Candlelight
and Kisses Anthology
By:
Kaylie Newell, Nola Cross & Pepper Anthony
Blurbs
A
Home for my Heart by Nola
Cross
“They
say you can never go home again. Try telling that to your heart.”
When
big-city attorney, Jonathan Silver, agreed to be godfather to his
infant niece five years before, he didn’t dream he would actually
end up as her guardian. He’d never imagined himself as a family
man. Now he’s not only an instant father to little Rachel, but also
inherits the house where he grew up in the small town of Everfield,
Washington. When he left Everfield fifteen years before, he never
planned to return. Now for Rachel’s sake, he’s reordered his
priorities and come home to join a two-man law practice.
Merridee
Cresswell always wanted a big family. She and her ex-husband tried
unsuccessfully for years to have kids; their marriage eventually
failed from the strain. Since then, she has poured all her maternal
feelings into her children’s clothing store, Frog’s Togs, and the
special program she runs to help disadvantaged kids in Everfield.
When
his first legal client hires him to sue Merridee for negligence,
Jonathan has to investigate the shop keeper’s character. Is she
really as flakey as his client says? Or is she the warm, lovely woman
she appears to be, the woman so ready to take Rachel under her wing
and make Christmas special again? And what about him? Could there be
room in her heart for Jonathan too?
Sunny’s
Second Chance by Pepper
Anthony
“What
if love really is lovelier the second time around?”
It’s
a rough Christmas for the just-divorced Sunny and her six-year-old
daughter, Jasmine. When your no-good husband leaves you for a pretty
young dancer, it’s hard not to feel old, fat and frumpy. But then
she meets a handsome widower, Ben Stillman, and his young son,
Spencer. The two kids hit it off, dragging their parents into an
unwitting friendship.
Sunny’s
never thought about dating a white man. The whole interracial thing
seems risky, especially since Jasmine is still struggling with
adjusting to her father’s defection. What if the little girl gets
attached to Ben and Spencer, and things don’t work out?
Ben
has been struggling under the weight of grief since his wife’s
death a year ago. He suspects it’s too soon to move on, but somehow
he wants to make Christmas special for Spencer. Then he meets Sunny
and everything changes. She chases away the darkness and makes him
feel alive again. Can the two of them learn to trust the magic
between them long enough to give love a second chance?
The
Mariner’s Gift - by
Kaylie Newell
Sometimes
the best gifts are the ones you least expect.
When
LA Times journalist Zola Mitchell decides to head home to San
Francisco this December, it’s to write a piece on the legendary
Alcatraz prison. It has nothing to do with her high school crush
Oliver Tworek, who’s recently moved back to start up a tour boat
business to The Rock. At least, that’s what she keeps telling
herself.
But
when Oliver ends up asking her to dinner, Zola can’t refuse. And
when he kisses her under a display of Christmas fireworks from aboard
his boat, she can barely remember her own name. After twenty years,
nothing seems to have changed. Oliver’s still popular and
gorgeous, and Zola’s still…well, Zola. Behind the successful
job, and underneath her shiny new grown up exterior, Zola still feels
like the skinny girl from junior year English. Will she ever be able
to conquer those little girl insecurities? And more importantly,
will she ever get to know the real Oliver; the one who might just
have a few secrets of his own?
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Author
Info
Nola
Cross is a two-time
Golden Heart finalist. She’s been working toward her dream of being
an author for almost thirty years. A Home for My Heart is her first
novella-length story to be published, and is the introduction to the
Everfield series she’s currently writing. She loves writing stories
of small-town America, with plenty of
emotion,
the perfect touch of sizzle, and always a happy ending. Nola lives
with her husband and younger son in the foothills of the Cascade
Mountains of southwest Washington State. She hopes you’ll check out
her website and email her with your comments.
For
Kaylie Newell,
storytelling is in the blood. Growing up the daughter of two gifted
writers, she knew eventually she’d want to follow in their
footsteps. While she’s written short stories her whole life, it
wasn’t until after her kids were born that she decided to shoot for
the moon and write her first romance novel. She hasn’t looked back
since!
Kaylie
lives in Southern Oregon with her husband, two little girls, two
indifferent cats and a mutt named Pedro. She would love to hear from
you! You can find her at:
Like
most writers, Pepper
Anthony has worn quite a
collection of hats over the years ~ voice actor, artist, bookkeeper,
retail sales ~ but she’s always wanted to be a writer. Her biggest
dream has been to see her name on a book cover. Now, with the advent
of e-publishing, the covers may be virtual, but the thrill of seeing
her name on them is real. She’s humbled by the idea that her
stories might draw in a reader and provide an hour or two of
entertainment.
She’s been married to her best friend Tom for thirty-one years. Together they’ve raised two amazing sons, and recently welcomed their first grand-daughter. Most days you can find Pepper at the family's computer repair shop in a small town outside Portland, Oregon. At night she goes home to her rambling fixer-upper in the woods and toils at her writing, attended by a small menagerie of furry assistants.
She loves it when readers take a moment to reach out and let her know what they think of her stories. She hopes you'll feel free to contact her.
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