The Happily Ever After Bookstore
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At the Happily Ever After Bookstore, happiness is always found within the pages of the books on its shelves. Its owner, Leona, revels in finding each reader just the right book to bring them joy. She also enjoys meddling just enough to bring readers together who might not know they are destined for one another.
In need of a holiday pick-me-up, Sadie seeks out Leonaβs advice for a good holiday romance. While scanning the book selections, she knocks into Charlie McGowan, who is certainly out of his element. When they learn that Leona βaccidentallyβ gave them the wrong bags at check out, Sadie and Charlie set out to find one another, only to fall for Leonaβs matchmaking tactics.Β
When author Fiona Gable and her ex-husband Price Richter end up in the same town, leave it to Leona to put them in one anotherβs paths. Decades of marriage couldnβt keep them together after love and loss, but could finding one another under new circumstances change everything?
Though skilled at pairing people together, Leonaβs ability to find love eluded her. Her true love was her bookstore. When the bookstore is in need of repair, Jon Ford is sent to fix it. Leona wonders if she might have finally found her happily ever after. But, as fate would have it, Jon comes with baggageβages three and four. Does Leona have it in her to take on a store, a man, and a family just to have a happily ever after of her own?
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Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie is known for building families readers want to be part of. Her series The Keller Family has graced bestseller charts since its release in 2011. Since then she has authored and published over fifty books. The married mother of five sons promises romances with a Happily Ever After alwaysβ¦and says she can write it because she lives it.
Β Obsessed with the art of writing and the business of publishing, chronic entrepreneur Bernadette Marie established her own publishing house, 5 Prince Publishing, in 2011 to bring her own work to market as well as offer an opportunity for fresh voices in fiction to find a home as well.Β
Β When not immersed in the writing/publishing world, Bernadette Marie can be found spending time with her family, traveling (mostly to Disney parks), and running multiple businesses. An avid martial artist, Bernadette Marie is a second degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, and loves Tai Chi.Β She is a retired hockey mom, a lover of a good stout craft beer, and might have an unhealthy addiction to chocolate.
