Fans will be thinking: ANGEL’S GATE! Cover Reveal! Yes!!!
But, no. Turns out, another book muscled its way into the front of the line. EVER & ALWAYS is a rewritten, updated version of an older novella, In Too Deep. It’s here that hero-and-sidekick Jack McKenzie makes his debut as a man at a crossroads, with a new baby and a one-night-stander complicating his life. Enter Madelyn Cross, a woman who’s all but given up on finding the right guy. A bizarre mystery from Maddie’s past, a trip around the world and some heart-rending soul-searching all serve to make EVER & ALWAYS “something every reader can relate to. Ms. Carter’s story is funny, touching, and poignant. A true pleasure from beginning to end,” according to Rhapsody Magazine. (Blush.)
Jack, of course, appears in both POINT SURRENDER and CAPE SEDUCTION as he pals around with and supports his friends, Case and Matt. In the upcoming ANGEL’S GATE, Jack returns as a main character seeking answers about his own heritage, while Maddie hides a life-altering secret. But while you’re waiting for ANGEL’S GATE, pick up a copy of EVER & ALWAYS next month so you’ll have the skinny on Jack’s colorful past!
When I first got my driver’s license, I was 16 and ready to take on the world. My parents, bless their hearts, found a $400.00, 1963 Oldsmobile F-85 (predecessor to the Cutlass) for sale at a finance company and bought it for me. I, of course, had begged for the 1965 Ford Mustang at the car lot on Topanga Canyon. It was a special edition, with tooled horses on the seat covers. My boyfriend had a 1966 Mustang, and we could have been almost twins. It was my pipe dream; the Mustang was $1800.00.
Still, I was thrilled to be driving to school. I parked on the street within a block or two of Van Nuys High. My mother, ever the nervous wreck, required that I call her every morning when I arrived. Remember, this is WAY before the days of anything like a portable phone. So, beside the front door at home was a cup full of dimes. As I left each morning, I took a dime from the cup. Once at school, I made a stop at the payphone booth in the lobby of the administration building and I called Mom.
My daughter is getting ready to take her driving test. Soon, she’ll be out the door in the morning, rushing, distracted, anxious to get a parking spot at Hart High. There is no cup of dimes by the door, and even though she’ll have a cell phone in her purse, she won’t be bothered to call me.
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Okay, any more than that will be spoilers! Let’s talk about you and Cael. Ahhh…. Cael. What kind of man is he? Let’s say it’s your birthday and Cael wants to get you a gift. Would he be most likely to… stop in at Macy’s or Victoria’s Secret… take you on a hike with a backpack full of gourmet food and wine… or throw you a surprise party at Gerry’s bar?
I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, spending most of my time daydreaming or playing around in the mud. I grew out of the mud play, well, most of the time, a good soak in the mud is always fun. I still daydream often and sometimes my daydreams interrupt my daydreams. So, I write to remember them. If I didn’t write, I think my mind would explode from an overload of fantasy and weirdness. To the annoyance of my friends and family, my characters sometimes become a part of my world. During my childhood, I would frequently get in trouble in school for daydreaming. Eventually, my vivid imagination paid off and I had the privilege of writing and co-directing my sixth-grade class play–a dreadful disaster, though not from my writing, of course. I’m pretty sure it was the acting.
It could be that I lurk in the world of lighthouses, traveling here and there to “haunt” their staircases, roam their keepers’ quarters, snapping my camera and taking notes. Living people do have their favorite “haunts,” as it were. Lighthouses surely are some of mine.
