Hello My Name Is Jannie

Book excerpt: Jannie somehow finds herself in Brazil a place called Bahia that she had never been to and doesn't know a soul. An unexpected life transformation she never thought was possible. A lonely woman on a journey managed to conquer fear and insecurity. A single thought turned into a momentary flair of passion that sparks the journey. Desperation and confusion awakens clarity once living life in a box desiring to live up to others' expectations and demands. Exhausted and drained, an emotional break opens the door in which Jannie walks through. Mentally checking out from her current situation clears a path for her to welcome new experiences. Jannie's a woman that is deeply conflicted. She loves with all her heart, and her emotions run extremely deep. After all her giving to the people that she loves, she starts to realize how empty she feels. The love she's given to her family has been wonderful, but it hasn't been enough to fill up the emptiness inside herself. With all the love she's given to the people around her, she's forgotten to live and build something for herself. She spent her whole life taking care of her children and trying to build a life for them, taking care of her husband and her father as well. Sustaining life by a thread, she neglected to carve out a place where she felt whole. Slipping into a depression when she finds herself broken down, alone, and misunderstood, Jannie has an epiphany feeling like she's in an emotional crossroads. Jannie makes the wrenching decision to choose herself, it's time to put herself first. She decides to make her escape plan. In the midst of her elaborate, extensive journey, she stumbles into an unexpected but very welcome romance with a gentleman named Samuel Savage. Samuel is a soul Jannie never even dreamed about encountering, this dapper, debonair earth angel. She felt attracted to him not just physically, feeling an instant emotional connection with him. Chills and thrills ran through her body the second she met him as if she was a teenager and their began the romance that breathed life back into her soul.