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Friendship Heirlooms Series
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CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO FALLING IN LOVE Book One Friendship Heirloom: Persistence Zoë Rossdale is the clumsy girl who always has her elbows, feet, eyes, and brass-red hair going in the wrong directions. She floats around in her own world, comfortable there alone, only to be jarred back into the real one when her obliviousness gets her in trouble again. After a lifetime of being evaluated critically—first by her own father, and then by everyone around her—and found wanting, she’s trying to change…for her own good. She’s reaffirmed her commitment to Christ and vowed not to do any of the stupid, possibly illegal, things she’d done for years on the pitiful excuse of surviving. After nearly being fired from the only job she could get to keep her from starving and living on the streets, she’s going to school once more and trying to do better for her über-patient boss. And she’s allowed her best friends to talk her into getting contacts, some new clothes, and a more flattering hairstyle. They tell her she looks beautiful, but she feels more like a dodo bird than ever before—until she literally runs into the only man she’s ever gone loopy over. Curt Bertoletti has spent years trying to forget the seriously messed-up Zoë and her embarrassing ways. The only person who’d ever approved of the ditzy klutz was his mother, and his mother has become relentless in her cause to get him married and settled down. Surely that’s what conjured the appearance of Zoë... Zoë, who looks so little like the girl he remembers. Even as he vows that he won’t stray again—out of weakness or whatever it was that had him stone-gone over her before—he can’t help remembering how well he and Zoë fit together. They’d truly been two abnormal peas in an even stranger pod. But no other woman had ever gotten that misty look in her eyes when she looked at him, or kissed him like she’s forgotten anyone or anything else existed. No other woman made him so happy, so mad, so sad, and so content. Though he’s walking stronger in the Lord than he ever has before and he finally knows what he wants in life, he’s convinced Zoë Rossdale is not it—matchmaking mother or no matchmaking mother. So why can’t he forget her and be done with it? For better or worse, Zoë will always be Zoë—the clumsy girl with her dress tucked into her pantyhose, toilet paper stuck to her shoe and trailing in her wake, the girl whose idea of falling in love is to stand at the edge of the precipice, throw out her arms and confidently jump into a free-fall. If Zoë will always be Zoë, the only question left is, can they both live with that fact? Forever? Zoë Rossdale was a secondary character in GLASS ANGELS, Book 4 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Completed and submitted; awaiting editor revisions.
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MICHAEL’S ANGEL Book Two Friendship Heirloom: Courage As the unwanted son of a mother who killed herself to escape a life she couldn’t bear another second and then being passed around from one foster family to the next, each less sympathetic than the one before, Michael Fremont has had it drilled into him from birth that he’s not worth anything…certainly not worth saving. Then he met the angel next door. LeeAnn Wagner was as small and fragile as a china doll, the unfortunate offspring of a couple more volatile than gasoline and a lit match. Together, Michael and LeeAnn escaped the horrors of their childhoods and gave their lives to the Lord. But Michael had realized that his love and needs for LeeAnn were only growing beyond his control. Feeling like a coward, he did the only thing he could to save her from his possibly unwanted desires: he joined the military. There he’d made close friends in Christ and unburied the very discipline and willpower he’d struggled to grasp while he was with LeeAnn every minute of every day. Never once during their years apart does Michael forget his angel…or forgive himself for leaving her just when she seemed to need him most. The last thing he expects upon honorable discharge is to find that the frail creature he’d reluctantly left behind for what’s felt like a lifetime has discovered her own considerable strengths, abilities, and deep, inner happiness. Can she forgive him? Can she ever get over the scars of her past to see him as the man of her heart? One worthy of an angel? LeeAnn has loved Michael since the moment his gentle eyes met hers. When he left, she thought she’d never survive. But she’d realized soon afterward that she needed the separation as well--to become the fearless, godly woman he needs, now more than ever; to become what he’s been to her right from the start: a healer and guide, a light in the darkness, a friend who would never abandon or destroy. And maybe now that she and Michael are whole, not hiding from the world, barely able to imagine surviving together or apart, they can become lovers… But LeeAnn isn’t sure how to fully overcome a past that refuses to remain in her darkest nightmares. Even as she and Michael’s most fervent, uncertain dreams are coming true, the harbinger of her childhood is waiting in the shadows, murderously intent on taking away everything she’s ever wanted. LeeAnn Wagner and Michael Fremont were secondary characters in GLASS ANGELS and SHARDS OF ASHLEY, Books 4 and 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Finished the first draft and revision; planning to polish and submit in June 2012.
