Finally, I have book 2 in the Starting in Henderson County Series. This has been a long time coming. I started writing Starting Again almost two years ago. This is a very different book from when I started. I hadn’t planned on it being a holiday romance but since I finished it a little before Christmas, I revised it to be a book for the holidays.

Even the character of Gage was supposed to be just a secondary one but as I wrote, he morphed into a lead and I couldn’t get it out of my head while I wrote it. The style is the same as Starting Over.

You can do a Christmas pre-order here.

OUR RELEASE DATE IS 31st JAN!!!

Blurb

When Dawn realizes starts prepping for the Christmas season, little does she know that it will be her last in the Henderson County. However, with the announcement of her ex-boyfriend’s wedding, Dawn wants to flee.

Until she meets Gage Baxter. He’s everything she wants in a man, except she has no plans to stay here anymore and Gage seems too good to be true.

One stormy night, she finds out that one secret Gage kept to himself that caused her to waste twelve years of her life waiting.

Or was it destiny?

Cover

Les designed my cover. As always, she’s fantastic. We went with a holiday theme. And so just like Starting Over had a fall theme, this book has a winter theme.

Les usually works with me on most of my ebook covers. It’s been three years since she started working with me. I have never met her and yet, every single time she creates these magical covers that just make my books shine.

The cover for this is no exception. The Christmas decorations and the winter snow capture all the feels of the book. It just looks like a seasonal Christmas romance.

I also love the pair in the image. (I don’t know who they are) They are a cute couple and I think guys with a five o’ clock shadow are so ruggedly handsome! 🥰

What do you think?

Trailer

Here’s the trailer. As always, I work with Lumen 5 to create my book trailers. And so they are very similar in look and feel. The music is credited to Nikolay Kiselev.

Merry Christmas 2021

I can’t believe that 2021 is finally drawing to a close. This year has been monumental in terms of what I’ve accomplished. I have 7 audiobooks out and this year the pivot to audio was really a big turn for me. I’m quite happy with that decision. I’ve undertaken two substantial edits with three confirmed books for 2022. God willing!!! 🙏

With two major releases this year with different publishers, it was a mad second half, but I’m glad that I’ve had the time to write.

Despite all the downs, I’m happy for the many blessings this year on the writing front.

And Christmas has been busy. Despite being a post-it, note taking, highly organized nut, I’ve been frantic trying to do all the thinge we do for Christmas.

Hang new curtains, clean house, make sweets, bake, cook, take down the decorations, etc. I also had plans to travel to Turkey or Sri Lanka for a holiday. My mother vetoed the first out and Omicron negated the second. So I was very disappointed.

I’m looking forward to traveling somewhere (anywhere really) next year.

Work and writing have kept me busy though. The beauty of the Christmas season is joy. It infects your being even if the circumstances are trying. I actually found myself editing this book completely joyous about everything. Even as I write this now, I can hear the children all making the crib for our sector. Christmas carolers are going around from one building to another. The weather is nippy and my mother is frying all the sweets we have shaped. The moments are enough. Christ is enough.

I hope you find joy in your Christmas season.

Edit: I finalized this post today after Christmas season because we’re done eating and feasting. Christmas has now actually begun with family making visits and us spending more time together remembering the ones who aren’t with us. I also visited my dad’s grave and finished all our visits to the bereaved. Now it’s watching Christmas movies, caroling, and dancing.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season. Felize Natal. 🎄