A Cove Creek Christmas - Love at the Lighthouse by Cyn Taylor (Smoky Mountain Christmas Magic Series Novella 1)
DESCRIPTION:
Forgotten roots, abandoned family, lost love and three Christmas tragedies all made Chloe Coleman who she is today. When forced to chose, will she stay with the life it took ten years to build, or put aside the memories of a devastating past to become the person she is called to be in the present?
Chloe Coleman has worked hard to forget the people she abandoned in her hometown of Cove Creek Tennessee, along with the life changing events that took place there for three consecutive Christmases. She never thinks about Nathan Sharp, the high school sweetheart who jilted her when he moved away for college. Well, almost never.
A death in the family brings Chloe back to the mountains of Cove Creek during the Christmas season, where she gets a near lethal dose of community due to her Aunt Mae’s manipulations from beyond the grave. Nathan Sharp has reset his roots so deep into Cove Creek’s future he never plans to leave again.
Once Chloe returns, Nathan knows he has the power to demand that his first love spend a lot more time in her hometown than she’d planned, or wanted. But he'd rather she make that choice on her own. Reconnected with Chloe after so many years, he plans to fight to win her back, despite the fact that she deserted him when he needed her most. He has always believed Chloe belongs with him, now he only has to prove that to her. His hope is that Chloe’s memories of the good times spent at the old lighthouse all those years ago will stir up longings from their youth.
Before they can find their way back to each other the two will have to overcome the obstacles of a past misunderstanding, a shocking secret, townspeople who want to push them together for their own personal gain, and family who will do whatever necessary to keep them apart.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS:
“A story of second chances for Chloe, Nathan and others in this book. A great Christmas story for the holiday season!” ~L Palmer
“An enchanting story about the quaint community of Cove Creek TN and its citizens! The story focuses on Chloe Coleman, a native of the town who left for college but chose not to return after graduation. As the assistant to the Mayor of Laurel City (200 miles away from her hometown), she was prompted to return to Cove Creek upon the death of her beloved Aunt Mae. As she learns to fit in once again with her family, the townspeople, and her former boyfriend, she uncovers secrets and circumstances she never knew existed. Ms. Taylor weaves a magical story of secrets and romance that is sure to bring vivid images to the reader’s mind.” ~G. Cladwell
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Multi-published, multi-genre author Cyn Taylor writes Southern Contemporary Romantic Suspense based in the Smoky Mountains and Appalachian area. Her books include strong characters that must come to grips with a twist of fate and faith that takes their lives in an entirely different direction than they had charted out for their future.
Smoky Mountain Mist is Taylor's first series. Blue Mountain Sky, Red Morning Glory and Dawn's Gray Light are the three books completing that series. In 2019, Taylor published A Cove Creek Christmas, the first novella in the Smoky Mountain Christmas Magic series as well as Truffles & Kisses, book one in the Smoky Mountain Magic series. All books are works of fiction, although the reader may recognize many of the locations named in the books. Taylor’s romantic fiction books are charming, clean reads written with humor and happy conclusions.
Taylor released her first children’s book, Theodore the Dancing Christmas Horse, in 2019 written under the pen name of LeNai LaRue. The author currently has a Young Adult Fantasy trilogy in the works along with a Familial Comedy and a mystery series. Pet and people journals are also available from this author.
Taylor began her career as a published author in 2016 when she signed a contract with a small publishing company for her Smoky Mountain Mist series. In 2018, after being granted the rights back to her first books, Taylor went the route of Indie publishing by redesigning her covers and re-releasing those first three books.
That same year, Taylor started her own publishing company, Thunder Ridge Publishing (TRP), with the hope of assisting unpublished authors in getting their books to press. TRP designed, edited and published the works of two outside authors between January and August 2019.
A freelance photojournalist, Taylor writes faith, community and feature articles for local newspapers. She says her experiences in writing about life as it is lived by salt of the earth local folks is inspiring, and has helped create the background, as well as some of the unique individuals, featured in her books.
Taylor lives in Knoxville Tennessee in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. She and husband Brent have carved out their dream home on his family farm at the peak of Copper Ridge, along with a feral cat and other woodland creatures who come round to visit. The couple has two married adult children and nine grandchildren.
The author says she also gets some of the best inspiration and ideas for storylines and characters when she accompanies Brent, an accomplished angler, on fly-fishing excursions to the Smokies and local tailwaters. He fishes, she writes, life is good.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Publisher: Thunder Ridge Publishing
Language: English
Paperback: Yes
Dimensions: 5.5" X 8.5"
Publication Date: April 5, 2019