Work-In-Progress Wednesday (Yes, I know it’s Friday)
Yes, I know it’s Friday and not Wednesday, so I’m a little behind. Story of my life. Let’s say this week has been . . . interesting, but I’m hanging on and trying to stick (somewhat) with a schedule. And today, you’re actually going to get two blogs because I am following this one with another Frugal Friday blog.
But as for this one, I need your help! I’m working on the blurb for the new story. As I mentioned in my Monday Musings blog (I think) I’m working on a new small-town romance (with a touch of suspense) series. I’ve written two blurbs and I’m not sure which one works best. I wrote the first one in the way I write my thriller blurbs and the second one is more like a story with the tropes included. Which one do you think works best?
BLURB ONE:
Love. Hope. And a small-town Christmas miracle.
A single mom fighting for her daughter’s future.
When Alyssa Harding learns her ex’s family plans to take her little girl away, she’ll do whatever it takes to protect her child—even if it means trusting the one man she never expected to fall for.
A prosecutor losing faith in justice.
Assistant DA Mark Dawson is worn down by backroom deals and small-town corruption. But meeting Alyssa reminds him why he became a prosecutor in the first place—and what it means to fight for something that truly matters.
As Christmas lights glow over Black Gold, Texas, hard choices loom.
To build a future together, Alyssa and Mark must risk their hearts, their careers, and the lives they thought they were meant to live… for the family they never saw coming.
BLURB TWO:
Love. Hope. And a small-town Christmas miracle.
Alyssa Jenkins is doing everything she can to rebuild her life—raising her young daughter, finishing her paralegal degree, and keeping her head down in a town where the justice system hasn’t always been kind to women like her. All she wants is stability… and maybe a little peace.
Mark Dawson knows better than most that justice isn’t always blind. As an assistant district attorney—and a single father—he’s spent years trying to do the right thing in a town where old loyalties run deep and corruption hides behind friendly smiles. He never expected to cross paths with Alyssa, or for one holiday season to change everything he thought he knew about home.
Thrown together by a Christmas parade, a determined grandmother, and two little girls who decide they’re already a family, Mark and Alyssa find connection where they least expect it. But when secrets surface and the truth threatens to unravel more than just a case, they’ll have to decide whether love is worth the risk.
Filled with small-town charm, found family, and a little Christmas magic, Mistletoe Miracles is a heartwarming holiday romance about second chances, standing up for what’s right, and discovering that sometimes the greatest miracle is choosing each other.
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Let me know what you think! Thanks!