Krista Noorman's Blog

Since I last shared here, I’ve opened up my own online book shop to sell my books without having the middleman to deal with. It’s so fun and exciting, and I hope you’ll get all your books straight from me from now on. But if you’d prefer to get it from one of the big retailers, you’ll have to wait until 11/17 when it releases wide on all online retailers.

The Marriage Jinx is finally here! The first book in my new Love in Abbottsville sweet romcom series.

Here’s what it’s all about:

A secret romance with my boss and a dating jinx … what  couldn’t  go wrong?

I never expected to move back to my hometown after losing my job, but when the perfect position practically fell into my lap, it seemed meant to be. Now, my new boss is Lucas Abbott—my high school crush and the town’s most eligible bachelor—and the attraction I feel is definitely no...

A secret romance with my boss and a dating jinx … what couldn’t go wrong?

I never expected to move back to my hometown after losing my job, but when the perfect position opened up at Abbott Farms, run by our town’s founding family, it was meant to be. Now, my new boss is Lucas Abbott—my high school crush, recently single—and the attraction I feel is definitely not one-sided this time.

There are just a few problems:

He’s not allowed to date employees due to a family scandal years ago...

Besides Natalie’s gymnastics being inspired by my daughter, there are a handful of other true-life inspirations in 18 Hours to Us.

– Colton’s yellow Camaro was inspired by my sister-in-law Brenda’s car – only, hers is a convertible. So fun! Natalie’s grey Honda Accord was inspired by my hubby’s car at the time I wrote the book.

– Some of the character names were inspired by my kids’ friends and classmates. Grant, Olivia, the two Hannahs, Trinity. Only their names were used. The persona...

Do you like book series that follow families?

I think family series are my favorite kind of romance novels. I love getting to know the characters, their parents and grandparents and friends, following them as they fall in love, then building on their story in the background of subsequent books so you can see what’s happening with them even though the story is no longer about them. Love that. And there’s often potential to continue a series with other side characters or write a spin-off se...

It was a busy week around here and, dare I say, somewhat normal.

Jake and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. That seems crazy to me. It feels like yesterday, yet also like it was twenty-five years ago.

It’s always hard for me to keep up online during the summer months. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of you, busy with summer things. And with all that’s going on in the world right now, it’s healthier for me and my sanity to stay away sometimes and just focus on family, friends, and writing my books. And that’s what I’ve been doing the past couple weeks. I’ve chosen not to worry about missing a couple blog posts and newsletters to give my brain some time to rest and let me breathe and reset...

The past couple of weeks have been perfect to step away from social media. A break is good every once in a while for peace of mind. And with editing my latest book, it’s been good timing.

A lot of fun things have happened. An Olive Garden to-go date at the airport viewing park. We got to see a plane take off and a plane land while we enjoyed our favorite meals from one of my favorite restaurants. I’ve missed Olive Garden so.

It’s so fun and exciting to see both of my young adult novels on audiobook over on Audible. 18 Hours to Us was narrated by Sarah Puckett and published by Tantor. And The Truth About Drew was narrated by yours truly.

I have plans to narrate more of my books as well, but with my hubby working from home and the kids here during the quarantine, those plans got set aside for the time being. But I plan to start working on that again soon.

In the meantime, you can find my audiobooks at the fo...

Did I always want to be a writer? I don’t think I consciously made that decision, but writing was a constant in my life, mostly in the form of diaries and journals, with the occasional short story or poem or song lyrics. I don’t know what caused me to want to document my life in that way, but from the time I was about ten years old, that’s what I did. I wrote down the silly everyday things, wrote my first name with a boy’s last name behind it and drew lots of hearts when I had crushes, wrote...