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Coming Attractions
Getting tackled at an Indiana drive-in movie theater is just the day's latest indignity for Maddie McKinley … but it’s certainly the low point. When she gets into the wrong van it brings a knee-jerk reaction from Logan Chandler, the father of the kids inside. Logan's embarrassed about roughing her up, but intrigued by the beautiful young woman from Boston, who arrived alone at the movies wearing an expensive dress. Unfortunately, he’s the local businessman leading a battle to save the drive-in from developers—and she’s the disgraced attorney sent to make sure it’s torn down.
The legal battle sets them both on a path to redemption and each other, with the help of quirky friends and family who have them figured out long before they do. Also, with the help of coffee. Lots of coffee.
The legal battle sets them both on a path to redemption and each other, with the help of quirky friends and family who have them figured out long before they do. Also, with the help of coffee. Lots of coffee.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2018
About the author
Mark R. Hunter
16 books50 followersOur newest book is Haunted Noble County, Indiana:
Noble County, Indiana, boasts small town charm, a State Park and lakes for recreation lovers, tourist attractions all year long … and ghosts.
The county’s only movie theater is patrolled by the well-known manager—who died in 1995. Two of the highest hills in the state are haunted, one after a hanging and another because of a murder immortalized by Indiana’s poet laureate. The sprawling Kneipp Sanitarium received a visit from the Virgin Mary herself, and became a battleground of good vs. evil. Then there’s The Thing in the Basement.
Join authors and historians Mark and Emily Hunter as they tour the dark and spooky corners of Noble County.
Our newest novel is the romantic comedy Coming Attractions:
Getting tackled at an Indiana drive-in movie theater is just the day's latest indignity for Maddie McKinley … but it’s certainly the low point. When she gets into the wrong van it brings a knee-jerk reaction from Logan Chandler, the father of the kids inside. Logan's embarrassed about roughing her up, but intrigued by the beautiful young woman from Boston, who arrived alone at the movies wearing an expensive dress.
Unfortunately, he’s the local businessman leading a battle to save the drive-in from developers—and she’s the disgraced attorney sent to make sure it’s torn down.
The legal battle sets them both on a path to redemption and each other, with the help of quirky friends and family who have them figured out long before they do. Also, with the help of coffee. Lots of coffee.
Earlier we published the romantic comedy Radio Red:
"Kirsten Veiss is setting a record for bad days: She’s broke, lost in rural Michigan, sunburned, and without transportation after her van hits a deer. When she hears a nearby radio personality making fun of the classical music she loves, it’s the last straw.
"Aaron Debolt just wants to bring classical to a wider audience, and he thinks a shock jock approach might do it. But he’s shocked himself when a sunburned, wild-eyed redhead bursts into the radio station late at night, brandishing—a tailpipe.
"Soon Aaron has his hands full in more ways than one, and Kirsten has a temporary on-air job under the name Radio Red. Now all they have to do is prove she’s not the one sabotaging the station’s operation. "
Before that came Hoosier Hysterical: How the West Became the Midwest Without Moving At All, a fun-poking look at Indiana history, celebrity, and trivia, with numerous illustrations and even more puns.
My novels, Storm Chaser and The Notorious Ian Grant, and a story collection, Storm Chaser Shorts, were published by Whiskey Creek Press/Start Publishing.
In 2013 my local history book, Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights, was released, and 2014 saw the publication of No Campfire, Girls, a humorous adventure story set in a girl's summer camp. In 2015 a collection of humor columns, Slightly Off the Mark, came out
For three decades I've been an emergency dispatcher for Noble County, Indiana. I served over 40 years as a volunteer for the Albion Fire Department, holding such positions as safety officer, training officer, secretary, and public information officer. I've also done public relations writing for the Noble County Relay For Life, among other organizations, and served two terms on the Albion Town Council. I had a local newspaper humor column for 25 years. When asked if I have any free time, I laugh hysterically.
Mark lives in Albion, Indiana, with his wife and editor Emily. He has two daughters and twin grandsons, and so naturally has written a children’s book. He can be found online at www.markrhunter.com.
Noble County, Indiana, boasts small town charm, a State Park and lakes for recreation lovers, tourist attractions all year long … and ghosts.
The county’s only movie theater is patrolled by the well-known manager—who died in 1995. Two of the highest hills in the state are haunted, one after a hanging and another because of a murder immortalized by Indiana’s poet laureate. The sprawling Kneipp Sanitarium received a visit from the Virgin Mary herself, and became a battleground of good vs. evil. Then there’s The Thing in the Basement.
Join authors and historians Mark and Emily Hunter as they tour the dark and spooky corners of Noble County.
