Look for new Spider Latham mysteries set in Kanab.ġ. “Amy’s Star” brings both Liz and her writing to Kanab, Utah. “I was so grateful for books that let me go places and meet people who carried on adult conversations That’s what I want to write–cheap vacations.” “I remember when I was a young mother with all those kids and a slender budget,” she says. She feels writing in that genre doing so is a service project. After writing three in the Spider Latham series, Liz moved into romantic suspense. Liz Adair, a native of New Mexico and mother of seven, lives in southern Utah with Derrill, her husband of 50 years.Ī late bloomer, Liz published her first mystery (The Lodger) just as AARP started sending invitations to join. Her love of Christmas naturally prompted her to write “Whit’s End” in this book and “Just Say No-el,” a companion novella to these three stories. Her Tweaks series is a fulfillment of that dream.

During those years, her dream of writing books for young people grew until she had to do something about it. Deighton started out to be a high school English teacher, but raising kids turned into a full-time job. Goetz in the Tweaks series is wiser and cooler, but he’s made up, so it doesn’t count. When she is not visiting her children and grandchildren, writing and revising, again and again, she works as a substitute teacher. Their six children are grown and gone, and pets tend to complicate life. Terry Deighton lives in Washington, the state not D.C., with her husband, Al. She is also the author of The Miracle Maker. She loves the feeling of Christmas and usually finishes her shopping on Christmas Eve. She soon finds out it’s more work than she thought, and she begins to wonder what perfect really is.Īnn Acton lives with her husband and children in a tiny town in Washington state. When Whitney Saunders and her husband buy their first home, it jump starts her desire to make everything, especially Christmas, perfect. What should be a simple night turns into a series of chaotic events and a gift she never expected.Ī Spider Latham Christmas Story – A new star rises above the southern Utah town of Kanab and draws some surprising visitors on Christmas Eve.

This year, she thinks she’s got it all under control-until she’s roped into doing service on Christmas Eve. These three Christmas novellas will get you into the holiday spirit.Ĭhristmas for Amanda Grover is usually a chaotic marathon in search of the perfect gifts. A Christmas Village by Ann Acton, Liz Adair and Terry Deighton

Love in the Snow by Acton Liz