Let’s Catch Up
So much and so
little time. Now that the world has begun to open its doors once again, so I have begun to reopen my life. Like so many of you out there who are slowly getting
back into a routine.
Mine has started with
getting back to keeping this blog and my newsletter up to date. Both fell to neglect
since the passing of my heart’s love in 2018. After three years, I finally feel
like I can rejoin my writing life once again.
In 2019 I finished
the second of Widows of Blessings Valley series, Vera. It was published
in January of 2020, and there are five more books in the series to go. I just
need a break from these grieving widows.
I am also involved
in the contemporary Christmas at the Inn series that will be available at
Christmas 2022. Gingerbread Inn with be all about “second chapters” for
the hero and heroine. More on that at a later date.
I am not planning too
far ahead. But I do know that I will want to write the third book in the Men
of the Double K series, Game of Chance for publication in 2022. And
then hopefully back to the next book in the Widows of Blessings Valley series,
Stella.
For now, I have
started the second book in the Men of the Double K series, Winds of
Change. It should be available late summer/early fall. This story is about
the youngest of the Kennedy brothers.
A wonderful
blessing came on New Year’s Eve when I became a great-grandmother! My darling
great-granddaughter is growing like a weed, and she has the absolute best mommy
and daddy. Check out my latest newsletter for a picture of Miss Addison.
A sad note was
that last summer (2020) I lost my dog, Missy, to cancer. She was never quite
the same after my husband’s passing and looked for him every day at the back
gate. I know that she is now running beside him. I also lost my beloved
mother-in-law during the COVID lockdown.
On the flip side, I
gained a wonderful, it not sometimes needy, kitten shortly before Missy’s
passing. Simon is two years old this September and loves to assist me whenever he
can. Meaning when I let him up on the desk. Also, Red River Crossing, Book
1 of Men of the Double K series, was the 2019 IDA Winner in the Historical
Short category.
That’s about it
for now. Watch for posts in the future.
Thank you for your support, you are deeply appreciated.
Have a safe and
fun summer!
Hugs,
Maxine
Men
of the Double K, Book 2
When Cordell
Kennedy’s young wife dies, his life falls apart and he leans on family members
to care for his daughter and maintain his focus on running the Double K Ranch.
After a year of juggling fatherhood and work, he believes the time has finally
come for him to hire a woman to care for his daughter and his home. Before he
can enlist the help of his family to find an older, grandmotherly-type woman,
he learns his family has already solved the matter for him when a beautiful
young nanny unexpectedly shows up at his front door.
Mollie Sheffield has
lived most of her childhood in a New York City orphanage until the age of fourteen
when the Brown family secured her services to act as a companion to their
invalid daughter. When her charge passes, the Browns allow her some time to
find another position. Even though she would much rather stay in New York, it
becomes apparent that her time has run out and she reluctantly accepts an offer
to travel to Texas to care for a widower and his young daughter.
Now that Cordell
and Mollie have been thrown together by the Kennedy clan, can Mollie fulfill
her desire to become a mother and wife when she falls in love with a man who
doesn’t believe he can share his heart again? And can Cord see past his pain to
find the love in Mollie’s heart?
Vera
Widows
of Blessings Valley, Book 2
American
Western Historical Romance Series
A late morning
mining accident casts a gloom over the town of Blessings Valley. Over twenty
souls were lost in an excavating explosion that has left several widows,
friends and townspeople mourning. The explosion occurred as the miners were
coming out for lunch. A rescue force was sent out immediately to recover the
bodies. Services are currently being arranged. Pray for these lost souls and
their families.
Recently widowed,
laundress Vera Baldwin is pregnant and terrified of how she will provide for
her unborn child. She has no family to turn to, neither her’s nor her late
husband’s.
Assigned to
investigate the mining accident that killed several men in Blessings Valley,
undercover agent, Jack Daniels is torn between duty and family when he learns
Vera Baldwin is carrying his estranged brother’s child.
Can two strangers
with broken hearts find love for the sake of an unborn child?
Here continues the
stories of Elizabeth, Vera, Stella, Fannie, Vivian, Charlotte, Violet, and
Willa herself, they are the Widows of Blessings Valley.
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