House of the Blue Sea

Teresa van Bryce

Feb 2016 · Blue Sea Series Book 1 · Handwritten Press

About this ebook

After suffering a devastating loss, artist Sandra Lyall runs south to Mexico seeking solace from her grief. She finds refuge in a small Baja hotel on the edge of the sea to which she returns each winter to continue the healing of her heart. But this year’s stay would be different. When a scruffy Englishman with a posh accent offers to buy the painting she’s working on, everything changes, and Sandra finds herself torn between her hard-won serenity and her draw to a compelling but risky alternative.

Mark Jeffery’s film career is in decline, his ex-wife’s behaviour has landed him in the tabloids, and he’s got nothing better to do than hang out in Mexico waiting for the phone to ring. When he meets a woman painting a seascape on the roof of his friend’s hotel, he discovers a “not terribly exciting but predictable and rather refreshing” distraction from his troubled life. As Mark spends more time with her, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to this ordinary woman.

With the magical waters of the Sea of Cortez as its backdrop, House of the Blue Sea tells a tale of surviving loss, seeing the extraordinary, and finding happiness in unexpected places.

About the author

Teresa van Bryce lives on twenty acres of prairie in Alberta, Canada, escaping to somewhere south of that when the snow flies. She was published in a number of equine magazines before turning her pen to her true literary love ... fiction. When Teresa isn’t writing, she’s sailing alongside her husband, walking with her dog, riding one of her three horses, or off exploring the natural world with trailer in tow. Visit her online at teresavanbryce.com, or follow her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.