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<\/a>Maryland author Linda Windsor has written some twenty-nine historical and contemporary novels for both the secular and inspirational markets, but she is most noted for delivering \u201cThe Lift of Laughter and Spirit\u201d in her modern inspirational romances.A Christy finalist and winner of numerous industry awards, Linda has written for Multnomah Publishing (historical fiction and contemporary romances), Barbour Publishing (romcom novella), and Westbow Press (the Moonstruck romantic comedy trilogy). Wedding Bell Blues<\/a> the first book in her new The Piper Cove Chronicles series, is featured on Avon Inspire’s launch list.<\/p>\nIn addition to writing and doing fiction-writing workshops at conferences across the country, Linda continues a music and lay speaking ministry started by her and her late husband, and she is a part-time financial analyst. She also works on \u201cas desperately needed\u201d home improvement projects on the 18th-century-plus house that she and her husband began restoring in 1986. Wallpaper and paint are definitely in her near future.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>For Pete’s Sake<\/a> is a remarkable story about the unlikely love between a grown-up tomboy and the millionaire next door.Ellen Brittingham isn\u2019t sure true love exists until she contracts to do the landscaping of the estate of the sophisticated widower next door, Adrian Sinclair. Adrian has it all\u2014at least on the surface, He\u2019s engaged to a beautiful woman who helped him build a successful business and he\u2019ll soon have a mom for his troubled son Pete.<\/p>\nYet, from the moment Ellen rescues a stranded Adrian on her Harley, his well-ordered world turns upside down, cracking his thin fa\u00e7ade of happiness and revealing the void of faith and love behind it. Even more, his son seems to have his own sights set on Ellen \u2013 as his new mom.<\/p>\n
As Ellen\u2019s friendship grows with Pete, she realizes that his father is about to marry the wrong woman for the right reasons. And despite her resolve to remain \u201cneighbors only\u201d with the dad, the precocious boy works his way into her heart, drawing Ellen and Adrian closer. Close enough for heartbreak, for Pete\u2019s sake!<\/p>\n
But how can her heart think that Adrian Sinclair is the one when he\u2019s engaged to a sophisticated beauty who is everything Ellen isn\u2019t. When Ellen\u2019s three best friends see she\u2019s been bitten by the love bug, they jump into action and submit her to a makeover that reveals the woman underneath her rough exterior and puts her in contention for Adrian\u2019s love.<\/p>\n
But Ellen must ask herself whether she\u2019s ready to risk the heart that she\u2019s always held close. Will Ellen be able to trust that God brought this family into her life for a reason? Or will her fear of getting hurt cause her to turn away from God\u2019s plan and her one true chance at love?<\/p>\n