- Anna Maria Junus
Shameless Plugs and Sneak Peeks
If you look at the menu up top you'll see a button for The Book Shoppe. There you'll learn more about the books I have written which are for sale as e-books on Amazon. Or you can click on the covers and go straight to Amazon. At some point I will be making them available for print and audio, but in the meantime enjoy them on your devices.
I thought I would give you a sneak peek at what's coming up. These have not been published yet, so you won't find them on Amazon.
The Orchards Of Marina Colleen Vol. 3: Rumplestiltskein's
Travel back to the outdoor mall of the Orchards where you'll meet Maren, the yarn shop owner, and her ten year old daughter Grace.
Maren is a single mom with a genius child that doesn't fit in at school, a fake psychic mother who has her own shop in downtown Marina Colleen, and a special gift that she can't control.
The regulars are back, Gary the owner of Prisms, Gretchen the baker at the Gingerbread Haus, Officer Kelsey, and the other cast of characters.
Oh, and there's a new man at the Orchards who intrigues Maren very much.
The Orchards of Marina Colleen Vol. 4: Ebeneezer's
Carol loves Christmas so much that she has a Christmas store at the Orchards.
But this year is different. Her beloved dog is gone, her marriage is worse than ever, her relationship with her adult daughter is not what she wants it to be, and Christmas just hurts now.
But she has to put on the Mrs. Claus costume and keep smiling. And Gary has asked her to play the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge in his gender bending version of a Christmas Carol. And she's asked to hire a teen in trouble.
Can Carol learn again that it's a wonderful life?
A Christmas Carol Tale: The Twelve Days of Christmas
The first in a new series that takes the titles from different Christmas songs.
Young Clarissa is madly in love and thrilled to be engaged to the handsome and rich young man who stole her heart.
As she writes in her diary she tells the tale of the gifts of love her intended sends her each day while he's away. At first it's thrilling but after awhile...
Added to that is her father's increasing anger, her sisters' merciless teasing, and that annoying footman who takes on the task of controlling all those gifts while he laughs at her with those infernal eyes.
And coming sometime next year....
The Orchards of Marina Colleen Vol. 5: Novel Tease
I haven't written this one yet - not even a first draft. But it will be about Amelia at Novel Tease the bookstore.
She's been introduced in the other books and has a fairly major role in Rumplestiltskeins as Maren's best friend.
That's all I'm saying for now.
And there will be another Christmas Carol book.
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Today's Canadian Woman is...
Janette Oke (1935 -)
Janette Oke is known for writing her inspirational romantic fiction, often set in small towns in Canada - mostly Alberta where she was born and still resides, during pioneering days. Her Love Comes Softly series has been made into movies by Hallmark.
She's written over 75 books in several different series and is a well known name in Christian fiction.
