March 22, 2024
Hello!
I took a week off last week to travel with my husband and his geology students down to New Mexico on their spring break trip. Visits to Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands National Park, and the Guadalupe Mountains were interspersed with stops to study rock outcrops. This trip was also a test drive for a camper we bought last November. Our son had it in Death Valley for the past two months while he worked in the field for his Ph.D. work, so we met up with him to reclaim it.
This trailer isn't one of the glam models with home-away-from-home vibes. But it has plenty of bells and whistles, almost too many for me. My hubby has wanted one of these ruggedized trailers forever, so we decided the time was right to buy. Honestly, I really only cared about the color. It's a cute orange. Now we need to name it.
Our last night in Oliver Lee State Park really tested its hardiness. A wind storm descended on us, blowing the tent canopy down within a foot of our faces for five straight hours. The cool thing about this trailer, though, is the air technology that kept it inflated the whole time. It just kept popping right back up each time the gusts subsided. I didn't sleep more than two hours, I bet. But it sure beat sleeping on the ground in a tent.
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I have a cover to show off today, along with the pre-order link ⏤ woohoo! It feels like forever since I've promised this was coming soon. I'm blaming it on the blurb! There's something about trying to sum up a 50,000-word novel in under 200 words that really hurts my brain.
Here's the summary for Apple Blossom Dreams (Port Chance, Book #2) which will release June 25th if not sooner:
After a disastrous marriage, Linn Miranelli promises herself some time to heal, and filling the bakery cases at Apple Hill Orchard is the best remedy she knows. That is, until she finds herself drawn to the new orchard manager way before she told herself she’d be ready. There’s something about his confident nature and the moments he shares with his daughter that tug her heartstrings. And his piercing eyes that seem to see into her soul don’t help the matter.
If his rambunctious daughter and the new job didn’t keep him scrambling, Heath Rivers bets he’d still be grieving his wife’s death three years after the fact. But now the woman overseeing the orchard’s bakery has blazed into his heart faster than her cinnamon muffins melt on his tongue. He might be falling in love again. Or are those feel-good moments just the butter and sugar talking?
As they tiptoe around their mutual attraction, the past threatens to stifle their relationship before they find common ground. Will their doubts meddle with their chance at love, or will their budding romance blossom into a happily ever after?
For fans of clean romance and women’s fiction, discover the magic of a delightful river town and its inhabitants as this charming sweet romance novel unfolds in a new series by D.E. Malone.
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I'm excited to be a part of this special collection of Christian and/or sweet, clean and wholesome romance romances. You'll find contemporary, historical, nonmagical fantasy, and romantic suspense books in this mix. These titles are ALL in Kindle Unlimited too. I have two titles in KU: That Woman on Thistledown Lane and A Forever Kiss in Silver Leaf Falls, both of which are included in this promotion (click on the graphic to see the titles).
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The March into Reading Challenge that I hosted in my Facebook reading group wrapped up this past weekend. If you participated, I hope you had fun. We had nine guest authors show up to post challenges of their own. And there were some awesome prizes too⏤an Amazon gift card, book light, bookish themed gifts, and ebooks galore! I hope you'll join us next time if you aren't a member of D.E. Malone's Book Room.
The book news I hinted at in the last newsletter is almost ready to be revealed. I can't wait to share with you the special project I'll be involved with this fall! Next week, I'll be hosting author Annabeth Avery here, so stay tuned to learn more about her and her books.
(Click on the cover to go to the sale page)
Six full-length novels filled with sweet stories,
beautiful romance, faith, family, fun and always a happy ending!
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Port Chance Series * NEW BOOK *
New small-town romance series! It's in Kindle Unlimited too.
That Woman on Thistledown Lane
Hearts in Hendricks series:
Now on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, & more!
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Blueberry Point Romance series
More small-town romance in Hendricks, MN at Darcy and Sean Stetman's romantic inn. Seven books plus a season-inspired novella collection. Find the series here:
Blueberry Point Romance Collection
Silver Leaf Falls series
Multi-author small-town romance series, all in Kindle Unlimited! Read my book as a stand alone or as part of the series. You can find A Forever Kiss in Silver Leaf Falls here as well as the rest of the Silver Leaf Falls books.
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