FOREVER YOURS THIS CHRISTMAS - Sherry Kyle - One Free Book

Bio: Sherry Kyle is a graduate of Biola University and the author of contemporary women's fiction and historical romance, as well as her new Christmas romance novella, Forever Yours This Christmas. Sherry also writes award-winning middle grade books, including The Christian Girl’s Guide to Style and Love, Lexi: Letters to God, as well as ECPA finalist, True Heart Girls Devotional: God’s Promises for Me. When Sherry isn’t writing, she enjoys walks along the ocean and decorating her beach home. She lives in California with her husband and four children.

Welcome back, Sherry. Why did you become an author? Even though I have a degree in Communications from Biola University, I became an author years ago because I wanted to do a job where I could stay home with my children. I’ve always been a creative person who loved to read, so being an author seemed like a natural fit.

If you weren’t an author, what would be your dream job? If I weren’t an author, I’d probably be an interior designer. My husband and I have remodeled our 1977 beach home three times in the last eight years—including the kitchen, adding a half bath, master bath, and pantry, as well as an office addition. I had so much fun designing the floor plans and picking out the finishes.

If you could have lived at another time in history, what would it be and why? If I lived at another time in history, it would be the early 1900’s, mainly because of the fashion—the puffed, frilly blouses that were embellished with lace collars and broad ribbon ties, and hair that was parted down the middle and worn in a chignon with a broad-brim hat adorned with flowers, lace, ribbons, and feathers. Doesn’t that sound romantic? I write about this time in history in my two historical romance novels, Watercolor Dreams and Road to Harmony.

What place in the United States have you not visited that you would like to? I would love to go to Idaho and visit my sister. My niece is getting married in April, so I just might get my chance to go there, depending on the pandemic.

How about a foreign country you hope to visit? I hope to go to Paris with my husband one day and get a picture of us standing in front of the Eiffel Tower.

What lesson has the Lord taught you recently? God is bigger! Right now my family is going through a difficult season because my young eleven-year-old niece is battling brain cancer. Abbie had a tumor removed in August after a routine eye examination showed enlarged optic nerves, and an MRI confirmed the mass. She has completed radiation and is now undergoing chemotherapy. Our family motto is, “God is bigger” because we believe God is going to restore her to complete health.

Tell us about the featured book. Forever Yours this Christmas is a heartwarming story about the gift of giving, the importance of helping family, and the irresistible feeling of falling in love at Christmas.

Amy Carrington is the owner of Second Time Around, a charming consignment shop at the heart of the close-knit community of Winterberry, Colorado. But her business won’t survive if the neighboring construction company overtakes her parking lot to build another townhome—and during the Christmas season, no less. 

Wes Harding, co-owner of Sunshine Builders, didn’t expect to dance with the consignment shop owner at the community benefit dinner but when he does, sparks fly. As he spends time with Amy, he wants to do everything in his power to help her business succeed, but suddenly he finds himself caught between the wishes of the pretty shop owner and loyalty to his sister, CEO of their construction company and a single mom who depends on him.

Will his divided loyalties extinguish Amy’s dreams…along with any chance they have for a future together?

Please give us the first page of the book.

Amy Carrington locked the front door and flipped the closed sign of Second Time Around, her upscale consignment shop on Main Street. Nestled in the mountains of Winterberry, Colorado, the clapboard building, once a small home, had roughly a thousand square feet for the gently used clothing, home goods, and handmade scented candles the store carried.

She leaned against the back of the door and took a deep breath. The holiday season was a busy time. Besides the usual day-to-day workload, she'd baked a batch of her popular snickerdoodle cookies early this morning and had decorated the store with Christmas cheer to make window-shoppers stop and come inside. With the number of customers today, her efforts were already paying off. 

But would it continue until Christmas?

She adjusted the sign in the front window announcing the Christmas drive. Each year, she gave a large portion of her income to her favorite charity, a nonprofit organization that helped kids suffering from cystic fibrosis and provided support to families. Amy knew this organization all too well. When she was sixteen, she’d lost her little brother to the disease. Each year she made it a game of sorts, to outdo the amount she’d given the previous year.

This year was going to be a challenge—because of Sunshine Builders.

The construction company had broken ground three months ago and construction was in full force. The loud machinery next door deterred those wanting a peaceful shopping experience, and Amy was already tired of the beeping, banging, and drilling. Thank goodness, today was Saturday and she had a reprieve.

You can read a preview of the first chapter and part of the second chapter here.

How can readers find you on the Internet?

You can find me on these social media sites:

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Thank you, Sherry, for letting me share this new book with my blog readers. I look forward to reading it.

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