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    Summerchester Regrets
    Summerchester Regrets
    Summerchester Regrets
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    Summerchester Regrets

    By Hazel Elizabeth Allen

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    Summerchester Regrets is a short story from the Award Winning Author Hazel Elizabeth Allen and feature a character from the novel Summerchester Secrets, Winner of Best Romance in the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

    When young teacher Clementine Rogers falls into casual conversation with American artist Clark Hunter, while out walking in the sleepy seaside Market Town of pre World War Two Summerchester, little does she know that this meeting will shape the rest of her life.

    With oceans, war and family commitments to overcome will love be able to conquer all?

    One thing is for certain, this is no simple wartime romance and the decisions that are made in the heat of the moment will have lasting repercussions for both of them.

    Visit Hazel's website: hazelelizabethallen.com

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHazel Elizabeth Allen
    Release dateSep 21, 2016
    ISBN9781536541007
    Summerchester Regrets
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    Hazel Elizabeth Allen

    About the author Hazel Elizabeth Allen lives on the south coast of England with her husband, BBC Radio presenter David Allen. She was born in London but grew up in Bath. Spending her formative years in this beautiful city, with its historic architecture, has inspired and influenced her writing. Hazel loves walking, especially along the coastal paths of the south coast and north Devon. It is often on these walks that she formulates many of her best story ideas. Her debut novel Summerchester Secrets was named Winner in the ROMANCE category of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. If you enjoyed reading any of Hazel’s books please visit her website hazelelizabethallen.com to see what she is planning to publish next and to join her email list. Other titles by Hazel Elizabeth Allen SUMMERCHESTER SECRETS:                             Winner, Best Romance Novel, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.  Paperback and ebook. RETURN TO SUMMERCHESTER: Novella, available as an ebook and in paperback. SUMMERCHESTER REGRETS: Short story, available as an ebook.

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      Summerchester Regrets - Hazel Elizabeth Allen

      Chapter 1: Spring 1939

      It was a perfect, bright spring morning in early May as Clementine Rogers strolled along Summerchester’s promenade. She glanced out to sea. The water was calm and gently lapped the shoreline and there was some discernible heat in the sunshine. Taking a deep breath she smiled to herself, for she had to admit that she felt more positive than she’d done in a long while, since the loss of her beloved mother eight months earlier.

      She was settled at Summerchester Primary, the staff were kind and the children a delight. Clementine loved to teach; it was definitely her vocation. Likewise, her older brother Michael was doing well up at Cambridge, studying architecture, and with their uncle’s generosity and support they had managed to remain living in their family home.

      Clementine’s mother, Matilda Rogers, had not had an easy life. Widowed in her twenties, before Clementine had even been born, when her husband William had been tragically killed towards the end of the Great War, and then to be taken by breast cancer at just forty-eight seemed doubly cruel.

      The close-knit unit of three had become two and now it was just her and her brother Michael. Clementine still missed her mother terribly. However, she was determined to focus on the good times because as a family they had been happy, and with the passing of time, she hoped to rediscover some of that happiness and contentment once more.

      Up ahead her attention was caught by the image contained in a painting propped up on an easel. A young man was standing to one side, gazing out over the bay in a contemplative manner.

      As she drew closer her curiosity was further piqued for she could see that the seascape was of remarkable fineness. She liked to paint, as a pastime, but she could never hope to attain the level of skill of the artist before her. Clementine could not resist stopping for a while to admire his brush strokes further.

      For a moment the man appeared unaware of her presence. But then, all at once, he turned, their eyes met and they both smiled at the same moment.

      He inclined his head towards the painting. ‘What do you think?’ he asked.

      She shook her head in admiration. ‘It’s wonderful. I only wish I could paint like that.’

      He appeared pleased. ‘You paint?’ he remarked.

      She nodded, ‘Just a little, but I do enjoy it.’

      ‘It’s the best, isn’t it?’ he acknowledged. ‘I love to paint the ocean, although it isn’t easy.’

      ‘You appear to be doing well from what I can see.’

      He put down his paint brush then, resting it on the palette he held in his left hand, which was covered in multicoloured swirls of paints, and offered her his hand. ‘Clark Hunter.’

      She smiled and accepted his handshake. ‘Clementine Rogers, but everyone calls me Clem.’

      ‘Clem it is then,’ he replied.

      ‘Is that an American accent?’

      He nodded, ‘Yes,

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