Stitches in Time
By Terri DuLong
Title: Stitches in Time
Author: Terri DuLong
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Publication Date: June 7, 2016
Genre: Romance
Format: Ebook
“DuLong reminds me of a Southern Debbie
Macomber but with a flair all her own.” –Karin Gillespie
New York Times bestselling author Terri
DuLong spins a new skein of love, loss, and new beginnings in sunny Ormond
Beach, Florida, where even the most painful past can become the most hopeful
future…
Isabelle Wainwright is no stranger to
heartache. She was just fifteen when her mother left her to be raised by her
father so she could start a new life across the country. Rather than crumbling
in despair, Isabelle eventually stitched together her own path, graduating from
college and starting a family in Atlanta. But her hard-won fairytale ending is
beginning to unravel…
The shock of her father’s sudden death
is compounded when Isabelle’s husband leaves her and her daughter for someone
else. Reeling from being abandoned yet again, she finds comfort in Chloe
Radcliffe, her father’s girlfriend, who encourages her to move to Ormond Beach,
Florida, and help her run her yarn shop. There, Isabelle may find the strength
to confront her past, build new friendships, and perhaps even learn to love in
a way she never thought possible…
Includes An Original
Knitting Pattern!
Praise for Terri DuLong’s
Cedar Key Novels
“A heartwarming story…Great for fans of
Kate Jacobs’s ‘Friday Night Knitting Club’ series.” –Library Journal on
Farewell to Cedar Key
“An intriguing premise, a cozy,
small-town backdrop, and even the hint of some magic. . .A sweet story, set in
a friendly community.” –Kirkus on Postcards from Cedar Key
“Tender and poignant, perfect for those
who love knitting as well as the bonds between women.” –RT Book Reviews (4
Stars) on Sunrise on Cedar Key
“A delightful addition to that genre of
needlecraft-inspired books.” –Library Journal on Casting About
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Author of the acclaimed women’s fiction
Cedar Key Series, New York Times & USA Today best
selling author Terri DuLong is the author of Spinning
Forward, Casting About, A Cedar Key Christmas, in the anthology, Holiday Magic,
Sunrise on Cedar Key, Postcards from Cedar Key and the soon to be released
(November 2013) Secrets on Cedar Key, with book 6 in the series, Binding Off to
be released in 2014
Born and reared in the Boston area . . .
Salem, the Witch City, to be exact, DuLong was an only child, who relied on
imaginary friends for playmates. All these years later, she believes those
playmates (and her love for books) led her to her passion for writing.
Married young, with three children, then
divorced, Terri went to college to become a legal secretary. After remarrying,
with the children getting older, she decided to pursue a career as a Registered
Nurse. She also continued her love for reading women’s fiction. As for her own
writing, it was limited to extremely long letters to friends and keeping a
journal. After working in Critical Care as an R.N., the thought of writing
“seriously” became stronger, and Terri took a creative writing class at
college. Encouraged by the professor, Terri began writing with the hope of
publication.
With the transfer of her husband’s job
to the Tampa, Florida, area, she began to work part-time as a home health RN
and devote more and more time to writing. She began attending writers’
conferences to not only improve her craft of writing but also to understand the
complicated world of publishing.
Attending more and more writers’
conferences, networking, reading, always working on her writing, Terri never
gave up. She couldn’t. Writing was her passion and filled her soul. Queries
went out; rejections came back. But she noticed the rejections were now not
form letters but very nice personal correspondence. Believing there had to be
an agent, editor or publisher out there who would love her work, she kept
writing.
When Terri’s husband retired in 2004,
the couple relocated two hours north to Cedar Key, an island off the west coast
of Florida. They knew from many previous visits that the small town, surrounded
as it is by Mother Nature, was the perfect place for them. And Terri’s muse
went into high gear . . . lots of quirky characters, people who actually waved
to you and knew your name, a place that touched her soul. She was in her
element.
She wrote a women’s novel set in Cedar
Key, and then she attended the Romance Writers of America Conference, summer
2007. Upon returning home, she sent off a query to Kensington Books with the
required first three chapters, promptly forgot about it and got on with life .
. . until December 11, 2007.
That was when Terri received an e-mail
from her editor’s assistant, requesting the full manuscript. And on Feb. 26,
2008, Terri was initially offered a two-book contract from Kensington. Her
debut women’s fiction novel…the first in her Cedar Key series…was released Oct.
27, 2009. Now in its second printing, Spinning Forward was named
a finalist for “Long Contemporary Novel” in the 2010 New England Reader’s
Choice Bean Pot Awards. And Reader’s Digest bought the rights to
release Spinning Forward and Casting About in a Condensed Special
Edition in December 2010 and 2011.
Terri is contracted with Kensington
through 2014, with the release of book 6, FAREWELL TO CEDAR KEY.
Meanwhile, Terri’s motto remains the one
that has made so many of her dreams reality: “Believe in yourself and make
great things happen.”
For More Information
Visit Terri’s website.
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