BRIDGET GREENE HIDES IN PLAIN SIGHT
Escaping her father’s unreasonable demands, Bridget flees to a remote mining town far from all she knows. To her surprise, her schoolhouse becomes her refuge. When a new family arrives in town, Bridget feels a special bond with the two adorable children—and their handsome widowed father.
Lindley Thompson is on a mission he can’t reveal to anyone, let alone the lovely schoolteacher who’s caught his eye. His children are flourishing under Bridget’s maternal touch, and Lindley’s heart is healing, too. But when their carefully hidden secrets come to light, will true love be enough to overcome all obstacles?
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I loved exploring various aspects of the Washington State San Juan Islands. I love these islands with so much history and so much to do. ROMANCING THE SCHOOLTEACHER takes place on the main island, San Juan Island, just north of the British Camp from book 1.
The problem with writing about books on my backlist is that I’ve forgotten many of the fun details.
For instance, other than the three stories in this series taking place on the San Juan Islands in Washington State, I couldn’t remember the other connections I made between the stories. Like all three stories take place on the the same island, the near biggest and main island with the only incorporated town. I had thought I had set each story on a different island, but I realized that was a contemporary series I developed but haven’t sold yet.
For this series, I chose to focus on different places on San Juan Island. This one takes place on the north end of the island in Roche Harbor.
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| One view of the harbor. |
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| Another view of the harbor from a different angle. |
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| Hotel De Haro in Roche Harbor |
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| History of the hotel |
Another connection I made was with the characters. The younger brother of the heroine in book 1 is the hero in this book, book 2. And a couple of the heroine’s students from Romancing the Schoolteacher are the hero and heroine in book 3.
As authors, we go to the trouble of creating side characters in one story that help that story to be told. It’s a shame not to build on what we have already done to create characters for following books. So I like to use those secondary or incidental characters in future stories in that series as either continuing secondary or incidental characters or bring one or more to the forefront and make them the lead.
I enjoyed taking Lindley from book one and showing him grown up as a devoted father and having a second chance at falling in love. He worked for the lime mining company.
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| This is the old lime kiln in Roche Harbor. |
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| This is that little opening at the bottom of the previous picture. |
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| History of the lime mining in Roche Harbor. |
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THIMBLES AND THREADS: 4 Love Stories Are Quilted Into Broken Lives
Love Stitched into Four Women’s Lives
Enjoy four historical romances that celebrate the arts of sewing and quilting. When four women put needle and thread to fabric, will their talents lead to love? #thimblesandthreadscollection
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“Bygones” by Mary Davis
Texas, 1884
Drawn to the new orphan boy in town, Tilly Rockford soon became the unfortunate victim of a lot of Orion Dunbar’s mischievous deeds in school. Can Tilly figure out how to truly forgive the one who made her childhood unbearable? Now she doesn’t even know she holds his heart. Can this deviant orphan-train boy turned man make up for the misdeeds of his youth and win Tilly’s heart before another man steals her away?
Other stories in this collection:
“The Bridal Shop” by Grace Hitchcock, “Mending Sarah’s Heart” by Suzanne Norquist, and “Binding Up Wounds” by Liz Tolsma
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Can a patient love win her heart?
As Isabelle Atwood’s romance prospects are turning in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams. While making a quilt for her own hope chest, Isabelle’s half-sister becomes pregnant out of wedlock and Isabelle--always the unfavored daughter--becomes the family sacrifice to save face. Despite gaining the attention of a handsome rancher, her parents are pressuring her to marry a man of their choosing to rescue her sister’s reputation. A third suitor waits silently in the wings, hoping for his own chance at love. Isabelle ends up with three marriage proposals, but this only further confuses her decision.
A handsome rancher, a stranger, and an unseen suitor are all waiting for an answer. Isabelle loves her sister, but will she really allow herself to be manipulated into a marriage without love? Will Isabelle capitulate and marry the man her parents wish her to, or will she rebel and marry the man they don’t approve of? Or will the man leaving her secret love poems sweep her off her feet?
HEARTBEATS IN TIME – 5 books of Old West
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The Widow’s Plight (Book 1 in the Quilting Circle series) by Mary Davis
A single mother steps out of the shadows of abuse and into the sunshine. But will a secret clouding her past cost her the man she loves?
Finding Love In Last Chance, California by Miralee Ferrell
Dreams of My Heart by Barbara Scott
Hills of Nevermore by Janalyn Voigt
Heart of a Cowboy Novella Collection--four Old West romances by Susan Page Davis, Miralee Ferrell, Yvonne Lehman, and Vickie McDonough
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MARY DAVIS s a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. Her 2018 titles include; "Holly and Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection (January), Courting Her Amish Heart (March), The Widow’s Plight (July), Courting Her Secret Heart (September), “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in The MISSAdventure Brides Collection (December), and Courting Her Prodigal Heart (January 2019). Coming in 2019, The Daughter's Predicament (May) and "Bygones" in Thimbles and Threads (July). She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-four years and two cats. She has three adult children and two incredibly adorable grandchildren. Find her online at:
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