Kristin Wallace explores matters of the heart, faith, and family in her new release from Astraea Press.
Julia Richardson is no fan of weddings. A lifetime of
watching her parents treat relationships like the flavor of the month has
taught her that love is for fools and faith is for naïve. She’s always put her
faith in her career. Then her life is thrown into a tailspin. First, she loses
her job. Then she gets a panicked call and learns her former stepsister is
having a crisis with her pregnancy. The crisis has Julia returning to the small
Southern town – and the family – she’s been avoiding for years. Before she
knows it, Julia’s been pressed into service running her stepsister’s wedding
planning business.
Julia doesn’t know a garter from a garden hose, but now she
must navigate couples along the bumpy path down the aisle - despite wardrobe
malfunctions, killer bees, and plenty of near disasters. In the midst of it
all, Julia makes the most unexpected discovery of all…Love, with Seth Graham,
the widowed local minister! Julia’s been running from love and everything
spiritual for most of her life. It’s not until she finds the courage to stop
running and learns to believe in the power of love, faith and family that she
finds her own “I Do” moment.
Kristin Wallace Bio
Growing up Kristin devoured books like bags of Dove Dark
Chocolate. Her first Golden Book led
to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, C.S. Lewis
and the Sweet Valley High series. Later, she discovered romance novels and
fell in love all over again. It’s no surprise then that Kristin would one
day try her hand at writing them. She writes inspirational romance and
women’s fiction filled with love, laughter and a leap of faith. When she’s
not writing her next novel, Kristin works as an
advertising copywriter. Over the 15-year career in the ad industry, she
has worked on clients that have included the Miami Marlins, Discovery Networks,
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, The Peabody Hotel and Sea World. She also enjoys
singing in the church choir and worship team and playing flute in a community
orchestra.
You can connect with Kristin online at:
Website: www.KristinWallaceAuthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KWallaceAuthor
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kristin-Wallace/e/B00G5KX80I
Excerpt:
(Lead up to Julia and
Seth’s first kiss)
Seth
gave a frustrated groan.
“What
now?” Julia asked.
“You
are a dangerous lady.”
“Me?”
“God,
she doesn’t even see it!” he called out to the heavens.
“Are
you praying?” she asked in bemusement.
“For
strength. You tempt me, and it’s making me crazy.”
“Are
you talking about the other night in the kitchen?”
“It
goes way beyond last night,” he said, hands gripping the railing. “Did you know
I had a wild crush on you when you used to live here?”
Julia’s
mouth dropped open. “What?”
“I
helped you build a fort.”
“You
pounded nails so you could be near me?” she asked, batting her eyelashes at
him. “What a way to court a girl.”
“It
wasn’t like I could talk to you,” Seth said, shuffling his feet. “Not without
sounding like an idiot.”
“I
didn’t think you even liked me.”
A
dry chuckle escaped from his chest. “Like and lust are two different things.
You were every teenage boy’s fantasy. Everything about you fascinated me. The
way you walked, the way you tossed your hair, even the way you smelled. It
drove me nuts for two years.”
“I
was your fantasy?”
“The
problem is now you’re back, standing there looking like some kind of screen
goddess, and you get me like no one ever has,” he said, as if she hadn’t
spoken.
Her
skin started tingling. “You think I’m beautiful?”
“You’re
so much more than beautiful.”
Jumping him right now
would be bad… Right? “This
is a little complicated.”
“You
think?” he asked, drifting closer. “You’re a guest in Grace’s house and living
about a hundred feet away. Plus, I am a minister, and it wouldn’t look good if
I grabbed you right now and kissed you senseless.”
“Not
in the job description?”
“Definitely
not.”
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