Happy Summertime!

Oregon finally decided to stop with the rain and give me the 90 degrees I've been waiting for. 😍 But that means I had a problem—swimsuit shopping:

Swimsuit shopping is the worst.

Do any of you have the issue of being tall? I'm 5'9". On my tall days I'm almost 5'10". With that, I buy swimsuits that look great on the model, but when the UPS driver delivers it to my house, I realize the model was 5'2" and there's no way the swimsuit is going to fit the same way. 🤪

Luckily, after much trial and error, I've found one that's going to work great for this summer! Phew.

Time for a sunburn.

Writing update:

Remember how I told you guys I'd give you writing updates? Yeahhhhh. I've been negligent in doing that, so here I am, doing the virtual walk of shame and giving you a writing update.

1. Jude and the Matchmaking Llama comes out July 20 in a clean romcom boxset. You can get all 20 stories for 99¢ right now!
2. Vacations Like This (A Love Like This #4) is going to my amazing editor in July and is set for a September 14 release! It has been sooooo much fun to dive back into the Boone cousins. Book 4 is Mack's story. It's a friends to enemies to love story. :)
3. Tuesdays Like That (A Love Like This #5) Yup! That's right. That's the title of the FINAL story in A Love Like This series. Jordan Boone gets his moment in the spotlight. I have the title. I have the book cover. I'm writing the story right now. What I don't have? A release date for you yet. But I'm so excited about this story that I had to let you know about it. 😜
4. Audio: Are you an audiobook listener? Right now Mr. H.O.A. and Miss Trailerhood are being turned into audiobooks, and I am LOVING it. The best part? World's Worst Boyfriend is ALREADY an audiobook! 😱 that's right! It's available on Google Play, Kobo, Nook, Chirp, and Scribd! It's eventually going to make it's way to amazon too. ;)

$25 Barnes & Noble gift card giveaway!

This weekend, June 26, it's the 2 year publishing anniversary for me! 2 years ago I published my first book, The Perfect Plan. There's just something special about that first ever published novel, and the characters in The Perfect Plan will always hold a special place in my heart! (I'm dying to write book 2 in the series!)

The Perfect Plan

The girl...

Libby's life is going according to plan. She has one free summer before she starts her new job, which means she has time to do a favor for her best friend, Evan.

The favor...

Libby agrees to keep an eye on Evan's grandma until he can find a permanent companion for her. How hard could it be?

But this particular grandma is determined to commit the perfect murder.

The match...

While Evan and Libby spend the summer protecting the world from Grandma Marcie's murderous plans, they find themselves blurring the fine line of friendship — and there's no going back.

Note: this is a laugh-out-loud chick lit novel with a side of romance!

P.S. You can enter the gift card giveaway here!

Looking for a free romance read? You've got 41 to pick from here!

Lots of love and awkward hugs,

Carina Taylor

Betrayed at the Beach

When tragedy strikes the Bryce Beach Public Library, the choice is clear for librarian Sunshine Baker: solve the mystery or lose her job.

Despite having no prior sleuthing experience, Sunshine feels uniquely qualified due to her ninja YA librarian skills and all those Nancy Drew books she read as a kid. With the help of children’s librarian Molly Simmons and cataloguer Evangeline Dupree, Sunshine and her colleagues scour Bryce Beach for suspects, clues, and the stolen treasure.

Can she and her squad recover the proceeds from the library’s annual fundraising gala and Bryce Beach’s most priceless historical artifact, the Bible with the town’s founding fathers’ signatures? 

But here’s the most vexing question of all: could one of Sunshine’s colleagues be a backstabbing traitor out to destroy the library? As Sunshine always says, “Jesus, take the wheel!”

Join Sunshine and her fellow librarians on their adventure to find the stolen treasure and save the Bryce Beach Public Library. Scroll up and one-click this cozy Christian mystery today!

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Under Colorado Skies

Welcome to White Horse Creek! Handsome cowboys, independent women, bold personalities, and small town gossip are just a taste of what you can expect from these country romances. 

Three stories. Three unique romances. All in one box set at great value!

Sunsets in Colorado

Lewis fled from her country roots, but now she's back. If it's up to the handsome cowboy, she won't ever leave again. Enjoy a whirlwind romance as Lewis deals with the demons of her past.

Whispers in Colorado

Jasmine is a New York designer, but being back in White Horse Creek brings back all the memories she wants to forget. Will this ice queen drop her armor of frost long enough to let in the handsome vet?

Midnights in Colorado

Lisa is bold and vivacious. Sam is a straight-laced traditional cowboy. What happens when they fall in love? Can this hairdresser steal her cowboy's heart and keep it?

The Colorado Crazy Series is jam-packed with small-town romances guaranteed to tease your senses and make you dream of cowboys again.

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