Appointment with a Smile - Paperback

by Kieran York (Author)

For artist Danielle O'Hara, even though romance is nonexistent and her art career has nearly stagnated, she is reasonably content with her circumstances. Then, when she is nearly sixty years old, the greatest adventure of her life begins. Danielle leaves her Colorado home to attend her first major solo art exhibit in London. While roaming through a street market, Danielle catches sight of her first and only true love, Molly, who had left Colorado and their relationship thirty years earlier. Danielle never accepted Molly's explanation that the reason their relationship had dissolved was Danielle's compulsion to paint. Although the art world has provided Danielle only minimal recognition, an undying belief in herself has kept her moving forward. Her encounter with Molly forces Danielle to revisit the past and to confront an uncertain future. In addition to finding Molly again after three decades, she meets Bethany Cortland, a beguiling, confident woman, who is all that Danielle desires in a woman - everything, that is, except that she's not Molly. The London journey takes Danielle on a trip to the interior of her heart, a place where previously, only her art had been allowed. Now, against her will, she discovers that love and professional success have their own agendas and timetables.

Author Biography

Kieran York has authored both Sapphic fiction and poetry. She wrote the lesbian mystery series featuring Royce Madison. Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils were written and published in the mid - 1990s. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short fiction entitled Sugar With Spice - published in 1989. In 2012, York's book, Appointment with a Smile, was published and was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the romance category. Her next novel, Careful Flowers, was released in 2013. This was followed by two releases in 2014 - Earthen Trinkets and Night Without Time, published by Scarlet Clover Publishers. Forthcoming is Touring Kelly's Poem and Loitering on the Frontier York was also a contributor in Sappho's Corner Poetry Series - Wet Violet, Volume 2; Roses Read, Volume 3; and Delectable Daisies, Volume 4. In 2014, her volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as the Sappho's Corner Solo Poets book of poetry. Blushing Aspen was given The Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for poetry. Previously, during the seventies and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines, and was a newspaper publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a woman's band. She has been guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Musicians Series, Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, Inc. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society, and Golden Crown Literary Society. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International. In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado. Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden. Additional information is available on her websites: www.scarletcloverpublishers.com and she has a blog - Embellish Your Smile at http: //kieranyork.com.