By marrying into a wealthy Boston family, she hopes to inherit just that. Then a strange letter names her the heir of her alleged grandfather's home on Mackinac Island. But, as she sorts through the past, she learns her true legacy may leave her more alone than ever. When the beautiful Rachel moves in across the street to finish the family tree her Ojibwa grandfather started, Will Tobin is more than happy to assist her. His heart gets ahead of his head, though, and before long he finds he's fallen in love with an engaged, unsaved woman. Can Will offer his friendship and guard his heart while Rachel struggles to reclaim her lineage? Can the love of a family, a man, and a Savior be found on one tiny island?
Does the clay say to the potter, "What are you making?" — Isaiah 45:9
Heritage is book 4 in my contemporary Mackinac Island series.
When researching Mackinac Island for this series, it never crossed my mind what the island might be like in the off-season. The Grand Hotel opens in the mid to late spring and closes in the fall. The main street shops were much the same way. I thought of it as a summer resort island. Though it is, it is also so much more.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that people reside on the island year-round. They have school and everything.
So, I naturally wanted to include a story in this series that took place in this off-season. I learned about the ice bridge that forms across the Straight of Mackinac connecting the island to the upper peninsula and about designated roads approved for snowmobiles in the winter. I also learned that people plunked their used Christmas trees along the safe route of the ice bridge. I understand a snowmobile or two have ended up in an icy, watery grave when the bridge is being tested before the ice is thick enough to traverse, but someone has to be brave enough to test it. This ice bridge gives the residents a freedom they don’t have the rest of the year.
Rachel thought she knew who she was, but when she learned about her heritage, she had to rethink not only who she was, but who she wanted to be.
In this story, I enjoyed bring Lorelei and Garth back from the first book in the series so readers could see how they were doing.
I love Mackinac Island and hope to write many more stories set there. I have a historical series in mind with one of the stories connecting directly to one in this series.
LAKESIDE, THE ISLAND, & THE GRAND HOTEL are included in MICHIGAN WEDDINGS
Contemporary Romance: Michigan's Mackinac Island offers a safe harbor for wounded hearts seeking retreat. Lorelei returns to the island carrying a secret that has stolen her joy, but an old acquaintance is waiting to try to restore it. Haley's job on the island hides her from family conflict and the fear of being used by others until a handsome customer arrives asking for her help. Aimee seeks family treasure and adventure at the Grand Hotel, but one of the assistant manager's adherences to routine threatens her goals. Will God's guidance lead these women down the path of forgiveness and romance?
Book 4, HERITAGE is available in a separate volume, as are books 1-3.
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT ~ A sweet historical romance that will tug at your heart. This is book 1 in the Quilting Circle series.
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT releases in ebook on July 1, and will be out in paperback by mid-June.
#ChristianRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romance
MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January, Courting Her Amish Heart in March, The Widow’s Plight in July, Courting Her Secret Heart September, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
.jpg)
.jpg)