Our newest novel is the romantic comedy Coming Attractions:
Getting tackled at an Indiana drive-in movie theater is just the day's latest indignity for Maddie McKinley … but it’s certainly the low point. When she gets into the wrong van it brings a knee-jerk reaction from Logan Chandler, the father of the kids inside. Logan's embarrassed about roughing her up, but intrigued by the beautiful young woman from Boston, who arrived alone at the movies wearing an expensive dress.
Unfortunately, he’s the local businessman leading a battle to save the drive-in from developers—and she’s the disgraced attorney sent to make sure it’s torn down.
The legal battle sets them both on a path to redemption and each other, with the help of quirky friends and family who have them figured out long before they do. Also, with the help of coffee. Lots of coffee.
Earlier we published the romantic comedy Radio Red:
"Kirsten Veiss is setting a record for bad days: She’s broke, lost in rural Michigan, sunburned, and without transportation after her van hits a deer. When she hears a nearby radio personality making fun of the classical music she loves, it’s the last straw.
"Aaron Debolt just wants to bring classical to a wider audience, and he thinks a shock jock approach might do it. But he’s shocked himself when a sunburned, wild-eyed redhead bursts into the radio station late at night, brandishing—a tailpipe.
"Soon Aaron has his hands full in more ways than one, and Kirsten has a temporary on-air job under the name Radio Red. Now all they have to do is prove she’s not the one sabotaging the station’s operation. "
Before that came Hoosier Hysterical: How the West Became the Midwest Without Moving At All, a fun-poking look at Indiana history, celebrity, and trivia, with numerous illustrations and even more puns.
My novels, Storm Chaser and The Notorious Ian Grant, and a story collection, Storm Chaser Shorts, were published by Whiskey Creek Press/Start Publishing.
In 2013 my local history book, Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights, was released, and 2014 saw the publication of No Campfire, Girls, a humorous adventure story set in a girl's summer camp. In 2015 a collection of humor columns, Slightly Off the Mark, came out
For three decades I've been an emergency dispatcher for Noble County, Indiana. I served over 40 years as a volunteer for the Albion Fire Department, holding such positions as safety officer, training officer, secretary, and public information officer. I've also done public relations writing for the Noble County Relay For Life, among other organizations, and served two terms on the Albion Town Council. I had a local newspaper humor column for 25 years. When asked if I have any free time, I laugh hysterically.
Mark lives in Albion, Indiana, with his wife and editor Emily. He has two daughters and twin grandsons, and so naturally has written a children’s book. He can be found online at www.markrhunter.com.
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May 16, 2020
Sometimes Truth Can Be Painful
Maddie is a young woman who believes she loves her job. She is exceptional as an attorney, but when she crosses one of the law partners, to whom she is engaged, she is sent away on a remote job as punishment. Her life begins to unravel. Then she meets Logan and her life goes into further turmoil as her allegiances begin to fluctuate. What she is sent to do could bring in millions for her law firm and their client. But what she needs to do could also forever disrupt the lives of an entire quiet town of residents.
Maddie’s loyalties begin to shift when she realizes she loves Logan’s two precocious children. She begins to conjure a way to get back at her fiancé and, yet, back into the good graces of the law firm. She should return to her high paid job and condo but begins to wonder why. And Logan has other plans. This is a story of a woman being done wrong by a jerk and how Maddie let herself in for the heartache. Can Logan help her heal and hopefully get the jerk out of her life?
The author has nailed it in how we see Maddie moving through her changes, her emotions, the psychological implications of all that she had been through and all she has yet to accomplish. This is a good clean story of romance of Maddie shifting from one selfishly, psychologically brutal man to another with a steady heart and two lovable children. I highly recommend this read about life struggles and overcoming obstacles.
Maddie is a young woman who believes she loves her job. She is exceptional as an attorney, but when she crosses one of the law partners, to whom she is engaged, she is sent away on a remote job as punishment. Her life begins to unravel. Then she meets Logan and her life goes into further turmoil as her allegiances begin to fluctuate. What she is sent to do could bring in millions for her law firm and their client. But what she needs to do could also forever disrupt the lives of an entire quiet town of residents.
Maddie’s loyalties begin to shift when she realizes she loves Logan’s two precocious children. She begins to conjure a way to get back at her fiancé and, yet, back into the good graces of the law firm. She should return to her high paid job and condo but begins to wonder why. And Logan has other plans. This is a story of a woman being done wrong by a jerk and how Maddie let herself in for the heartache. Can Logan help her heal and hopefully get the jerk out of her life?
The author has nailed it in how we see Maddie moving through her changes, her emotions, the psychological implications of all that she had been through and all she has yet to accomplish. This is a good clean story of romance of Maddie shifting from one selfishly, psychologically brutal man to another with a steady heart and two lovable children. I highly recommend this read about life struggles and overcoming obstacles.
