Marissa's Muse

Sometimes true love means sacrifice.Marissa Byrne is satisfied with her life. She is in her forties, happily single, and a graduate student at a local college. So, when she gets hit on at a restaurant bar by a man young enough to be her son, she is flattered but definitely not interested. Unfortunately, she just made a promise to her best friend that she would accept the next date offered her.Finn is not what she expected. Gorgeous, gallant, and visiting from Ireland, he presents the perfect opportunity for her to enjoy a few dates and then move on.But then she falls head-over-heels for the guy from across the pond. What does she do when she realizes that loving him could destroy his happily ever after? Carly Wayne first discovered her love of storytelling as a child, when she would create alternate endings for all of her favorite fairy tales. As she grew, her fascination developed into a passion for writing about the characters and worlds she imagined.Now, Carly lives deep in the woods of Jacksonville, Florida, not too far from the ocean. She graduated from the University of Florida, and just before she lost her mind writing the dry academic papers for her graduate degree in Psychology, she returned to her first love - creative writing. The resulting novella, Marissa's Muse, was published on July 10th, and she is looking forward to publishing her next full-length novel.