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Free Excerpt From The Book (requires Adobe Reader) Fate throws Jim an astonishing opportunity; can he find his bliss in the court of the gods—or is true happiness found in unexpected places?HUNTING HILL is a fresh, new novel about making choices in an age that worships celebrity and fashion. Jim Wilmot is a talented young business writer who has the unsettling experience of falling in love at first sight with a deserving young woman named Erin O’Connell. Erin is sincere, kind and attractive. Jim knows she would make a good wife and excellent mother. He also can’t discount the strange thing that happened between Erin and himself when they first met, which has imprinted itself on his memory like a sign. In short, Jim knows that Erin would be good for him and would help him live a normal, rational life. And that’s the problem. Normal and rational aren’t necessarily what he’s looking for at that stage of his existence. Enter the goddess. Jim finds Kerry Morgan, Hollywood superstar, passed out in a parking lot one summer night. Seems she had a nasty breakup with her Hollywood boyfriend and indulged in a few too many of her favorite cosmopolitans. Jim falls into the role of knight errant and rescues the poor damsel. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to get out of this role, having fallen in. When Kerry decides to favor him, he finds himself trapped in a service role without the reward of true intimacy. Meanwhile Erin has become engaged to one of Jim’s friends. They seem to be drifting farther and farther apart. Then something happens to change the calculus—and nearly turns their tale into a tragedy. HUNTING HILL is the perfect choice for readers who love high literature but also love normalcy and the humbler pleasures of faith, family, friends, and nature. It’s beautifully written and full of allusions, and yet it also has warm, engaging characters and a well-developed plot that keeps the pages turning.
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Jay Trott is a medical writer and the author of two books of philosophy, ESSAYS AT THE END OF THE AGE and AT SMITH'S HOUSE. He lives in Sherman, Conn. with his wife Beth and four children. |
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