It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!!!! A MARRIAGE WORTH WAITING FOR is book-2 in the Alabama Brides series. The sequel to A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE.
He’s a confirmed bachelor and plans on keeping it that way. Will she be able to change his mind and win his heart?
Back cover blurb: Anslee Ryan’s living her dream. Dream life. Dream job. Dream boyfriend. Until the dream comes crashing down around her. With no good options, she decides to move back home to Trinity, Alabama to nurse her broken heart and figure out where to go from here. But in her absence some things have changed drastically including some additions to the town she doesn’t remember from her first time around. Can she navigate this new landscape and keep her heart from being shredded once more?
Wade Haston hasn’t had life any easier. His first love is now married, and the grandmother who raised him no longer recognizes him. Hurting and very much alone, he has decided that love is a one-way street to getting your heart shattered. However, when a beautiful former Trinity resident shows up, his commitment to being a “confirmed bachelor” might be harder to stick to than he thought. Love always sounded so easy, but he’s no longer sure love is even worth it. Can he convince her, much less himself, to give love a second chance, and if he does, will he just end up where he started?
For those of you who haven’t read A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. Here’s Book-1 in this series.
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A Marriage of Convenience was my debut novel, so it was hard to say good-bye to my characters when I had to typed, The End. I’d spent SO much time with them. I cried with them, I laughed with them, and some times I even got a little angry with them. But I really missed all of them when the story ended.
However, I was able to spend a little time with Lily and Bryce and all the others again while I was writing, A Marriage Worth Waiting For. For me, it was like visiting some old friends :)
Do you feel the same way when reading the next book in a series?
To celebrate my newest release, I’m giving away (not one, but two) ebook copies of A MARRIAGE WORTH WAITING FOR. Please leave a comment before August 27 for a chance to win!
Debra Lynn Collins is an Amazon No# 1 bestselling author. She was born and raised in Georgia, but moved to Gaylesville, Alabama after her 1981 marriage. She considers herself a Georgiabamian. God has blessed Debra with four children and seven grandchildren. Through the years, she has tried her hand at many, many crafts. Everything from quilting, candle making, woodworking, cake decorating, scrapbooking, and the list goes on and on. She is now living her own happily-ever-after ending with her biggest fan and husband, Steve, while writing contemporary Christian romances. Debra is a graduate from The Long Ridge Writers Group and an active member of ACFW (American Christina Fiction Writers)
Congratulations, Debra! I loved blurb and both covers!
Looks and sounds good, have book one, so will have to get book two:) I agree- reading a series and having former characters as come back is like visiting old friends. So long as the author hasn’t changed a character from book one to book two!
This sounds like a great series spend an afternoon with! I like references to characters in a previous novel too.
I read both and enjoyed them immensely. I love a book where you feel the emotion with the characters.
I love series and I do feel like I am visiting old friends when I read them. Looking forward to reading your new addition
This is now definitely in my to be read list. I do love revisiting characters with whom I’ve fallen in love with. It’s like they are old friends and we can check to see how they’re doing.
I enjoy series. I always wonder, what happened next, when I finish a book. I enjoy seeing characters again in the next book.
The book sounds great!
Sounds like a great series..will have to put on my to read list!
Thank you so much, Jill!!
Good morning, Wemble! I completely agree with you. When I read a series, I want all the characters to be the same in each one of the books too. :)
Thank you, ajf54! There’s nothing better than having a quiet afternoon to spend with a good book, and of course a glass of iced tea and a little chocolate makes it even better :)
Sounds like a good series! Love both covers. Have a great week!
Thank you, Judy! You made my day :) I’m so glad you enjoyed both books!
Good morning, Colleen! I loved spending time with all my friends from book one while I was writing book 2. :) Now, they are already talking to me about their next adventure :D :D
Yes, I too love a series in which you get to follow up on characters from a previous book. I’ve read your first, so would love to read #2 as well!
Good morning, Priscila! I don’t want to give too much away in A Marriage Worth Waiting For, but it was great to see Lily, the heroine in book one, who was a widow raising her young son all alone, to be happily married to the man of her dreams and giving birth to a set of twins in book two :)
Ooo, those books sound great. I am always sad when I finish a good book, and so excited. If the characters come back in a sequel. It’s like seeing old friends again.
Hello Diana! I always get excited when I see that one of my favorite authors has put out a new series :) I look forward to seeing the characters over and over again.
Thank you, Melynda!
Thank you, Rita! :)
Thank you, Beth! I hope you have a great week, too.
Thanks, Margaret! Maybe you will be one of the winners, because I’m giving away two copies this time of, A Marriage Worth Waiting For :)
Thank you, Tammy! I really enjoy connecting with characters in a series. They do feel like old friends when you get to see them again in another story :)
Sounds like a wonderful story, Debra. I know what you mean about saying good-bye to your characters. Viva the series!
Love the blurb.
Your books look and sound wonderful! Congratulations on your new release.
Thank you, Kathleenefriesen! It is hard to say good-bye, but now thanks to book series, we can keep right on visiting with the characters that we’ve fallen in love with.
Thank you, Linda! :)
Thank you so much, Winnie! :)
Congrats on your latest book. Sounds good.
Thank you so much, Merrillee!
I love reading series because I get to keep following the lives of the characters. The fact that I have to leave the characters behind is the downside to a great stand-alone novel.
You had me at Alabama! I’m from Tuscaloosa and would love to win and read this book. Thanks for the chance.
I’m so excited to read this new story.
Series RULE. Congrats on the new release, Debra! So happy for you. Blessings. :)
I love series books and ALWAYS wonder about the characters after each book ends. I really like when an author brings them back in succeeding books as secondary characters. Knowing they are okay makes me happy :-)
Congrats on the new book Debra
Hey Gail! I am an Alabama girl, too. :)
Thanks, mylittlegrayhouse, you just may be one of the lucky winners :)
Thank you so much, JoAnn!!
Thanks, Trixi! And, I feel the same way about series, too. :)
Congratulations on your new release!
Most of the books on my must keep book shelf are series books. Like others have said, they become like friends. Some books when I reread them bring back not only the characters of the stories I love but also the memories of the times when I read them before. Dee Henderson, Carol Moncado and Debra Clopton have written some of my favorite series and characters. I look forward to reading both of your books as they look and sound like characters I would love to know.
Thank you, Lientjie! :)
I would love to win ,sounds like great reading
Hello Robin! My bookshelf and Kindle both are loaded with quite a few book series, too. Now my dilemma is, which one will l start on next :-)
Thank you, Martha!
I do enjoy series and revisiting characters. I often wonder what happened to a side character and am excited when the author writes their story. I just don’t care for really long series, but that is my personal opinion of course. I enjoyed “A Marriage of Convenience” and look forward to this next installment.
Blessings!
I love a good series, because there are so many unanswered questions at the end of a good book! I love finding out some of the answers in subsequent books in the series!
Congratulations on the new release, Debra! I love visiting old friends in a series or sometimes a reread!