BLOGWORDS – Friday 2 January 2026– FIRST LINE FRIDAY

BLOGWORDS – Friday 2 January 2026– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – TESSA by ROBIN E. MASON

January 02, 2026

BLOGWORDS – Friday 2 January 2026– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – TESSA by ROBIN E. MASON

FIRST LINE FRIDAY – TESSA by ROBIN E. MASON

THE BOOK

* because my writing has been on (unintentional) hiatus, and I’m diving back into my current WIP, starting the year focused on my books

THE BLURB

One mother. Two daughters. One favorite. One not.

When Cassie Barclay is presented with an opportunity—or is it a curse—she jumps at the chance. She takes on a new life, her sister’s life, and although at first, it holds appeal and promise, she soon realizes sometimes the fairy tale is tainted.

Assuming the name of Tessa, Cassie moves into the life that was her sister’s, and faces first one realization then another, one disappointment after another. Stepping into Connie’s life does not automatically grant her all that Connie had or was.

But it does deny all that she had and was as Cassie. As herself.

THE FIRST LINE

Tessa flopped on the divan, more worn and weary in her thirty-seven years than the faded and threadbare divan in its 137 years.

THE AUTHOR

“I’ve always had voices—er, stories in my head. I once said I should write them all down so someone could write them someday. I had no idea at the time that someone was me!”

My stories are deep and dark, my characters raw and real, with a healthy helping of hope and joy, humor and laughter, and abiding and sustaining faith.

My characters struggle in some way for their identity. Their stories are their journey to know who God created them to be.

There is also a strong element of friends, family, and faith in all my stories, and the difference it makes to have such a support system.

unsavory heritage series—seven generations, from Cissy to Connie, each with their own secrets, one of which is ugly and unsavory, and initiates the curse they all bear
Seasons series—four friends, each one struggling to know the truth of just what happened when one of them plunged into the depths of the black waters of the Edisto River
FourSquare – Four stories about four couples who also happen to be four sets of twins.

“Maybe you have to know the darkness to truly appreciate the light.”—Madeline L’Engle

“There is freedom waiting for you on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” —Erin Hanson

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