Maddie James Joins #RomanceGems by @JoanReeves

Somebody open the champagne! We've got a new Author on Romance Gems.

GIVEAWAY ALERT!
Details at the end of this post.

A new author joining our ranks is worth celebrating, but it's even better when that author is a longtime friend.

Please welcome Maddie James. Many of us already know Maddie so we know she'll be a valuable addition to our blog. You're going to love her books!

Maddie James: In Her Own Words

Maddie James writes to silence the people in her head—if only they wouldn’t all talk at once!

The author of 50+ romantic novels, novellas, and short stories, Maddie James pens romance and suspense fiction in contemporary and paranormal worlds. Her romance writing career launched in 1997 as a traditionally published author, and she has published with several traditional and small press publishers since then.

Currently an independent author, she publishes under her own imprint, Sand Dune Books. Besides romance fiction, Maddie writes non-fiction under another name with dozens of academic articles, briefs, chapters, and books to her credit.

Winner of the Calico Trails Cameo Award (Roses & Rawhide) and the Romance Book Scene’s Best Novella Award (Red: A Cajun Seduction Tale), Maddie has been listed as an Amazon Top 100 Contemporary Romance Author and an iBooks Rising Star of Western Romance.

Affaire de Coeur said, “James shows a special talent for traditional romance,” and RT Book Reviews claims, “James deftly combines romance and suspense, so hop on for an exhilarating ride.”

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Harbor Falls Romance by Maddie James

For a limited time, you can get a Starter Set (Books 1 and 2) of the Harbor Falls series for only 99 cents at Amazon!

Currently, there are 14-books in this series so... 

Welcome to Harbor Falls! This two-book bundle is your series starter into the Harbor Falls Romance Series!

Enjoy the first two books in the series, sold at a discount, so you can meet and come to know many of the people, and the lifestyle, of Harbor Falls, North Carolina.

In this set, you'll find these two books:

• All of My Heart (Book 1) 
• Take My Heart (Book 2)

I hope you enjoy these stories! Love, Maddie

Blue Ridge Mountains by ChristianDevotions of Pixabay

About Harbor Falls Romance Series

Nestled in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains sits the small town of Harbor Falls.

The town that boasts a booming tourist industry laced with southern charm and grace, topped off with a host of quirky characters and one very busy resident by the name of Suzie Hart.

On the edge of town, tucked into the mountain foothills and on the shores of Falls Lake, sits a quaint Victorian bed and breakfast owned by small-town chef, Suzie Hart.

She calls her B&B Sweet Hart Inn, because well, Suzie is a chef of fantastic proportions, sweets are her forte, and of course her last name is Hart—which probably has nothing to do with the fact that she occasionally likes to dabble in matchmaking....

All of My Heart, Book 1

"True love conquers all—isn't that why we read these books?" EmmaRae, Romancing the Book (Review for All of My Heart)

Life is perfect.

When Suzie Hart inherits the lakeside Victorian cottage that eventually becomes Sweet Hart Inn, she imagines her life all planned out ahead of her. She will run the inn, write her recipes, conduct her cooking classes, and pick up an occasional catering job with her cousin Sydney Hart, who owns the local bakery.

Her life in Harbor Falls is predictable—a welcome change from the chaos of recent months—and that's the way she likes it. Predictability makes her happy.

And then chaos rides his bad ass Harley up to her bed and breakfast doorstep—and her perfect, predictable, and well-planned world starts crumbling like yesterday's blueberry muffins.

Brad Matthews has other ideas.

In fact, he has a plan. When Suzie worked as his sous chef in Asheville several months earlier, he had no intention of falling in love with the sassy chef—no room in his life for romance.

But when Suzie disappeared and took Brad's heart with her, his good intentions shattered. And even though Brad's plan involves making a lot of people in Harbor Falls angry (Suzie included), it is part of a bigger plan to get his own life and career on track, and to win Suzie Hart back into his arms—permanently.

But can Suzie let go of their muddled past, and her well-planned future, in order to finally find happiness with hunky Chef Brad? And can Brad alter his own plan, in order to get Suzie back?

"All of My Heart will have you up, down, hot and cold, and maybe just a little bit desperate too!" ~ Corrie, Lamplight Review & Promotion on Goodreads

Take My Heart, Book 2

The last thing Shelley Hart wants is to go home for the holidays. She left Harbor Falls years earlier and hasn't returned.

Her leaving humiliated her entire family and caused friction with her older sister, Suzie. Who could blame Suzie for being upset? After all, Shelley ran off and married Suzie's fiancé, Cliff.

But everything has changed now—and going home is her only option.

Harbor Falls Police Officer Matt Branson values being alone, even during the holidays. Dubbed the town hermit, he prefers the solitude of his mountain cabin to socializing with friends—friends who say he still pines after the woman who got away.

But the snowy day he pulls over an older model sedan speeding into Harbor Falls, things change. His gut slams against his backbone as a tearful woman rolls down the car window. His heart melts when she looks up into his eyes.

Shelley Hart is back in town—the woman who sent him into his cave in the first place.

Enter My Giveaway

(1) Prize: 1 box set of the Harbor Falls Starter Set

(2) Winner selected by Random Draw Name Picker App.

(3) How to enter. Leave a welcome comment for Maddie James along with your email address written out, not as a hot link, so you can be contacted if you are the winner.

(4) Comments close April 24, 8pm, Friday evening

(5) Winner notified April 27, Monday, at 8pm.

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