First Loves Lost

About the Book

First loves usually occur in adolescence. Such is the case for Laurent St. Jacques and Ashley Cummings. When circumstances separate them, a tyrannical parent acts in a way that changes their lives. Going separate ways, circumstances bring them together again, but that adolescent magic is gone. The impact of that first love has life-long consequences for them and has significant impact on the St. Jacques family. Adopted siblings bring a new meaning to sibling love that Larry (Laurent) and his wife Penny have to face. For the adult reader, the story offers love, sex, humor and by some definitions, tragedy.

About the Author

Hank Lajoie is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he worked in several career fields, including telecommunications, cryptology and radar systems maintenance and analysis. Late in his career, he wrote technical materials related to the electronic analysis of radar circuitry. His interest in writing began in late childhood, but his interest in fiction surfaced only after his retirement. He has a degree from Utica College of Syracuse University with a dual major in Public Relations and Journalism. He also served there as Public Relations Director and as an Assistant Professor. He has media experience with CBC television station CFLA (TV-8 in Goose Bay-Happy Valley, Labrador) and in talk radio with WIBX in Utica-Rome, NY. He is the author of Aborted Destinies, also a Trafford publication, and a series of one-act plays that were successfully produced in a community theatre environment. The titles include The Dayroom; The Vaudevillian; Arnie’s Place; The old Haunt; Home Invasion, and Brothers. To learn more and view other writing samples and a blog, visit his website at www.hanklajoie.com.