RE-Introduction: Magdalena Scott

Hi there! Here's installment number (I have no idea) in our group's April re-introduction theme. 

I’m a lifelong “small town girl,” having grown up in a corner of the Midwest that most people have never heard of, let alone visited. I’m also a USA Today Bestselling author of small town sweet romance and women’s fiction.

If each of our lives is a book, I’m in the second chapter of mine.

In the first chapter, I grew up in a loving family, made lifelong friendships starting when I was one year, two months, and three days old. (That's when the next girl cousin was born. I'm an only child, and my cousins are super important to me.) I fell in love with writing stories as soon as I learned cursive. My first publishing credit was in second grade–a haiku in a national Sunday school magazine.

I was blessed to live my own small town love story, and during 30 years of marriage to the smartest, most unique man I’ve ever met, became Mom to a wonderful son. The end of chapter one was becoming a widow when my husband died from a brain tumor.

Add Minimalist-in-Training to my Resume

My second chapter has included downsizing from the big family home to a studio apartment, writing full-time,  and becoming mother-in-law to an amazing young woman. I also found a second chance romance. (It's good to know those don’t just happen in novels!)

I love to travel, and in autumn 2015 took an unexpected, dream-come-true trip to Ireland with one of those lifelong friends I mentioned. But my full-time residence is still in small town America, where life in the slow lane includes plenty of heartwarming, simple pleasures–concerts, plays, festivals, street fairs, and old-fashioned family recipes shared at reunions or backyard barbecues. I’ve seen my town be at its best when family, friends, and often the entire community pull together as life’s challenges threaten.

I currently have two small town contemporary romance series available for readers. All the books are wholesome romance (also known as clean, or sweet).

The heartwarming stories of SERENDIPITY, INDIANA: This series is set in, and around, the Standish family Christmas tree farm. Each Serendipity story includes one or more instances of the life-changing magic of Love. (More concrete thinkers may see these as random coincidences.) The Serendipity series contains sweet romance, and also romantic women’s fiction (Emily’s Dreams, The Blank Book). The Blank Book and A Piece of Her Soul also have a light paranormal element. Seven books are available now, with the eighth scheduled to release on June 1st.

The small town charm of THE McCLAINS OF LEGEND, TENNESSEE: This series invites readers into the lives and loves of the large, sometimes exasperating, and always entertaining McClain family, to whom Legend has been home for generations.

If you want to learn more about me, please visit my blog and/or my website. To get all the latest news, and the occasional nifty perk, sign up for my monthly-ish newsletter.

Until we meet again–happy reading!

Magdalena

New girl in the class here, Rachelle Ayala

by Rachelle Ayala

Hello friends, Some of you may have seen me around and for others, I'm a new to you author. I'm happy to be accepted into Sweet Romance Reads and am looking forward to getting to know all of you.

I have been published since 2012, and write a mixture of sweet and not so sweet romances. My sweet romances are listed at my website on their own special page: http://rachelleayala.me/sweet

My sweet romances include A Veteran's Christmas Series (G-rated) which won Readers' Favorite awards.

and my family of San Francisco firefighters, The Hart Family, Have A Hart Series (which is PG-rated) and a few Christmas stories.

I love writing holiday romances, and this Valentine's Day, I will have two new releases - one sweet and one spicy. The sweet one is Valentine Wedding Hound where a reality show collides with a dream wedding. Don't worry, it is squeaky clean and lots of fun, especially when Harley the basset hound gets in the middle of things.

Get to Know You Giveaway

To get to know each other, I'd like to give four copies of Valentine Wedding Hound to four lucky readers (think four-leaf clover lucky). All you have to do is ask me a question in the comments. That's it! Meanwhile, please read an excerpt of Valentine Wedding Hound and sign up for my newsletter for a free sweet romance [a naughty one comes with it, but you don't have to download it, shhhh...].

Some random trivia about me:

I was born in Minnesota.

That bird on my shoulder is a Solomon Island Eclectus.

I have published over 40 books, 39 fiction and 4 non-fiction.

I love to read.

I used to ride a skateboard to school.

I was married on St. Patrick's Day.

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[ Please drop a question in the comments to enter my Giveaway or comment on the Facebook post for this article at https://www.facebook.com/groups/SRRCafe1/ ]

Winners will be drawn by February 8, the day before our Party. https://www.facebook.com/events/245363182564850/