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FOREVER AND ALL THAT JAZZ
Book Three Friendship Heirloom: Hope
Jasmine Pepowski and Wesley Horace’s marriage is off to a rocky start when she finds out that her sickly father can no longer live alone without assistance. Jazz can’t imagine putting her beloved father in a nursing home, but Wesley isn’t crazy about living with the old man. He’s barely coping with the extreme changes marriage has wrought. He’s been a bachelor for most of his adult life and he’s only beginning to see how much he liked running his own life. He’d never realized marriage would mean not being able to make his own decisions—compromising his personal desires for his wife’s at every turn, relegating all his free time to “couple” activities, not to mention giving up his home office/game room for a father-in-law who doesn’t trust Wesley not to hurt his little girl at the first available opportunity. In the end, Jazz gets her way—and drops another little surprise on Wesley’s already aching head: Before they’ve even been married for a year, they’ll have their own bundle of joy to love and care for. Pregnancy and impending motherhood make Jazz think about her mother. When she talks with her father about it, he tells her the last thing she expects to hear: Her mother hadn’t died when she was a little girl, too young to remember. She’s alive and well, a Jazz singer who made a conscious choice to walk away from her family to return to her career. Even as her father and Wesley advise her to leave the past in the past, now that she’s had a taste of everything life has to offer, Jazz wants it all…and she’s not willing to settle for anything less. Jasmine “Jazz” Pepowski and Pastor Wesley Horace were secondary characters in SHARDS OF ASHLEY, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Submitted a proposal for Books 3-6 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series in December 2011, requesting a release date for this one in January 2014. Planning to outline in July 2012, write in November 2012, revise in January 2013 and polish in February 2013.
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FIRST COMES LOVES
Book Four Friendship Heirloom: Reponsibility At the age of fifteen, Chad Feldmann and Winnie McBride made an impulsive choice that led to pregnancy. Now, almost four years later, they have a precious little girl, they’ve both graduated high school, and they’re married. But all is not well in paradise. As much as Winnie loves her daughter, she can’t forget the life she’d expected to be living. Her dreams were pushed aside ruthlessly, kicked in the dirt and all but buried with her pregnancy. Although she and Chad lived platonically while they were both caring for their daughter and trying to finish high school before they got married, it’d seemed to her that they were both struggling and making sacrifices to move forward wisely in their lives. Once they were married, she discovered that Chad had used the college fund his father set aside for him to pursue the dreams he’d imagined for his life. She’s working two jobs and taking care of their child, but she can’t see that he’s sacrificing anything for their life together anymore. The less he’s there for them, the more her resentment grows. Chad blames himself for the reckless choice made when he and Winnie were kids. He believes he should have protected the girl he loved—even if it meant protecting her from him, until they were both ready for forever. All he wants now is to build a life with Winnie, but he doesn’t know how to do that without unintentionally taking away her dreams. In some ways, he expected to lose her from the moment they discovered she was pregnant, and that expectation hasn’t lessened at all in the years since. He knows Winnie isn’t happy, he knows she’s pulling further and further from him, and he can’t figure out how to stop the inevitable. They’ve done everything backwards— the baby carriage, then marriage—and somehow he has to remind her that, regardless of all the wrongs committed, one thing has been true for him for as long as he can remember: First came love. Chad Feldmann and Winnie McBride were secondary characters in GLASS ANGELS, Book 4 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Submitted a proposal for Books 3-6 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series in December 2011, requesting a release date for this one in March 2014. Planning to outline in January 2013, write in April 2013, revise in June 2013, and polish in July 2013.
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CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO HAVING A BABY
Clumsy girl Zoë Rossdale is back, married to the love of her life, Curt Bertoletti, and setting off on another crazy adventure—maybe the most fun and dangerous of all. Having a baby! Book Five Friendship Heirloom: Maturity
Zoë Rossdale was a secondary character in GLASS ANGELS, Book 4 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Newlyweds Zoë and Curt from CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO FALLING IN LOVE. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Submitted a proposal for Books 3-6 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series in December 2011, requesting a release date for this one in June 2014. Planning to outline in June 2013, write in September 2013, revise in December 2013, and polish in January 2014.
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PERFECT REFLECTION
Book Six Friendship Heirloom: Perception Elaina Houston has had it drilled into her from birth that she has to look perfect, act and speak perfectly, and perform perfectly. When she couldn’t live up to the impossible expectations of her parents, she threw herself away—and paid a horrible price for her destructive surrender. But she has a second chance to turn her life around—and she won’t ever let another person decide who and what she needs to be. Even as she colors outside the lines, her inner demons won’t allow her to feel peace about the slightest failure. In part, that’s why Ethan Lynwood, her co-worker, friend and all-around handyman, is so good for her. Ethan expects nothing from her and he seems to like her just the way she is, even when she’s a mess…maybe especially when she is. Ethan’s spent his own lifetime making stupid mistakes—because he’d believed his own wisdom was infallible. He found out the hard way that sometimes we all need humility, help and good advice. And sometimes the most accurate reflection comes from accepting that we’re not perfect but we’re loved unconditionally anyway. Elaina Houston and Ethan Lynwood were secondary characters in SHARDS OF ASHLEY, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Submitted a proposal for Books 3-6 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series in December 2011, requesting a release date for this one in October 2014. Planning to outline in August 2013, write in November 2013, revise in December 2013, and polish in January 2014.
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CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO HAVING IT ALL
Book Seven Friendship Heirloom: Humility Clumsy girl Zoë Rossdale is back, married to the love of her life, Curt Bertoletti, and enjoying motherhood. She has everything she ever wanted. But is it too good to be true? Zoë Rossdale was a secondary character in GLASS ANGELS, Book 4 of the Family Heirlooms Series. Newlyweds Zoë and Curt from CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO FALLING IN LOVE, and expectant parents from CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO HAVING A BABY. Read an excerpt--coming soon! Read reviews--coming soon! Status of this book: Submitted a proposal for this book April 27, 2012, requesting a release date for this one in January 2015. Planning to outline in January 2014, write in April 2014, revise and polish in July 2014.
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