That Second Chance Series by Mary Campisi
That Second Chance #3
Simple Riches
Mary Campisi
It's all about that second chance... Simple Riches is Book Three of That Second Chance Series. (These are standalone books tied together by a common theme--belief in the beauty of that second chance.)Alexandra Chamberlain is a cosmopolitan woman whose uncle taught her to discard everything but the bottom line on a balance sheet. She'll do anything to earn his approval and prides herself on excelling at her job, which is selecting small towns to buy up, flatten, and replace with luxury resorts. When Alex decides to investigate Restalline, Pennsylvania as a potential site for the next resort, she enters the town under the guise of a researcher gathering information for a documentary. It should be easy, just like all the others. But this town is different, from Alex's zany landlord to Nick Androvich, the town doctor with a battered heart who questions Alex's motives yet can't deny his attraction to her. As Alex and Nick explore their growing relationship, they must face the truth about each other and themselves as they search for their own Simple Riches.That Second Chance SeriesBook One: Pulling HomeBook Two: The Way They WereBook Three: Simple RichesBook Four: Paradise FoundBook Five: Not Your Everyday HousewifeBook Six: The Butterfly Garden (Coming 2014)Review"An emotional story of healing and homecoming, spiced with secrets, passion and revenge."-Susan Wiggs, Bestselling Author, on Simple Riches From the AuthorI grew up in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, much like the one in Simple Riches. There were four of us kids, my two older brothers, me, and my younger sister--all of us born within 5 ½ years. There were no McDonalds in our town, no malls, no fancy movie theaters. I used to walk over a mile to school every day, (yes, I really did!) Time was filled with little things, everyday life; weeding the flower beds and garden by hand and getting snail guts under my nails, holding the flashlight while my brothers caught night crawlers, helping my mother bake bread or hang sheets on the line so they could 'catch the fresh air'. Huddling with my sister in bed on Easter Sunday before Mass and gorging on a milk chocolate baby doll, planting a maple tree-- my maple tree--with my father in our back yard, listening to my grandmother speak in broken English as she told stories of being a young girl in Italy and coming to America. Getting ready to go out on Saturday night and fighting over one shower and one hairdryer between the four of us... Today, my brothers and sister and I live hundreds of miles away from that little town in Pennsylvania, but it is still part of us, it will always be part of us because that's where we learned the true meaning of family and friendship, and the importance of honoring your word. And so, when I decided to write about a small town and its people with their traditions and values, I thought about life, as a child and as an adult, and this is the question that led to Simple Riches; What is real wealth? Is it a balanced stock portfolio and a seven-figure income? Or is it more elusive ... intangible...something perhaps that cannot be measured or identified or even...understood? Is real wealth that, which reaches out to us, touches our hearts, our souls, filling us yet leaving us longing for more? Is it a fall morning, crisp and clear, with the tip of frost covering green, ... a smile, full and honest, ... a tradition handed down, ... a string of memories planted with a maple tree...
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That Second Chance #5
Not Your Everyday Housewife
Mary Campisi
It's all about that second chance...Not Your Everyday Housewife is Book Five of That Second Chance Series. (These are standalone books tied together by a common theme - belief in the beauty of that second chance.)A wise and humorous tale of living large after 40 as women finally make peace with themselves- wrinkles, blubber, neuroses, exes, and all.Three women embark on a month long 'discovery' journey and uncover quite a few tidbits along the way...one bottle of Clairol Midnight will not cover a full head of red hair, and never talk to men wearing polyester pants hiked up with a tan belt. But most of what they unearth is about themselves--who they are, what they really want, what they really DON'T want. The center of controversy is a Maid-for-You mixer which symbolizes a boring, routine suburban life with NO second chances--then along comes insight in the form of Tula Rae, a sixty-something Salsa dancing, Dalai Lama quoting, four time widow in spandex and a gray braid who gives them a different perspective on life, love, do-overs and the real reason a man buys his woman a Maid-for-You mixer, (which she says is all about S-E-X.)That Second Chance Series:Book One: Pulling HomeBook Two: The Way They WereBook Three: Simple RichesBook Four: Paradise FoundBook Five: Not Your Everyday HousewifeReview"Desperate Housewives meets Thelma and Louise Plus One in NOT YOUR EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE. The question is, will the characters end in a pouf of quirky chaos like the ladies of Wisteria Lane or end up driving off an emotional cliff like the famous movie heroines?"Kris JonesReviewer- Romance Junkies"Not Your Everyday Housewife is not your ordinary romance."Suzie Housley, Midwest Book ReviewFrom the Inside FlapCyn Cintar's life was a mess.There was the before - before she lied to her husband, before she deceived her children, before she became an imposter in her own life.And then there was the after.She tried to pretend the second part never happened but there it was, trapped in her brain for the past five months by a six digit password comprised of her wedding day and year. How ironic was that?
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