Love Finds You in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Sandra D. Bricker
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Summerside Press (October 1, 2010)

Annie Gray is not living the life she’s always dreamed of. She decides to start fresh, drawing inspiration from her favorite classic Hollywood films. First, Annie moves into the picturesque Carmel bungalow belonging to her grandmother – a retired film star. Next up: landing an exciting job as a private investigator’s assistant. But Annie’s new boss is no Humphrey Bogart, and the work isn’t quite what she pictured. Just when everything in Annie’s screen-worthy plan teeters on the brink of disaster, she has another epiphany. Will this one land her in the arms of her own leading man?

Always the Baker, Never the Bride
Sandra D. Bricker
Paperback, 288 pp., $13.99
Abingdon Press (September 2010)

When Jackson Drake hears about this local baker who has won a prestigious award for her wedding cake artistry, he tells his assistant to be sure and include her in the pastry tastings scheduled at his new wedding destination hotel. But when Emma, the arrogant baker he met a week prior, stumbles into the dining room with a platter of pastries and a bucketful of orders, he knows it’s going to be a rotten day. Can these two ill-suited players master the high-wire act and make a go of their new business venture? Or will they take each other crashing downward, without a net?

Be Still & Let Your Nail Polish Dry
Andrea Boeshaar, Sandra D. Bricker,
Loree Lough, and Debby Mayne
Hardcover, 192 pp., $12.99
Summerside Press (October 1, 2009)

Start the CrockPot. Go to the bank during lunch. Pick up cat food. Remember to breathe…. Today’s Christian women are busy. They’re wives, moms and businesswomen. They look after the best interests of others, but have little time for themselves. Be Still… is a devotional designed for today’s busy women, who need a moment to relax, refresh and think about their own spiritual wellbeing. With contemporary, upbeat, humorous devotions, women will renew their spirits and grow closer to God in the time it takes to paint a set of fingernails.

The Big 5-OH!
Sandra D. Bricker
Paperback, 288 pp., $13.99
Abingdon Press (February 2010)

Olivia Wallace has a birthday curse. A broken heart on her 16th, a car accident on her 21st, pneumonia on her 30th, and on her 45th, she lost her husband to a heart attack. And, on her 48th birthday, she was diagnosed with stage-3 ovarian cancer. Months of surgeries and chemotherapy and radiation treatments followed. As her 50th birthday creeps up, she is officially cancer free. It makes her nervous. She hates the idea of driving on icy roads and returning to work as an O.R. nurse. Her best friend Hallie knows just the thing to break Liv out of the winter doldrums: a holiday in the Florida sunshine!

Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida
Sandra D. Bricker
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Summerside Press (December 1, 2009)

Lawyer Cassie Constantine plans to stay in Florida just long enough to sell her late husband’s vacation house then return to Boston. But the place needs more work than she thought, and the elderly matchmakers around town sidetrack her at every turn. Holiday is a gauntlet of golf tournaments, ballroom dancing competitions, shuffleboard and day trips. But the biggest obstacle is Richard Dillon, her dance partner. Uptight Richard won’t take a walk on the beach without his socks and shoes! Can Cassie and Richard let loose long enough to have a little fun?