About the Author
Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of lighthearted contemporary romance. In addition to her Sunshine Valley series from Forever Romance, she’s published independently and with Harlequin Heartwarming, including her book Dandelion Wishes, which was made into a TV movie entitled Love in Harmony Valley. She lives in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley with her husband—her basketball-playing college sweetheart. While raising three kids, the couple did the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing, and, of course, the basketball thing. Now when Melinda isn’t writing and Mr. Curtis isn’t watching college basketball, they do the DIY thing.
Also by Melinda Curtis
The Christmas Wish (short story)
Can’t Hurry Love
Sealed with a Kiss (short story)
A Very Merry Match
Praise for Melinda Curtis
and Sunshine Valley
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll want to visit again soon!”
—Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author
“Nobody does emotional, heartwarming small-town romance like Melinda Curtis.”
—Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author
“There’s warm and pleasant goofiness to the town of Sunshine.… The Sunshine Valley Widows Club probably deserves most of the credit. They steal every scene and have perfect timing with comedic relief or a meaningful word.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Curtis weaves laugh-out-loud comic scenes with heartfelt emotions, delivering an endearing, wholesome romance.”
—Shelf-Awareness.com on Can’t Hurry Love
“A fun and heartwarming cozy romance read that gave me hours of entertainment!”
—The Genre Minx on Can’t Hurry Love
“Sunshine Valley Matchmakers Club is back at it again! As always, author Melinda Curtis gives you everything you want in a sweet romance. Add in the spice of the holidays and you have a Christmas read that will put you in the mood to snuggle up and read.”
—KTBookReviews.com on A Very Merry Match
“The story is full of holiday cheer and small-town stick-your-nose-into-everyone-else’s-lives. You’ll really enjoy it.”
—RomancingTheReaders.com on A Very Merry Match
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REUNITED ON DRAGONFLY LANE
by Annie Rains
Boutique owner Sophie Daniels certainly wasn’t looking to adopt a rambunctious puppy with a broken leg. Yet somehow handsome veterinarian—and her high school sweetheart—Chase Lewis convinced her to take in Comet. But house calls from Chase soon force them to face the past and their unresolved feelings. Can Sophie open up her heart again to see that first love is even better the second time around? Includes the bonus story A Wedding on Lavender Hill!
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
by Melinda Curtis
Darcy Jones Harper is thrilled to have finally shed her reputation as the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. The people of Sunshine Valley have to respect her now that she’s the new town judge. But when the guy who broke her heart back in high school shows up in her courtroom, she realizes maybe things haven’t changed so much after all…because her pulse still races at the sight of bad-boy bull rider Jason Petrie.
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SANDCASTLE BEACH
by Jenny Holiday
What Maya Mehta really needs to save her beloved community theater is Matchmaker Bay’s new business grant. She’s got some serious competition, though: Benjamin Lawson, local bar owner, Jerk Extraordinaire, and Maya’s annoyingly hot arch nemesis. Turns out there’s a thin line between hate and irresistible desire, and Maya and Law are really good at crossing it. But when things heat up, will they allow their long-standing feud to get in the way of their growing feelings? Includes the bonus story Once Upon a Bride, for the first time in print!
A WEDDING ON LILAC LANE
by Hope Ramsay
After returning home from her country music career, Ella McMillan is shocked to find her mother is engaged. Worse, she asks Ella to plan the event with her fiancé’s straitlaced son, Dr. Dylan Killough. While Ella wants to create the perfect day, Dylan is determined the two shouldn’t get married at all. Somehow amid all their arguing, sparks start flying. And soon everyone in Magnolia Harbor is wondering if Dylan and Ella will be joining their parents in a trip down the aisle.
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THE AMISH SECRET WISH
by Laura V. Hilton
Waitress Hallie Brunstetter has a secret: She writes a popular column for her local Amish paper under the pen name GHB. When Hallie receives a letter from a reader asking to become her pen pal, Hallie reluctantly agrees. She can’t help but be drawn to the compassionate stranger, never expecting him to show up in Hidden Springs looking for GHB…nor for him to be quite so handsome in real life. But after losing her beau in a tragic accident, Hallie can’t risk her heart—or her secrets—again.
HER AMISH WEDDING QUILT
by Winnie Griggs
When the man she thought she would wed chooses another woman, Greta Eicher pours her energy into crafting beautiful quilts at her shop and helping widower Noah Stoll care for his adorable young children. But when her feelings for Noah grow into something even deeper, will she be able to convince him to have enough faith to give love another chance?
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ONE LUCKY DAY
(2-IN-1 EDITION)
by Jill Shalvis
Have double the fun with these two novels from the bestselling Lucky Harbor series! Can a rebel find a way to keep the peace with a straitlaced sheriff? Or will Chloe Traeger’s past keep her from a love that lasts in Head Over Heels? When a just-for-fun fling with Ty Garrison, the mysterious new guy in town, becomes something more, will Mallory Quinn quit playing it safe—and play for keeps instead—in Lucky in Love?
FOREVER FRIENDS
by Sarah Mackenzie
With her daughter away at college, single mom Renee isn’t sure who she is anymore. What she is sure of is that she shouldn’t be crushing on her new boss, Dr. Dan Hanlon. But when Renee comes to the rescue of her neighbor Sadie, the two unexpectedly hatch a plan to open her dream bakery. As Renee finds friendship with Sadie and summons the courage to explore her attraction to Dr. Dan, is it possible Renee can have the life she’s always imagined?
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