Now, in no particular order, my (mostly) contemporary (PG-rated) romance and fantasy/romance stories!
Preachin' to the Choir
http://www.devinedestinies.com/978-1-4874-2136-6-preachin-to-the-choir/
Jonathan could do nothing to stop his wife’s losing battle with cancer. With twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave him with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of the bed.
Kat, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small
town Texas. Life may be dull, but it's predictable, unlike her life with
her late husband. Kat concludes a happy, committed relationship with a
male is impossible, so she makes peace with herself and with God. If
nuns can live celibate, why can't she?One Sunday, Jonathan spies a golden beam of light descending upon Kat while she is directing the choir. Why hasn’t he noticed how beautiful she was before? From here on out, Jonathan knows he’ll be preachin’ to the choir, but will Kat—and his congregation and their children—let him?
Read an excerpt at my blog by clicking here.
Click on the link on the bar above to read more about my contemporary releases.
The Tinsel Timewarp
http://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-1963-9-the-tinsel-timewarp/
Cici and John experience the true meaning of love when they help their friend Chandra deal with her grief on Christmas Eve by creating a tinsel time warp.
Cici wants everyone to have a perfect holiday, but she discovers things don't always work out that way. When a crying Chandra shows up at her home, Cici asks her alien boyfriend, the time traveler John Smith, if he can help mend Chandra's broken heart. John creates a time warp for Chandra where she can spend one more Christmas Eve with her late grandmother doing all the holiday things they loved to do, but, as usual, things quickly go south. The tinsel time warp grows and expands and threatens to take over the entire planet, and Cici is forced to go up a ladder when she's afraid of heights. Will time travel heal all wounds and make for a Merry Christmas for Cici, John, and even the melancholy Chandra?
Featuring characters from the Loving Who series (PG rated). Click on the series link above to find out more.
Loving Who
Screwball comedy meets the world of Doctor Who fandom. Cici Connors' life will never be the same when she takes a mysterious man into her bed and her life begins to change... possibly for the better. After all, how many alien assassins tracking her does one girl need?
Read more about the four books in the Loving Who series on its series page by clicking here.
Hurricane Alley(a contemporary short romance)
http://www.devinedestinies.com/hurricane-alley/
Sometimes only a hurricane can calm the storm in your heart.
When Elena’s car breaks down in a Carolina town, the big city saleswoman falls into the arms of a handsome singing auto mechanic named Jake who is more than he appears to be. Can two lost souls from two very different worlds find love and happiness together or will a storm blow them apart?
Driving in England
http://www.devinedestinies.com/Driving-in-England/by Cynthianna and A J Matthews
Susannah Koenig travels to England on an urgent mission to discover her boss’s relatives. Duncan Balfour, a renowned genealogist, doesn’t think he’d like to meet the woman who nags him online for help. Then he realizes he is the long lost relative Susannah’s boss is desperately searching for. Once the pair meet, they can’t deny their mutual attraction, but Duncan can’t help lying to her to protect his family’s reputation. Can Susannah pierce Duncan’s armor to find the loving man within and reveal the truth that could save a life?
Read an excerpt from the first chapter at my blog: http://momsday.blogspot.com/2015/01/driving-in-england-now-available-from.html
Jonathan
could do nothing to aid his wife’s losing battle with cancer. With
twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave
him suddenly with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of
the bed.
Katrina, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small
town Texas. Life may be dull, but at least it's predictable--unlike her
life with her late ex-husband. "Kat" has come to the conclusion that if
nuns can live celibate for years, then why can't she make it the next
fifty?
One Sunday Jonathan sees a golden beam alighting upon a radiant Kat as
she directs the singers. He hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before!
From here on out he knows that he’ll be preachin’ to the choir. But
will Kat—and his congregation—let him? - See more at:
http://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html#sthash.euNixdC8.dpu
Jonathan
could do nothing to aid his wife’s losing battle with cancer. With
twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave
him suddenly with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of
the bed.
