We're happy to welcome back Caren Crane today! Caren is celebrating the release this month of the third book in her Cross Springs series, Tiara Wars. Don't you love that title? I can't wait to find out what the residents of Cross Springs are up to this time. Check out the rest of the Cross Springs books at Caren's website, connect with her online at Facebook and read her regular blogs at Romance Bandits.
Take it away, Caren!
Best Laid Plans
Most of us
have experienced some version of the following. You make a plan—a great plan. Well-considered, detailed
and taking into consideration every possible pitfall. Except for the one you
never dreamed might happen, which is inevitably the one that happens. It's
happened to me any number of times. Cars break down. The air conditioning unit
for the house needs replacement. The plumbing backs up. A beloved pet dies. A
loved one falls ill and needs help. Anything at all can suddenly blast out of
the blue and hit you like a ton of bricks.
That's what
has happened to the heroine of my third Cross Springs
novel, Tiara Wars. Although no one escapes
bad times entirely, Katie Warren has lived a somewhat charmed life. In her
small town of Cross Springs, NC, she has always enjoyed popularity and the sort
of ease that only the beautiful among us know. But a year ago, her husband of
twenty years died. And just before he died, she found out something that rocked
her world and made her question everything she believed about herself, her
marriage and the bedrock on which her life was built.
Katie has gone
into full retreat from the world and everyone in her community has noticed. Her
best friend Connie Burns, for one, is fed up with her self-indulgent isolation
and plans to jar her out of her grief-stricken stupor. But even Connie doesn't
know what's really behind Katie's withdrawal. No one does. It takes a chance
encounter with a very rude acquaintance, plus a healthy dose of nagging from
Connie to launch Katie back out into the world. Once she decides to take action
and reclaim her life, Katie rediscovers her dormant drive to get things done.
What she finds out about her husband's secrets forces her life in an entirely
new direction. One no one expects—especially not Katie!
You can read
an excerpt of Tiara Wars and the other Cross Springs stories at: http://www.carencrane.com/category/books/.
Have your best
laid plans gone astray? I know mine have! I would love to hear about something
from your life that turned out entirely different from your expectations,
whether good or bad. One commenter will win an e-book version of Katie's story,
Tiara Wars.
