Don’t Ask Me to Leave is a contemporary romance by Micki Clark which will release soon from Mantle Rock Publishing. Here’s a short teaser about this book:

Newlywed Rachel Miller has everything she could want from life—the perfect husband, her dream job, and a cute little house in the country—but the daydream is shattered when her husband is killed in a tragic accident. Her mother-in-law, Nadine, takes her in as she tries to pick up the pieces, and their handsome neighbor Beau is willing to help…if Rachel will let him. Does she dare open her heart for a second chance at love?

Don’t Ask Me to Leave is a modern-day adaptation of the Biblical story of Ruth and Naomi.

Red Morning Glory by Cyn Taylor has been released this week! This is the second book in the Smoky Mountain Mist Series. Here is a little snippet about the story.

Glory Donaghan has it all. A church filled teenagers she hopes to mentor, a family who loves her and keeps her focused on what is important, and a modeling job that is quickly turning into a flourishing career. She feel’s God’s hand on every aspect of her life. Until she wakes up in the hospital, with no idea how she got there.

Her life takes a 180 when she is accused of drug abuse and possibly distributing drugs to her youth group. She discovers that Marlee, her niece Charlotte’s best friend, is being physically abused. Glory receives threats on her own life when she tries to help. Her once perfect world is suddenly falling apart; and Tanner Slade, the person who reports her as a user, and the most infuriating man she has ever met, is making life even more complicated.

Tanner Slade thinks Glory is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and possibly the most innocent. But he has dealt with drug users for years. He knows how deceptive they can be and wants no part of a relationship with someone who is a user. Something about Glory catches his interest, and definitely his eye. But he stubbornly refuses to let his heart rule his head a second time.

The romance of the Great Smoky Mountains brings the two together. Their conflicted hearts need time to learn how to trust, before they can build a relationship. Life isn’t allowing them that time.

Glory is given an opportunity to move from Tennessee and leave all the turmoil behind. This puts her at war with her conscience. When Charlotte goes missing, Glory knows exactly where she needs to be. But has she made that decision in time?

Cyn’s first book in this series, Blue Mountain Sky is also available. Read more about this book here.

(originally posted 8.28.2015)

I was honored to do this e-book cover for Susan Page Davis. Susan is a member of KenTen Writers, a group of authors from Western Kentucky and Tennessee. I met her a month or so ago when I gave a presentation to the group. Susan is a talented author with many published books to her credit.

Frasier Island guards a military secret. Ensign Rachel Whitney is posted at this remote missile installation on a North Pacific island, where she is to work in isolation with two men. She could love her new assignment, if Lt. George Hudson weren’t so antagonistic and obstinate. She sets out to prove she is perfect for the top secret job, in spite of the tension between them.

Frasier Island is available on Amazon.

(originally posted 4.27.2015) 

Irish Encounter by Hope Dougherty is a romantic novel which finds Ellen Shepherd visiting Ireland on a yarn-shopping tour. While there she encounters Payne Anderson who begins to test her in ways she was not expecting.

For this cover, capturing the breath-taking beauty of Ireland and the coziness of a cafe were important. An added touch of Celtic knot art seemed to round out the feelings for this romantic novel. As is sometimes the case, main characters with specific ages can be difficult to find in the stock photography market. Ellen, our main character, is a middle-aged widow with specific features. That led us to decide again not to feature her on the cover, but to leave her appearance up to the reader.

Irish Encounter is available on Amazon.