Character name

Craven de Clamor1

Definition: Craven: A coward2

de: of3

Clamor: loud noise4

Not many people knew much about Craven de Clamor. He lived alone in the big house on top of the hill. Whenever the towns people saw him he always had a book or several books in his arms. He didn't come to town often, but when he did it was usually in the early morning or late in the evening when most of the towns people were back in their homes and the town was still and quiet.5

Craven led a simple life and earned his living writing books about romance. He was very good at it, even though he had never experienced love himself. He thought he was too plain to attract a girl. When he looked in mirror, he saw a small man with thinning hair, glasses, and lips that were too thin for a the types of kisses he wrote about.6

Little did Craven de Clamor know that that was about to change on the morning that Aurora Dawn knocked on his door.7

Defininition: Aurora: The redness before the dawn8

Dawn: The first appearance of daylight.9

Aurora had just left a bad marriage and was trying to make a new start on this brand new day. She put on her prettiest red dress and went door to door seeking employment as a live in maid. She was told no many times no, but she kept on. 10

Craven never had visitors and was startled when he heard the knock on the door. He opened the door slowly and carefully. The instant he saw Aurora he knew that something new was about to begin in his life.11