

Chapter 1
The slap, slap, slap of running shoes on pavement was the only sound in the otherwise tranquil morning on Gansett Island. No cars, no bikes, no mopeds, no airplanes overhead. Nothing but wide-open road before her as Mallory counted down the miles on her usual circuit around the island.
Slap, slap, slap. Laid off.
Escorted from the premises after twelve years.
Disposed of like yesterday’s hazardous waste.
Galling.
Humiliating.
Infuriating.
It’d been ten days since Mallory Vaughn, RN, director of emergency nursing, had been given a pink slip. With hindsight, the handwriting had been all over the wall for months, with every management meeting focused on the hospital’s increasingly dire budget situation…… http://marieforce.com/lightexcerpt/
Giveaway
☞ Gansett Island fleece blanket
☞ Tiki Bar hat
☞ Gansett Island sweatshirt in navy, pink or grey*
☞ Gansett Island “In Bed With” nightshirt in teal or hot pink*
☞Gansett Island pajama pants*
☞Map of Gansett Island
☞Signed copy of Light After Dark
☞Gansett Island charm bracelet in silver or gold
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