September 10, 2020
I have to admit that the cover, and the blurb won me over. I've always loved going to the local drive-in movie theater closest to our house. We have many happy memories of bringing our four kids (under 12 always free) to see movies that we'd never have been able to afford otherwise. They played on antiquated equipment there, and we brought our own popcorn and pizza. If we stayed for both movies, we'd buy them ice-cream novelties during the break. It's been closed for a couple of years now, but word is that someone is looking to re-open it. In these times of social distancing, when breathing the same air as a hundred or so people isn't an attractive idea, it would seem that drive-ins should be making a come-back. Besides, one does eventually get tired of binge-watching shows on TV, no matter how big your screen is.
Maddie is not just a lawyer, but a driven female in a primarily male business, who is determined to smash the glass ceiling and make partner. She recently allowed her personal life and business life to mix, and ended up almost ending her career by tossing a drink in the face of her fiance--a full partner at her firm. Now she's been exiled from Boston and all of the creature comforts she's come to enjoy--things that accompany a moneyed life-style. She's been assigned to do whatever it takes to get her firm's hands on the land owned by a man whose family has owned and operated the local drive-in for 50 years.
She decides to investigate the theater, thinking that it's probably on its last legs--she's never been to a drive-in, and neither has anyone else she knows. What she finds is a huge crowd of local folks, all sporting bumper stickers supporting their favorite movie spot. She ends up in the classic romantic-comedy trope of a meet-cute. The man is hot, sexy, and widowed, with two precocious children who promptly decide they like her a lot, and invite her to their house for dinner. She and Logan try to fight their mutual attraction, but not too hard. Coincidences keep occurring that throw them together, like when she needs to feed her coffee addiction, only to discover that the only coffee shop in town is owned and operated by him and his family. Of course it is!
The story is predictable, but cute. The nasty ex-fiance appears, and gets vanquished to everyone's satisfaction. And Maddie learns what is truly important in life isn't things you can buy, but, as was said in Miracle on 34th Street, those lovely intangibles. This is definitely a G-rated sweet romance. I was irked by the suggestion that at age 29, Maddie is still staunchly defending her virtue, despite having had a nasty alpha-male for a fiance. But realism isn't important in this frothy, cotton-candy romance. She and Logan never do more than share chaste kisses--well, okay, he does look at her with lust in his eyes a few times. But the whole story is a fairy tale of good versus evil, and you know from the start that the good guys will win. If you want a pleasant read--a rom-com with heart, this book is perfect for you.
Maddie is not just a lawyer, but a driven female in a primarily male business, who is determined to smash the glass ceiling and make partner. She recently allowed her personal life and business life to mix, and ended up almost ending her career by tossing a drink in the face of her fiance--a full partner at her firm. Now she's been exiled from Boston and all of the creature comforts she's come to enjoy--things that accompany a moneyed life-style. She's been assigned to do whatever it takes to get her firm's hands on the land owned by a man whose family has owned and operated the local drive-in for 50 years.
She decides to investigate the theater, thinking that it's probably on its last legs--she's never been to a drive-in, and neither has anyone else she knows. What she finds is a huge crowd of local folks, all sporting bumper stickers supporting their favorite movie spot. She ends up in the classic romantic-comedy trope of a meet-cute. The man is hot, sexy, and widowed, with two precocious children who promptly decide they like her a lot, and invite her to their house for dinner. She and Logan try to fight their mutual attraction, but not too hard. Coincidences keep occurring that throw them together, like when she needs to feed her coffee addiction, only to discover that the only coffee shop in town is owned and operated by him and his family. Of course it is!
The story is predictable, but cute. The nasty ex-fiance appears, and gets vanquished to everyone's satisfaction. And Maddie learns what is truly important in life isn't things you can buy, but, as was said in Miracle on 34th Street, those lovely intangibles. This is definitely a G-rated sweet romance. I was irked by the suggestion that at age 29, Maddie is still staunchly defending her virtue, despite having had a nasty alpha-male for a fiance. But realism isn't important in this frothy, cotton-candy romance. She and Logan never do more than share chaste kisses--well, okay, he does look at her with lust in his eyes a few times. But the whole story is a fairy tale of good versus evil, and you know from the start that the good guys will win. If you want a pleasant read--a rom-com with heart, this book is perfect for you.
August 2, 2026
Coming Attractions by Mark Hunter is a small-town romance. About a big-city developer who decides to buy a rural drive-in movie theater’s property and turn it into a regional airport. The local residents resist.
Big-city lawyer Maddie comes to town to convince the town council of the benefits, but when Maddie meets Logan, her mission changes. You can guess the rest.
Fun, pleasurable read that tracks like a Hallmark made-for-television movie.
Big-city lawyer Maddie comes to town to convince the town council of the benefits, but when Maddie meets Logan, her mission changes. You can guess the rest.
Fun, pleasurable read that tracks like a Hallmark made-for-television movie.
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