My Book Retrospect
There Comes a Time
I'm winding down my romance writing, and each month, until I run out of years in which I had a published book, I'll be sharing a retrospect of my books and tidbits about writing them here on my website, starting with my first book.
I didn't discover romances until I was well into my 30s. They were a wonderful escape from the stress and responsibilities of a mom working full-time as a financial writer. By the end of the 1990s, I'd extended that escape to writing romance, and in 1999, I got THE call from Avalon Books, which primarily published hardcover library books.
Avalon wanted my book, then called Unwed Father. It was renamed Bachelor Father and started appearing in libraries in June. I was so excited that I looked it up at WorldCat.org and checked out every library that added it to their collection.
In 2000, I was a member of the Saratoga Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. At the same time I sold, another member, Tracey Lyons, also got the call from Avalon Books. The chapter gave us a big first-sale party at the June 2000 meeting--including cake and this beautiful award.
My husband's congratulations weren't as exuberant but were complimentary when I thought about it. When I pushed him for congrats, he remarked, "You said you were going to publish a book and you got it published. I guess you'd call that real faith.
This sweet romance was inspired by our joyous adoption of our son from Korea and some of the Korean agency's requirements for adoptive parents.
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THE Call
Inspiration and Story Description
Brett Cahill is a typical bachelor. Someday he'll settle down with a wife and have kids--but just not yet. Then, his sister and her husband are killed in an accident, leaving him with Jake, the Korean toddler they were in the process of adopting. But in order for Brett's application to be approved, he needs to be a married man and kiss his bachelor days goodbye.
Adoption caseworker Molly Hennessey is determined to place every child in her caseload in a happy home with two loving parents--the type of caring home she's always dreamed of having herself. Determined, that is, until Brett Cahill comes along and disproves her lifelong perceptions of single parents.
Molly holds the power to give herself the home she's always longed for and to give Brett what he wants most--little Jake. But will she realize it in time?
Covers
The original Hardcover and the more recent eBook, Paperback and Audio Covers
Most Recent Release
Can their book boyfriends lead a book club of hopeless romantics to a real happily ever after?
Fiona Campbell can’t believe that her Hopeless Romantics of Willow Ridge book club is reading a romance with a rock star hero. Let alone a story that mirrors her younger years in Scotland. Younger years that the friends she’s made since moving to the States and taking on a partnership in Euans’s Distillery know nothing about. Moreover, she’s recently learned “her” rock star is a hometown boy.
Kyle McCabe is about to do something he’d vowed never to do: bring back his band, the one he destroyed with his personal downward spiral 15 years ago – Rebel Picts. It’s for a good cause, a benefit concert at the Willow Ridge summer festival to help the family of his deceased best friend and bandmate. Little did he know when he agreed to the concert that the cause of that spiral, Fee Campbell, now lives in Willow Ridge.
Initially, Kyle isn’t ready to forgive Fee’s youthful desertion that exploded their college relationship. When he needed her most, she abandoned him and the band and broke his heart. But as they work together on the concert and reviving the band, adult trust and love take root. That is until Fee repeats her teenage dump-and-run behavior.
As Fiona confronts her hidden history, she and Kyle must navigate a labyrinth of old wounds and new feelings. Will they overcome the shadows of their past mistakes to embrace a future together? Uncover the magic of forgiveness and second chances in this heartwarming tale of love rediscovered.
The Hopeless Romantics of Willow Ridge series are sweet, small-town contemporary romances. Each book is a standalone and can be read individually or as part of the series.
Hopeless Romantics of Willow Ridge series
Book 1: Falling for the Boss
Book 2: Falling for the Fireman
Book 3: Falling for the Doctor
Book 4: Falling for the Deputy
Book 5: Falling for the Hockey Player
Book 6: Falling for the Single Dad
Book 7: Falling for the Farmer
Book 8: Falling for the Scotsman
Book 9: Falling for the Guitar Man
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