The Heart of Christmas
(Whiskey Creek #7)
by Brenda Novak
New Release and Review
Just call her Christmas Eve…
Eve
Harmon has always enjoyed Christmas, but this year it reminds her of
everything she doesn't have. Almost all her friends are married now, and
that's what Eve wants, too. Love. A husband and kids of her own. But
the B and B she manages, and even Whiskey Creek, the small Gold Country
town where she was born and raised, suddenly seem…confining.
Eve's
worried that her future will simply be a reflection of her past.
There's no one in the area she could even imagine as a husband�until a
handsome stranger comes to town. Eve's definitely attracted to him, and
he seems to have the same reaction to her. But his darkly mysterious
past could ruin Eve's happily ever after�just when it finally seems
within reach. And just when she's counting on the best Christmas of her
life!
All it took was one night of getting drunk... and just like that her
life was changed forever. So out of character for Eve! She never does
anything but what is appropriate. She is a well mannered lady who is
just turning thirty-five years old ... and single! A girl has her
limits, after all. All her friends are married or in relationships; her
best friend is pregnant; and Eve has had the worse luck where the love
aspect of her life is involved.
From the moment I started reading
this book I knew I was going to enjoy it. As Eve wakes up hungover,
she realizes there is a man in her bed and she has no immediate
recollection of who he is and what transpired to bring this man into her
bed. What is in a name after all? Before the week is out, her male
companion will go from Jared to Brent to... I won't give it away!
Mystery
and suspense are mixed in this cocktail of a romantic thriller. Lives
hang on the line and the threat is very real. These two characters are
drawn to each other by an unknown force and emotions neither has ever
felt before.
In true Brenda Novak fashion, this Whiskey Creek
romance is enticing and full of the characters we love. Once again,
friends band together to protect each other and insure the strength of
their bond remains true.
About the Author
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak’s bestselling author career.
“I
caught my day-care provider drugging my children with cough syrup and
Tylenol to get them to sleep while I was away,” Brenda says. “It was
then that I decided that I needed to do something from home.”
However,
writing was the last profession she expected to undertake. In fact,
Brenda swears she didn’t have a creative bone in her body. In school,
math and science were her best subjects, and when it came time to pick a
major in college, she chose business.
Abandoning her academic
scholarship to Brigham Young University at the age of 20 in order to get
married and start a family, Brenda dabbled in commercial real estate,
then became a loan officer.
“When I first got the idea to become
a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish
my first book,” Brenda admits. “I learned how to write by reading what
others have written. The best advice for any would-be author: read,
read, read….”
Brenda sold her first book, and the rest is
history. Many of her novels have won or placed in contests such as the
National Reader's Choice, the Bookseller's Best, the Write Touch, the
Award of Excellence and the Beacon Award for Published Authors.
Brenda
and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of
five children—three girls and two boys. She juggles her writing career
with her children’s softball and soccer games, field trips, carpool runs
and homework sessions.
When she’s not spending time with her
family or writing, Brenda is usually working on her annual fundraiser
for diabetes research—an on-line auction held at her website May 1st –
May 31st. Her youngest son, Thad, has diabetes, and Brenda is determined
to help him and others like him. She also enjoys traveling, watching
sporting events and biking--she rides an amazing 20 miles every day!
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