A Home For Christmas
by Katie Eagan Schenck
Genre: Contemporary Holiday Romance
Brad has just one wish this Christmas: to find a real home. Having lost his parents before joining the Marines, he misses that sense of belonging and family. When he meets an introverted flight attendant on his journey to start his civilian life, he wonders if this might be his chance.
After a messy divorce, Shelly has decided the only person allowed within the brittle walls of her broken heart is her daughter, Lilly. At least, until she meets a friendly man who hails from her hometown while working a routine flight. When she learns he needs a place to stay, she offers the apartment over her garage out of the kindness of her heart – and her desperate need for extra cash.
Even as Brad endears himself to Shelly by saving the town's Christmas pageant, she attempts to keep her distance to protect the fragile stability she's built since her divorce. But Brad's willingness to walk the fine line between what Shelly's heart wants and what her head allows slowly wears down her resolve. And when Brad receives a job offer near the only family he has left, Shelly must decide whether she's willing to risk her heart again before he leaves her home, and her life, for good.
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Debut author, Katie Eagan Schenck, writes sweet romance that warms the heart and gives all the feels. When she's not writing fiction, she's either working on regulations for the federal government or binging Hallmark movies. She lives in Maryland with her husband, daughter, and their three cats.
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What can we expect from you in the future?
In addition to A
Home for Christmas, I have written two other sweet romances: When Cardinals
Appear and Barefoot in Blue Heron.
When Cardinals Appear is very near to my heart because
it deals with grief and loss. It’s about two former high school sweethearts,
Lanie and Nate, who reconnect when Lanie comes home to settle her late mother’s
estate. At first, they try to avoid each other, but it’s a small town and thus,
they’re thrown together often. Each time they are, Lanie sees a cardinal. She
soon learns the legend “when cardinals appear, angels are near,” but she
dismisses it as a myth. However, when she discovers that Nate is hiding a
secret from her about her mother, she starts to wonder if there’s a purpose to
the cardinal’s visits. She confronts Nate and forces him to choose: break
Lanie’s heart with the truth, or his by letting her go for good.
Cardinal was chosen to be part of the Romance Writers
of America’s Romance Author Mentorship Program this summer, and I worked on
editing it with author Virginia McCullough. I’m currently querying it and hope
to find an agent soon!
Barefoot in Blue Heron is really three romances
combined into one. It was inspired by Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and is written in the vein of Love, Actually. It’s about three very
different siblings who are called home to their small beachfront town to help
save their family’s pub, but they can’t agree on the best course of action.
Loyal Emily teams up with a hotel heiress, but there’s more to their
relationship than business. Ambitious Peter wants to sell, but his attraction
to an interested buyer clouds his judgment. And Cassie’s too caught up in her
own love triangle between the local mayor and a high school crush to be of much
help either way. But when Cassie suffers a life-threatening experience, the
siblings must put aside their differences and work together before they lose
the pub, their bond, and a chance at love.
Barefoot is still being edited, though I have stuck my
toes into the querying pool with it. The responses I’ve received thus far have
been promising, and I hope once Cardinal finds a home, Barefoot will soon
after.
I’m currently working on the first book of a faery
fantasy trilogy for National Novel Writing Month (better known as NaNoWriMo).
Now that I’ve fulfilled my promise to my mom, I’m ready to tell the story of
Astreilles, my main character, who has patiently waited her turn for almost two
decades. I’m undecided on whether I’ll try to go the traditional route or
self-publish the series under a pen name, but I expect it will be a while
before the books are ready. Still, I’m excited to delve into this new genre,
and I hope I can share my other two completed novels with the world soon!
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