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About Alice Valdal
Alice Valdal wrote her first romance on a dare. To everyone's surprise it was published as Love and Lilacs, by Avalon Books.
She thought she had launched a new career as an author and wrote several more books which were never published and languish on diskettes in a drawer of her desk.
"Real life" took over and she forgot about publishing, but the urge to write never really went away. She joined RWA®, found a local chapter, attended meetings and workshops and eventually entered another story in a conference contest. To everyone's surprise, the book was purchased -- publicly at lunchtime -- and The Prospect Series was born. The prize winning book was The Man for Her, published by Kensington Books and edited by Hilary Sares.
Contrary to her best hopes, her career did not sky-rocket, but she has continued to write and publish.
She is still engaged in "real life," with a home and garden, book club, church, choir, cats, and family. She is constantly seeking the balance between writing and living and finding the joy in both.
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She thought she had launched a new career as an author and wrote several more books which were never published and languish on diskettes in a drawer of her desk.
"Real life" took over and she forgot about publishing, but the urge to write never really went away. She joined RWA®, found a local chapter, attended meetings and workshops and eventually entered another story in a conference contest. To everyone's surprise, the book was purchased -- publicly at lunchtime -- and The Prospect Series was born. The prize winning book was The Man for Her, published by Kensington Books and edited by Hilary Sares.
Contrary to her best hopes, her career did not sky-rocket, but she has continued to write and publish.
She is still engaged in "real life," with a home and garden, book club, church, choir, cats, and family. She is constantly seeking the balance between writing and living and finding the joy in both.
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Books By Alice Valdal
The Man Who Loved Christmas and other short stories
Nov 22, 2013
by
Alice Valdal
$0.00
a collection of Christmas themed short stories. Content is sweet with a hint of the mystical
Her One and Only (Prospect Book 2)
May 12, 2015
by
Alice Valdal
$3.00
Set in the historical, gold-rush town of Prospect, British Columbia, Her One and Only is the story of old scandals and fresh starts. Emma Douglas and Grey North are perfectly suited to life in the frontier, bold, resourceful and determined. Their romance seems inevitable until an old scandal follows Emma to Prospect and Grey is forced to return to his estate in England. Each is put to the test as they confront betrayal and disillusionment. When they return to Prospect their love for each other is stronger than ever. Emma knows she can manage alone, but life with Grey will be so much more exciting. Her One and Only is a romance for the history buff.
by
Alice Valdal
$0.99
A collection of five short stories, three historical and two contemporary. These heartwarming stories remind us of the beauty and magic of the Christmas season, when love, joy, peace and good will touch our spirits and spill into the busyness of our lives.
The settings range from a modern day small town to an impassable mountain road in the late nineteenth century to a prairie home where a war bride struggles with the challenges of her new life. Whatever the setting, Christmas comes unexpectedly to those who have forgotten why we celebrate.
The settings range from a modern day small town to an impassable mountain road in the late nineteenth century to a prairie home where a war bride struggles with the challenges of her new life. Whatever the setting, Christmas comes unexpectedly to those who have forgotten why we celebrate.
The Man for her (Prospect Book 1)
May 7, 2015
by
Alice Valdal
$2.99
Abandoned by her lover, Lottie Graham became the laughing stock of Prospect, a raw gold rush town in the heart of British Columbia. She raised her son alone, worked her farm alone, and for ten long years has waited for Patrick, her lover, to return from the gold fields. Her grief has softened with time, but never healed. When Patrick’s cousin, Sean O’Connor arrives in Prospect, Lottie believes, for one fleeting instant, that Patrick has returned. Despite herself, Lottie is drawn to Sean, grateful for his strength, his courage and his care for her and her son. Can she love again? Are her feelings for Sean a betrayal of her first love? The Man for Her is a story of grief and healing, sorrow and joy, but most of all it is a romance, set against a sweeping background, with bold and daring characters.
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Love and Lilacs
Aug 20, 2013
$1.99
No matter what Nick Cooper does to stop her, Maggie will make a successful bed and breakfast out of The Lilacs, the country home she has inherited from a beloved great aunt. He can send all the threatening letters he wants. He can destroy her kitchen with a bulldozer. He can even try drowning her. It will not matter. Maggie Ann Keaton is staying in Hiram's Landing!
Of course, Nick Cooper continuously proclaims his innocence. But Maggie is reluctant to trust the handsome charmer. For if Nick isn't trying to harm her, then who is?
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