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I’m so delighted to share the cover and can’t wait for you to read this book featuring town favorites Jill and Rob.

To save New Hope, Jill Howell sold her family’s legacy. As newly installed mayor, she’s determined to strike her own path. If she wins a national magazine contest for America’s favorite small town, she’ll prove herself a worthy leader. Business owner Rob Carroll faces eviction from the building housing his family business since the nineteenth century. With tightly held secrets under threat of public exposure, he finds himself on the opposite side of Jill in the fight for New Hope’s future. Can they find common ground, or will civic advancement end their chance at happily ever after?

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The original drafts, Holidays, Inc. and Hope for the Holidays featured three main character points of view. During edits, I decided to cut the third character perspective to simplify the narrative. BUT, these scenes remain some of my favorites.

In Holidays, Inc. Jill offers additional insight into her brother’s return and Dani’s renovation. In Hope for the Holidays, the other woman, aka Nora, shares her glimpse of the drama unfolding in New Hope. 

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Happy reading!

I haven’t done a check-in post for a while. I’m not sure how winter post-holidays is treating you where you live but in the Midwest it’s been cold and snowy! Trapped indoors again, the days are repetitive. My kids are back to school part-time and a few of their activities have resumed. I’m happy for them. Getting out of the house at all is positive. If I didn’t keep track of my writing and editing, I don’t think I’d appreciate that I am making progress. Forward motion feels very static when the snow bank is nearly three feet high.

My word for the year is patience, but my goals for 2021 are aggressive. I’m working hard to get as many books out as possible. In the publishing world, contracts are signed for a few years out so while I have a good idea I’ll release *3* novels this year, I’m trying to line up 2022 and 2023 (thus the patience). It’s a lot of hurry up and wait, but I’m continuing to learn and study in the slow times. I’ve finished *this* round of edits on a two-book suspense duet. I’m plotting and outlining three new stories including my first attempt at a cowboy book. I found a new twist on the fish out of water trope (because, let’s be honest, I’m not exactly a rancher) courtesy of the newspaper subscription my parents bought me for Christmas :). I’m excited to keep writing and discovering new stories.

As the snow falls, again, I’m focused on brighter days ahead. I hope you are, too! I have a few vacations lined up for the end of the year (and crossing my fingers we can safely travel). Until then, I’ll content myself with escaping into fictional worlds pandemic-free.

Happy reading!