The Christmas Cake, second in Cedar Hollow series, now available!
Can a simple Christmas cake heal old wounds and lead to new beginnings?
When Sally Emery baked her open-book Christmas cake for a charity event in her hometown in West Virginia, she couldn’t have known it would become a factor in events that led to the deaths of five men, deaths she blames herself for. Now, years later, she’s still making that cake—making it and destroying it—in a futile effort to cope with her guilt. Then Alex Montgomery walks into the small-town Tennessee bakery where she works, and her hopes for a peaceful lifetime devoted to atonement begin to unravel because he simply won’t shut up about that Christmas cake. When she at last confronts her past and confides in him, she rediscovers the joys of Christmas and the hope of new beginnings.
Moving back to Georgia to deal with his dysfunctional family wasn’t Alex Montgomery’s ideal future, especially since his career as a literary agent had been centered in New York City. Still, he resolves to do what must be done, and that includes stopping in Cedar Hollow, Tennessee, to ask his biggest client if he’ll accept an agent who isn’t based in New York. Who could have guessed that this simple stopover would result in such chaos? Between snowstorms and his mother behaving totally out of character and that baker—Sally—and her obsession with a Christmas cake, well, he begins to feel as though he’s sliding headfirst down the snowy mountainside. Fortunately, Sally—with her mysterious past, her talent for baking, and her innate kindness—helps him discover that where you’re located isn’t nearly as important as who you’re with.
Visit the Amazon page for The Christmas Cake by clicking HERE.
When Sally Emery baked her open-book Christmas cake for a charity event in her hometown in West Virginia, she couldn’t have known it would become a factor in events that led to the deaths of five men, deaths she blames herself for. Now, years later, she’s still making that cake—making it and destroying it—in a futile effort to cope with her guilt. Then Alex Montgomery walks into the small-town Tennessee bakery where she works, and her hopes for a peaceful lifetime devoted to atonement begin to unravel because he simply won’t shut up about that Christmas cake. When she at last confronts her past and confides in him, she rediscovers the joys of Christmas and the hope of new beginnings.
Moving back to Georgia to deal with his dysfunctional family wasn’t Alex Montgomery’s ideal future, especially since his career as a literary agent had been centered in New York City. Still, he resolves to do what must be done, and that includes stopping in Cedar Hollow, Tennessee, to ask his biggest client if he’ll accept an agent who isn’t based in New York. Who could have guessed that this simple stopover would result in such chaos? Between snowstorms and his mother behaving totally out of character and that baker—Sally—and her obsession with a Christmas cake, well, he begins to feel as though he’s sliding headfirst down the snowy mountainside. Fortunately, Sally—with her mysterious past, her talent for baking, and her innate kindness—helps him discover that where you’re located isn’t nearly as important as who you’re with.
Visit the Amazon page for The Christmas Cake by clicking HERE.
My Cupcake, My Love, first in Cedar Hollow series, is now available!
First published in 2013, My Cupcake, My Love won the 2014 HOLT Medallion Award in the novella category. Now, in 2019, this story has a new role as the introduction to a new series, the Cedar Hollow Series. For more information about My Cupcake, My Love, click HERE or read the description below.
Briana Galen is perfectly content operating her bakery in her hometown of Cedar Hollow near the Great Smoky Mountains. She’s content, that is, until famous novelist Devin Morris moves back to town with his six-year-old daughter. Devin seems determined to think the worst of Bri, even accusing her of canceling her cupcake decorating class for children just to spite him.
Devin’s move back to the mountains from New York City was designed to comfort his daughter Kaitlin, whose mother gave up custody of her when she fled to Europe with her lover. The last thing Devin wants is to become involved with another self-centered female, and Briana Galen appears to be just that. But if she thinks he’ll let her cancel that cupcake decorating class just because she’s busy, she’s got another think coming. At the same time, who could have guessed that his volunteering to supply Valentine-themed cupcake decorations for Bri’s class would leave him with his own heart pierced by Cupid’s arrow? Now he can only hope that Cupid has Bri in his sights too.
Visit the Amazon page for My Cupcake, My Love by clicking HERE.
Briana Galen is perfectly content operating her bakery in her hometown of Cedar Hollow near the Great Smoky Mountains. She’s content, that is, until famous novelist Devin Morris moves back to town with his six-year-old daughter. Devin seems determined to think the worst of Bri, even accusing her of canceling her cupcake decorating class for children just to spite him.
Devin’s move back to the mountains from New York City was designed to comfort his daughter Kaitlin, whose mother gave up custody of her when she fled to Europe with her lover. The last thing Devin wants is to become involved with another self-centered female, and Briana Galen appears to be just that. But if she thinks he’ll let her cancel that cupcake decorating class just because she’s busy, she’s got another think coming. At the same time, who could have guessed that his volunteering to supply Valentine-themed cupcake decorations for Bri’s class would leave him with his own heart pierced by Cupid’s arrow? Now he can only hope that Cupid has Bri in his sights too.
Visit the Amazon page for My Cupcake, My Love by clicking HERE.
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