Katrina, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small
town Texas. Life may be dull, but at least it's predictable--unlike her
life with her late ex-husband. "Kat" has come to the conclusion that if
nuns can live celibate for years, then why can't she make it the next
fifty?
One Sunday Jonathan sees a golden beam alighting upon a radiant Kat as
she directs the singers. He hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before!
From here on out he knows that he’ll be preachin’ to the choir. But
will Kat—and his congregation—let him? - See more at:
http://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html#sthash.euNixdC8.dpufhttp://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html
"An exceptional writer with a flair for humor." --Romance Reviews Today
Can a single mom find happiness on a blind date--or at least dinner with a male who can cut up his own food? Cassie and Mike believe they're "in like" not "in love." But when down-on-his-luck Mike is evicted, Cassie takes him in. Mike starts fixing everything from window screens to broken hearts. Will Cassie let him fix hers?
"I loved it... The Fixer-Uppers was so compelling I just kept going forward until the happy ending. You keep up the good work." --avid romance reader Christina D.
You can read the first chapter of The Fixer-Uppers at Goodreads by clicking here.
Click here to purchase this book from All Romance eBooks.
Unalone(In case you can't figure this out from the synopsis, this is not a contemporary romance. It's a SF/fantasy romance novella. Sorry for any confusion.)
Space cargo pilot Calinda crash lands on a desolate world during an intra-galactic conflict. Bitter and injured, she doesn't expect to live long enough to be rescued. Then she encounters a strange non-corporeal being who can mimic anyone she imagines—who can read her secret thoughts and still loves her as she is. Can a loner truly love an alien being who lives inside her mind? Can Calinda truly come to accept what it means to become "unalone"?
The Stocking
Adele’s lonely Christmas Eve on the prairie is made much brighter by the arrival of a mysterious silver-whiskered stranger.
Read a short excerpt at the excerpts link above.
Leaving Who
Book 2 in the Loving Who series
After touring the universe with time traveler John Smith, Cici Connors wants one more thing—to go home. Will the imminent destruction of Earth throw a kink into her plans?
http://www.devinedestinies.com/if-you-give-a-time-traveler-a-cookie/
John and Cici return to St. Louis just in time for Cici to make her eye doctor appointment, but for some odd reason her apartment door seems jammed. The alien time traveler John Smith confesses he might have created a box that produces an endless supply of Thin Mints to assuage Cici's junk food habit. Will they be able to break the door down, stop the inter-dimensional cookie manufacturing, and save the building from collapsing before it's too late?
Read a short excerpt by clicking here.
Book 3 in the Loving Who series
Cici Connors is losing her mind—or is she? Alien time traveler John Smith had to leave her at the end of Leaving Who
for the sake of clearing up Earth's muddy timeline, but now he vows to
return to his adopted world--and return Cici's memories as well.
Nothing is ever easy or simple where John Smith is concerned, and he
enlists the aid of his two partners in crime, Captain Mac and Babbling
Brook. But will having Cici run John's sci-fi convention only attract an
invasion of Earth by artificially intelligent life forms?
You can read the first chapter here: http://drb1stchp.com/2015/04/losing-who-by-cynthianna/#comment-3012
Country Boy, City Girl
http://www.devinedestinies.com/978-1-4874-2135-9-country-boy-city-girl/
Veronica "Ronnie" Hawthorn has found peace at last in the Missouri
Ozarks town of Green Springs, excited at the prospect of running her own
arts-and-crafts store in an old farm
house. But when city girl Ronnie "falls" into her handsome neighbor's
arms, she is surprised to discover that country boy Dave Darden is one
of the most eligible bachelors in America.
Read an excerpt at: http://momsday.blogspot.com/2014/05/down-home-lovean-excerpt-from-country.html
"Readers will not be disappointed...You will be
rewarded with a down home love story that will long be
remembered."--Bridges Magazine
Scrambled Eggs
