Burb-
East Kansas is the picture postcard of
Christmas with the mountain peaks, wreath-covered storefronts and holiday music
streaming into the streets. During the holiday season, ice skating on Miller
Pond is the main social outlet for the town. A new road through the mountains
will ease the town’s economic struggle, but will destroy the pond which is
fiercely protected by Olivia Miller. Even though Olivia hates Thomas Baker, the
man hired to build the road and destroy her family’s legacy, she also finds
herself unexplainably drawn to him.
Thomas Baker plans to spend another
Christmas alone until he is offered a chance to supervise the construction of a
new road. His excitement fades when he finds out the job is in East Kansas, the
one place he swore to never return to. Besides avoiding the man who lives
there, Thomas must protect his heart against the young girl who stole it 15
years ago.
Just as Olivia and Thomas begin to kindle a
relationship, history between their two families surfaces. The past threatens
to kill both their futures as well as the road. Will this be the last Christmas
for East Kansas?
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Bio-
I love the unusual, the unexpected, and
ALWAYS cheer for the underdog! My favorite experiences include riding a runaway
camel in Egypt and catching Camen in the Amazon and holding a snake-charmer’s
python. My biggest adventure was marrying a career military man and raising
four children. Now five grandchildren hold my heart.
I wrote my first story in grade school (Akron,
Ohio), and had my first short story published at age fifteen. During my busy
motherhood and nursing career years, my writing included developing protocols,
writing grants, and creating workshops, as well as creating puppet shows for
VBS, and providing holiday dramas for my church.
I moved from Ohio to Darlington, South
Carolina in 2006, took an assistant professor position at Francis Marion
University and also began teaching online as an adjunct for Indiana Wesleyan
University. I love speaking to groups about my faith, my life’s challenges, and
my writing journey. I currently have three novels published by Pelican Book
Group, Deadly Decision, Retribution, and Light of Logan and one novella, Christmas
in East Kansas.
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