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Serenity Cove
Christmas Future: Sarah Anne's Story
Join the angels, Shirley Goodness and Mercy Grace, for an enchanting look at the Christmas Season from a very interesting perspective.
Fast forwarding to Christmas 2035, the small town of Serenity Cove has undergone many surprising and adventurous changes. Computers, microwaves and even books have become obsolete. X-Eagle hover cars are quite the rave. And using a food processor has taken on a whole new meaning. Yet some things, like young love remain the same.
Sarah Anne Delatorre loves the handsome Ian Caldwell, but marrying him means leaving the town and the people she loves. She refused his first proposal, now it’s up to Ian to find a way to change her mind.
Shirley Goodness suggests fastening your seatbelts, when the Delatorre family boards the new Mach IV for an off planet trip to Belletroyan.
Fast forwarding to Christmas 2035, the small town of Serenity Cove has undergone many surprising and adventurous changes. Computers, microwaves and even books have become obsolete. X-Eagle hover cars are quite the rave. And using a food processor has taken on a whole new meaning. Yet some things, like young love remain the same.
Sarah Anne Delatorre loves the handsome Ian Caldwell, but marrying him means leaving the town and the people she loves. She refused his first proposal, now it’s up to Ian to find a way to change her mind.
Shirley Goodness suggests fastening your seatbelts, when the Delatorre family boards the new Mach IV for an off planet trip to Belletroyan.
146 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 7, 2012
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About the author
Rita Garcia
16 books30 followersMeet Rita
Rita Garcia is the author of the popular Serenity Cove Series. She writes women’s fiction, clean contemporary small beach town romance with stories that warm the heart. Her characters charm and enchant her readers.
Rita is a wife, mom, devoted grandmother, animal lover, and avid rose gardener.
Two of the sweetest fur babies (rescues) add much love and joy to her home.
A favorite pastime is relaxing and spending time in the garden babying her roses, with her fur babies’ help, of course.
If you want to be transported to the beach—cut off your jeans—barefoot across the warm sand—view magical sunrises and sunsets, inhale the delicious aroma of Julia’s cinnamon rolls—you’ll fall in love with these stories, filled with beach friends, love, and the enchantment of a lamplight boardwalk winding along the shore.
Her Story
Born into a family of readers, Rita had never known a time she wasn’t reading or making up stories. Her imagination created stories when she was still too young to put pen to paper. In the next stage, Rita wrote stories, illustrating them with crayon drawings. She later found these stories among her mother’s things, treasured the way only a parent would do.
Her next writing adventure was for a local newspaper, where she wrote a weekly inspirational column. Much later in life, Rita published her first novel, Kaleidoscope Summer, set in Serenity Cove. Serenity Cove became one of the characters in her stories. One of the comments she hears most often is: “I want to live in Serenity Cove.” Her books are published in over a dozen countries, including Australia, Germany, England, and Canada.
Rita holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Her training as a counselor is reflected in her novels in the character, Dr. Ellie. Readers have commented on how her sage advice has helped them. Always amazing how God takes a story and uses it in ways the writer never imagines.
Rita Garcia is the author of the popular Serenity Cove Series. She writes women’s fiction, clean contemporary small beach town romance with stories that warm the heart. Her characters charm and enchant her readers.
Rita is a wife, mom, devoted grandmother, animal lover, and avid rose gardener.
Two of the sweetest fur babies (rescues) add much love and joy to her home.
A favorite pastime is relaxing and spending time in the garden babying her roses, with her fur babies’ help, of course.
If you want to be transported to the beach—cut off your jeans—barefoot across the warm sand—view magical sunrises and sunsets, inhale the delicious aroma of Julia’s cinnamon rolls—you’ll fall in love with these stories, filled with beach friends, love, and the enchantment of a lamplight boardwalk winding along the shore.
Her Story
Born into a family of readers, Rita had never known a time she wasn’t reading or making up stories. Her imagination created stories when she was still too young to put pen to paper. In the next stage, Rita wrote stories, illustrating them with crayon drawings. She later found these stories among her mother’s things, treasured the way only a parent would do.
Her next writing adventure was for a local newspaper, where she wrote a weekly inspirational column. Much later in life, Rita published her first novel, Kaleidoscope Summer, set in Serenity Cove. Serenity Cove became one of the characters in her stories. One of the comments she hears most often is: “I want to live in Serenity Cove.” Her books are published in over a dozen countries, including Australia, Germany, England, and Canada.
Rita holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Her training as a counselor is reflected in her novels in the character, Dr. Ellie. Readers have commented on how her sage advice has helped them. Always amazing how God takes a story and uses it in ways the writer never imagines.
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December 5, 2024
I read this book to complete a category for a book challenge but it was not a book meant for me. It was very bizarre.
November 27, 2015
I love Christmas stories--fictional or real, doesn't matter! My only personal stipulation is that they don't violate Christian standards, so this novella by Rita Garcia qualifies. It's a sweet story (no violence or ugliness), and I think you'll love it too.
Two angels--Mercy Grace, a novice guardian angel, and her mentor, Shirley Goodness--are strolling around heaven one day admiring all the glorious beauty of the realm and discussing a family in Serenity Cove. Mercy is wondering what the future holds for a pair of twins (Sarah Anne and Josh) who will be born to Samantha and ***. Being in heaven, Shirley Goodness knows they can pull back the curtain that veils the future, so she begins to show Mercy some of what will be happening.
Sarah Anne (better known as Sarah to all but her family members) loves Serenity Cove. She also loves the handsome Ian--but Ian wants to live in the bustling city rather than the homespun little seaside village. There's a bookstore--an old-fashioned one with real vintage books!--for sale, and Sarah buys it with all kinds of optimistic plans for the shop to make it profitable, which hasn't happened for some time.
So therefore, she and Ian just will never be. *sigh*
Little does Mercy Grace know the role she will play in Sarah Anne's future, but the angel is destined to be Sarah's guardian angel.
Two angels--Mercy Grace, a novice guardian angel, and her mentor, Shirley Goodness--are strolling around heaven one day admiring all the glorious beauty of the realm and discussing a family in Serenity Cove. Mercy is wondering what the future holds for a pair of twins (Sarah Anne and Josh) who will be born to Samantha and ***. Being in heaven, Shirley Goodness knows they can pull back the curtain that veils the future, so she begins to show Mercy some of what will be happening.
Sarah Anne (better known as Sarah to all but her family members) loves Serenity Cove. She also loves the handsome Ian--but Ian wants to live in the bustling city rather than the homespun little seaside village. There's a bookstore--an old-fashioned one with real vintage books!--for sale, and Sarah buys it with all kinds of optimistic plans for the shop to make it profitable, which hasn't happened for some time.
So therefore, she and Ian just will never be. *sigh*
Little does Mercy Grace know the role she will play in Sarah Anne's future, but the angel is destined to be Sarah's guardian angel.
December 26, 2015
Heartwarming story
I enjoyed this story by Rita Garcia. It is a futuristic view of the characters in Kaleidoscope Summer so altho u could read this book first, I would suggest enjoying KSummer first so You can read both of them and know who the characters are
I enjoyed this story by Rita Garcia. It is a futuristic view of the characters in Kaleidoscope Summer so altho u could read this book first, I would suggest enjoying KSummer first so You can read both of them and know who the characters are
September 4, 2016
This is such a fun story! I enjoyed hearing the perspectives from above and below! If you want a fun read that is relaxing and engaging, pick this cute Christmas story up!
May 11, 2013
It's a great story.
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