Oooh, I’m so excited to be a part of the Next Big Thing Blog Hop. Thank you for clicking over. I hope you’re having a wonderful time getting to know your favorite and newly favorite authors. Here’s a bit about me:

What is the working title of your book?

The title to my latest release isGrudges Not Included Grudges Not Included

Where did the idea come from for the book?

Boerne, Texas celebrates Christmas with a sweet tradition known as their Dickens Event (Link: http://www.tex-fest.com/regional/boerne.html). It’s a week-long celebration in true Dickens culture. When a friend described the nostalgia surrounding the event, Hannah’s story took shape.

What genre does your book fall under?

Grudges Not IncludedGrudges Not Included is a Christmas Christian romance novella.

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

I think the best actress to play Hannah would be young and sweet, like Scarlett Johansson. Oh and the male lead would be great for someone who was mysterious like William Moseley or Jeremy Sumpter.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

When the baby-of-the-family steps in to manage her family’s German bakery she must balance the town bully’s plans to squash her business as she clears her former crush, the rootless boy the family believes betrayed them.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

Grudges Not IncludedGrudges Not Included is my first self-published novella.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

The first draft took approximately three weeks to finish.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

Comparative titles may include Lori Copeland’s The Christmas Lamp or Sharon Gillenwater’s Love Wanted, A Christmas Novella.

What else would you like to share about your book? (Here’s the back cover copy)

In this contemporary Christmas tale, Arnwald Family Bakery prepares traditional German pastries and holiday goodies for the annual Boerne, Texas’ Dicken’s Event. Until tragedy strikes and the family bakery struggles without their patriarch at the helm.

The bakery’s success hangs in the shaky hands of the youngest family member when baker Drew Little returns home. Determined to clear his good name, Drew offers to save the bakery despite the owner’s accusations against him.

Hannah Arnwald knows Drew can save the bakery, but to hire him would mean going against her father, grandmother and sisters. Without an experienced baker, the store will fail. Does she dare hire him against her family’s wishes? Could she bear to lose him again if she doesn’t?

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