I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I love all of
the couples I write about. Not unlike my children and grandchildren, for
various reasons they are all my favorites. But I know our blog theme for this
month was to pick our favorite couple…so drum roll please! The couple I had the
most fun writing about, and watching fall in love is Abigail Monroe and Cole
Stanton. They made their first appearance in A Surprise for Abigail, book one
in the bestselling Women of Surprise series. This was the first book of mine to hit a best seller list. I think of this as the little book that could and maybe that's really why it's my favorite.
Cole Stanton was a man on the move. On his own since the
death of his family, he drifted from place to place, guarding his heart from
attachment to anything or anyone. Meanwhile, Abigail Monroe was busy planning
her wedding until she was jilted by her intended, Edward Quinn. Her heart
broken and her hopes dashed, Abigail vowed to never fall in love again, fleeing
to the town of Surprise to visit her sick Aunt Margaret.
However, when Abigail arrived, she found that her Aunt
Margaret had an unorthodox request of her: become the town's first woman
sheriff! When Abigail agrees, her life
quickly turns upside down. Her first arrest is none other than Cole Stanton,
for drunken and disorderly conduct. After his arrest, it becomes clear to
Abigail that Mr. Stanton could be much more than he seems. He may very well be
a wanted man: wanted both by the law and by Abigail.
I still love Abigail and Cole’s story! But right now I’m
working on another one of my favorite couples soon to be available for your
reading enjoyment, the couple from my upcoming, Waterfall Press release,
A Changed Agent. When
schoolteacher Elsie Mitchell meets rugged William Benton on a train platform in
Albany, it appears they have nothing in common. He isn’t the sort of fellow a
proper young woman of the 1890s would ever speak to, much less become involved
with. But when she arrives at her small town in the Adirondack Mountains, Elsie
is offered a job as caregiver for this mysterious out-of-towner’s niece and
nephew, who’ve been tragically orphaned. Heartbroken for them, she accepts.
Unknown to her, William is an undercover Pinkerton agent
posing as a lumber-company foreman. He’s never wanted family—his work is too
dangerous. Yet as Elsie transforms his house into a home and he spends time
with the children, he feels drawn to family life—and to Elsie. As a good
Christian, Elsie is troubled by William’s secrets…though she does find him
intriguing. And when a sinister figure from her past arrives, Elsie and William
will have to trust in faith and newfound love to protect their unlikely family
from danger.
Be they fictional or from real life I know everyone has an
all-time favorite couple. Leave me a comment to tell me who yours is!
