courage to face rejection?

Retired middle school teacher x comic artist

Everyday warmth / Slow and steady / Romance in old age / Tooth-achingly sweet

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Blurb for Far Away, Right Before Your Eyes:

After decades of marriage, Zhou Zhile thinks Lu Baiying is unreasonable, while Lu Baiying thinks Zhou Zhile is unbearably vulgar.

They keep threatening to divorce, but a sudden apocalyptic disaster binds them tightly together.

(The third book in the trilogy about old age. A story about the grievances, drifting apart, and fresh adjustments of love and the lack of it.)

Theme: Face aging with courage.