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<\/a>Kim Williams needs a new start with a fresh horizon. She also needs a green thumb to help make her mom\u2019s entry into the local yard garden competition a reality. Too bad the only landscaper in her small town is her brother\u2019s prickly best friend\u2014the one who has no idea she\u2019s liked him for twelve long years.
The only thing Jake Dunn can keep alive is a plant. Besides his friend Dusty, he has no use for anyone, including God. He just wants to be left alone. When Dusty\u2019s sister asks him for help, he turns her down flat\u2014until he sees he needs her marketing expertise. Tulips for business tips. Fair trade, right?
Wrong.<\/em> Jake can give Kim a garden. But she wants more. When Jake realizes he wants to give Kim his all, too, he\u2019s not sure how to contend with the wall he\u2019s cultivated around his heart from losses of the past. If keeping people out isn\u2019t the only way to keep them safe\u2026what is?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Buy now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fault in Firelight (Book 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Buy now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Miracle of Mistletoe (Book 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Buy now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Loophole in Lilies (Book 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Buy now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Promise of Picnics (Book 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Buy now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Second Chance for Sugarplums (Prequel Novella)<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can purchase an ebook of this story on Amazon<\/a>, or you can get it for free by subscribing<\/a> to my newsletter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romance with sweet sizzle, characters who grow together and with God, emotions that reach to the deepest depths, and the town where it all happens. Join the residents of Claywood, Virginia in their search for love, hope, faith, and healing. The Trouble with Tulips (Book 1) Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also … Continue reading “Hometown Holiday Heartstrings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"emilydana87@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/author\/emilydana87gmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Romance with sweet sizzle, characters who grow together and with God, emotions that reach to the deepest depths, and the town where it all happens. Join the residents of Claywood, Virginia in their search for love, hope, faith, and healing. The Trouble with Tulips (Book 1) Available on Amazon in print or ebook form. Also…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1219\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ebook-195x300.jpg\")
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Tony Coniglio loves being single again and the freedom that comes with it. But when he\u2019s pressured to ask out the next available woman, he agrees, just to get his family off his back\u2014even though she\u2019s the town\u2019s all-too-serious cop.
Officer Stacy Kallisto is by the book. Maybe it\u2019s because she once broke the rules and has regretted it ever since. When trouble around town leaves Stacy searching for the culprit, she keeps running into Tony, the one man who wants to know more about her than she wants to share.
As sparks fly and secrets are revealed, Stacy wonders if there\u2019s room in her heart for a man so different from herself\u2014and for the God she wrote off long ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emilybotrous_front-194x300.jpg\")
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Marcy Delaney might not think she\u2019s the sharpest set of shears in the salon, but she makes up for it with her people skills. As her town\u2019s chatty hairstylist, she doesn\u2019t consider anyone a stranger\u2014except her university-educated husband who\u2019s rarely home. Her conclusion? He\u2019s bored with her lack of wit, and she can\u2019t blame him.
Colt Delaney has never fit in. Not in the big city where he grew up. And certainly not in the tiny town his wife won\u2019t leave. Now he\u2019s stuck there, too, unless he\u2019s traveling for work. And when he is<\/em> home, Marcy doesn\u2019t seem to want anything to do with him. It\u2019s no surprise, though. Rejection has been his closest friend since childhood.
This Christmas the secrets they hold may break the final thread of their marriage and the faith they once held dear\u2014until one simple kiss beneath the mistletoe reminds them of all the reasons they fell in love in the first place.
Content warning: contains flashback scenes of child abuse and emotional trauma.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/emilybotrous-ebook-195x300.jpg\")
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Kendra Keller prides herself in her matchmaking prowess until she tries to set up Dusty Williams. He has a knack for derailing her plans while making her weak in the knees. She knows when she\u2019s not wanted, though, and has no desire for a repeat heartbreak.
Dusty has been dodging Kendra for months. She talks too much. Plus, all she wants is to play matchmaker, and he\u2019s not interested. He has a more pressing problem, and he doesn\u2019t want to talk about it. But when Kendra moves in across the way, there\u2019s no more avoiding.
As Dusty discovers she\u2019s not so bad\u2014maybe even meant to be\u2014can he admit his attraction when he\u2019s at his lowest? He may be the only one who can make Kendra believe she has more to offer a man than mere matchmaking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OCJhvrPU-194x300.jpeg\")
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A pastor? Not for Lisa Appleton. She\u2019s not exactly on speaking terms with the Almighty, nor is she remotely interested in giving love another chance. So she\u2019s a little ticked when her matchmaking friend tries to set her up with the new youth pastor in town. But when an emergency leaves her and her three daughters temporarily homeless, Pastor Ric warmly opens his doors.
Ricardo de Leon paid for the mistakes of his past\u2014for seven years without freedom. A changed man, he never dreamed transitioning to a small town\u2014and new culture\u2014would be this hard. Since he has dedicated himself in service to God and God alone, he doesn\u2019t think twice before lending a helping hand to Lisa, who makes her distrust of him clear.
What neither of them counted on? Falling in love.
The Promise of Picnics is the final book in the Hometown Holiday Heartstrings series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but when reading out of order, there may be minor spoilers.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emilydanabotrous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/emilybotrous-f-195x300.jpg\")
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It\u2019s been seven years since Alexandria Long bid farewell to her high school boyfriend, Zander. When she moves back to her small hometown in time for Christmas, she\u2019s not happy he\u2019s the first person she sees. She\u2019s determined to keep her distance while her heart heals from fresh hurts and plentiful mistakes\u2014until she ends up caring for Zander\u2019s meddling mother and decking her halls for Christmas.
Zander Billings is facing possibly the most important game in his assistant coaching career. Not to mention the art show he\u2019s not prepared for. But he\u2019s always regretted letting Allie go. Running into her now could make this Christmas the best one since sugarplums were concocted.
But Zander will have to do more than convince Allie sugarplums are edible. He has to do everything in his power to convince Allie it isn\u2019t too late for a second chance \u2013 with him, and with God.
This novella is the prequel for the Hometown Holiday Heartstrings series, but all books can be read as a standalone.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n