Novels That Ask, What’s At Stake in Starting Over?

By Céline | February 18, 2016

One of the themes that I explore in my novel Play for Me is second chances and the disruption we face when searching for our authentic selves. The following novels focus on women who break out of the mold of expectation. They do so to discover their true passion, which could be a second chance…

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An Excerpt from “Layla”

By Céline | January 1, 2015

Chapter One MY NAME IS LAYLA.  My mother said my father insisted they call me that as soon as they knew I was a girl.  He thought the song by Eric Clapton, when he was with Derick and the Dominos, was the best R&R single of all time.  I loved knowing it meant so much…

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An Excerpt from “Play for Me”

By Céline | January 1, 2015

Chapter One Lily watched her son walk away, the loose, jaunty shamble of him, the brave uptilt of his head, and felt just as she had when she abandoned him to kindergarten what seemed such a short time ago. “Oh, sweetheart,” her husband said. Around them families bunched, kissing and parting in kaleidoscopic movement. Stephen…

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