At First Sight Saturday with Judythe Morgan

Welcome back to At First Sight Saturday. Today’s guest is author Judythe Morgan who gives us a glimpse of her novel Love in the Morning Calm. Be sure to leave a comment to share your thoughts about Love in the Morning Calm.

Excerpt: A waitress, wearing traditional jeogori and chima, offered the menu. Major Alexander Cabot, Ace to his friends, blinked at the vivid colors of red, yellow, and blue over a solid blue skirt. His world had been dirt browns and jungle greens for too long. He ordered in fluent Korean.

She flashed a surprised smile, bowed, and thanked him. “Kamsahamnida.”

“Cheon-man-e-yo,” he answered, you’re welcome in her native language as she backed away.

Ace continued his perusal of the dining room while waiting on his order of Deungshim-gui, Korean grilled sirloin seasoned with garlic and sesame seed. He trapped a piece of meat between the chopsticks.

Movement at the restaurant entrance drew his attention. Three officers and two women entered. A one-star general, flanked by a red-haired middle-aged woman and a younger woman led the way. The older woman was no doubt the general’s wife. But the younger one? Was she his daughter?

Ace guessed the colonel standing behind was the general’s Executive Officer. The third man, a captain, looked like a stereotypical aide-de-camp. All spit and polish. Probably a West Pointer who hadn’t seen a day of true combat.

The girl, on the other hand, was worthy of a second look. His eyes, like hands, traveled over the young woman’s slim frame. Her dress fell softly from her shoulders and billowed around her knees like a lilac cloud at sunset. Shoulder-length hair, the color of rich tobacco, framed her face with its tiny turned-up nose. A friendly smile, seductive in its wholesomeness, curved her full, claret-colored lips.

When she passed his table, green-as-emerald eyes met his and lingered for what seemed an eternity. A jolt of uncanny oneness surged through his body, piercing his soul with the same intensity of a Viet Cong bayonet.

He blinked.

She lowered her gaze, but not before pink tinted her cheeks. The corners of his mouth curved for the first time in months. He hadn’t had that effect on a woman in a long time. Or been this enticed since, well, since . . . he couldn’t remember the last time.

About Love in the Morning Calm, Book One of Judythe Morgan’s Promise Series.

In 1966, while on temporary assignment to South Korea, Green Beret Major Alex Cabot meets Lily Reed at Eighth Army Headquarters. He’s a high-potential career officer, who should resist the temptation of any woman, but he can’t ignore her.

She is a firm supporter of the budding Women’s Liberation movement determined to escape her small hometown’s love-marriage-baby-carriage syndrome for a life of adventure in a civilian job for the Army. Her plans leave no room for any man. No matter how captivating his smile.

In an uncertain time, in a temporary safe zone, yielding to temptation changes both their lives forever.

Available now (paperback and Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Prequel-Pendants-Promise-ebook/dp/B00DQ1AEPQ/

About Judythe: Judythe Morgan was an Army brat then Army wife which means she’s traveled a lot. She’s been a teacher, an antiques dealer, former mayor’s wife, and sometimes-church pianist. Mommy to an Old English sheepdog named Finnegan MacCool, there’s always a crazy adventure brewing. Her diverse experiences make her life full, her characters vivid, and her stories authentic and award-winning. Besides fiction, she writes a weekly blog with her urban farmer daughter at www.judythewriter.com