RAYLENE, the second book in Lori Wilde's trilogy of holiday
novellas (The Christmas Cookie Chronicles), takes us back to
Twilight, Texas and the Sweetheart Park fountain. The legend
says if you throw a penny into the fountain you will be
reunited with your high school sweetheart and live
happily-ever-after. Raylene had over thirty years with her
sweetheart until he left after she confessed to having had a
child she gave up. A year later, Raylene is running the
Horney Toad Tavern alone and starting to wonder if Earl is
ever coming home. When Raylene hires a new cocktail
waitress to help around the bar, she doesn't know that
Shannon is the daughter she's never met but missed her
entire life.
RAYLENE is a wonderful story, heartwarming and tender. Ms.
Wilde gives us two stories for the price of one: a new
blossoming romance between Shannon and Nate Deavers, and
Raylene and Earl making their way back to each other. I
couldn't put this book down until I was sure everyone got
the happy ending they deserved.
Come join a meeting of the First Love Cookie Club! “On Christmas Eve, if you sleep with kismet cookies under your pillow and dream of your own true love, he will be your destiny.” It’s Christmas time at the Horny Toad Tavern, located in the heart of Twilight, TX. Elvis is on the jukebox, the lights twinkle outside…and inside, Raylene Pringle is wondering if it’s going to be another “Blue Christmas” without her true love, Earl. But things are about to change—because ‘tis the season for unexpected romance and a surprise mother/daughter reunion… reminding Raylene that you should never disbelieve the legend of the kismet cookies! And don’t miss The Christmas Cookie Chronicles: Christine available December 13th, from Avon Impulse and The Christmas Cookie Chronicles: Carrie on sale now.