Whispers of Winter

Emotionally wounded with a battered and bruised self-confidence, Jolie Mossman is on the run from her life and the turbulent relationship she has been in for over a decade. She never fit into his high society world, and he never stopped ridiculing her because of it. She is finished with love, tired of jumping through hoops, and she doesn't trust men. With her hopes and dreams of a marriage and family slowly disappearing, she packs her truck, drives north, and stumbles onto an abandoned cabin. It turns out that the cabin is not quite so abandoned after all, and the man she meets deep in the Michigan woods offers Jolie another chance to find love if she can overcome her vulnerabilities and learn to trust a man once more.

Emotionally wounded with a battered and bruised self-confidence, Jolie Mossman is on the run from her life and the turbulent relationship she has been in for over a decade. She never fit into his high society world, and he never stopped ridiculing her because of it. She is finished with love, tired of jumping through hoops, and she doesn't trust men. With her hopes and dreams of a marriage and family slowly disappearing, she packs her truck, drives north, and stumbles onto an abandoned cabin. It turns out that the cabin is not quite so abandoned after all, and the man she meets deep in the Michigan woods offers Jolie another chance to find love if she can overcome her vulnerabilities and learn to trust a man once more. Riley Johnson is a widower from a long, loveless marriage. When he sees smoke coming from the chimney of his boyhood cabin, he is irritated. He does not appreciate trespassers. Rather than call the authorities and going through the process of filing legal complaints that achieve nothing, he decides to evict the man himself. What he discovers is a beautiful woman sleeping in his bed, wrapped in his flannel shirt. As soon as he lays his eyes on Jolie, he is infatuated with her. Unknowingly, she walks into his heart, and changes his whole world with every word she speaks. Convincing her that love at first sight can be a real and genuine occurrence might turn out to be the toughest challenge Riley has ever encountered.

Eva Orilla comes from a long line of writers. She has always loved the power of storytelling and language. When she was a teen, she was granted a rare glimpse into the mind of one of her role models who shared her journals that spanned over sixty years. Her life was recorded in those books, and Eva was mesmerized by the depth of love and affection in her words. It would be no surprise to that same role model that Eva is now addicted to writing and creating through language. She has been journaling for forty-eight years. Although she has written for several magazines and various other small publications, "Whispers of Winter" is her first novel. Eva writes from her dining room table and juggles time between her family and her farm. She also enjoys gardening, quilting, photography, painting, and genealogy research. Eva is always writing and is currently working on the sequel to this very book.