Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Holly Varni!
Writes:
Hi! I write Contemporary Women’s Fiction with strong romantic elements. I crafts stories filled with quirky characters and homespun charm set in the small town of Moonberry Lake. In my debut novel, ON MOONBERRY LAKE, Cora Matthews’s life is a mess after breaking off her engagement two weeks before the wedding, and the unexpected death of her mother. Burning questions about her childhood appear as if they will remain unanswered until she receives her family’s dilapidated lakefront lodge as an inheritance—with a surprising condition attached.
Cora soon finds her life overrun by a hodgepodge of eccentric neighbors who all have something to say and something to teach her. As she works to put her life back together, she must decide if she is willing to let go of the past, open her heart to love, and embrace the craziest version of family and home she could ever have imagined.
About:
I was raised in Minnesota with grumpy grandparents, eccentric relatives, and crazy neighbors who mowed their lawn wearing pajamas, and that is how the seed to becoming a storyteller was planted. I live with my husband and our three adult sons along the Central Coast of California. I host the Moments from Moonberry Lake podcast where I share more stories of beloved characters.
I’ve been a hospice volunteer for years and absolutely love it. When I’m not writing or volunteering, I am reading, doing puzzles, or curled up on the sofa watching movies. If it sounds like I have the social life of a mole, you’re right. I have the most perfect dog in the world and am looking for any means to make her immortal.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Loves to laugh! I know humor is subjection, but I hope ours is a match. :)
- Seeks unusual, quirky, but very lovable characters.
- Understands the unspoken rule of small towns which is that everyone’s business is everyone’s business.
- Cheers for strong women friendships.
- Likes to escape into someone else’s drama for a bit to forget about their own.
- Adores the grit of characters who persevere through the hard times, and hold their head high during the embarrassing moments.
What to expect if we're compatible:
- Unapologetic feel-good romance with a happily-ever-after at the end
- Elderly characters you wish you were related to
- More than a little melodrama
- Snarky sarcasm
- So much banter
- A love story that will leave you smiling and a little gooey inside
A Novel
Cora Matthews's life is a mess. A broken engagement and the unexpected death of her mother have left her wondering if things will ever return to normal. Whatever "normal" is.
It certainly isn't what she finds at Moonberry Lake. After she receives her family's dilapidated lakefront lodge as an inheritance--with a surprising condition attached--Cora finds her life overrun by a parade of eccentric neighbors who all have something to say and something to teach her.
As Cora works to put her life back together, she must decide if she is willing to let go of the past, open her heart to love, and embrace the craziest version of family and home she could ever have imagined.
Small Town | Romance Contemporary [Revell, On Sale: September 26, 2023, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780800744977 / eISBN: 9781493443604]
Holly Varni is a native Minnesotan of strong Norwegian descent, who was raised in the Lutheran Church that Garrison Keillor made a career depicting. Between the lutefisk, grumpy grandparents, and the crazy neighbor who mowed his lawn wearing pajamas, the seed to becoming a storyteller was planted. She wants to give readers characters they can connect with, admire, laugh at, and most of all love.
She is podcast host of “Moments from Moonberry Lake,” and author of the “Moonberry Lake” series.
In her personal life, she married a University Professor with the same chocolate eyes as her romantic lead. They live on the Central Coast of California with their three sons. The characters of Moonberry Lake and their unique stories came about as she was trying to survive being a boy mom. When not doing laundry or writing, she has the privilege of being a Hospice volunteer, where she sits with the dying and listens to their stories.
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