About Bed, Breakfast & Bedbugs by Sandra Bass Joines:
Book 1 of the Blossom Inlet Series.
Welcome to Blossom Inlet… Where Memories are Made and Secrets are Protected.
Secrets not only affect the lives of the secret keepers, but also can torment future generations. Leora Van Leer has serious commitment issues. Why wouldn’t she? Her mother abandoned her like an unwanted kitten right after she was born, and she has no idea who her father is.
When Leora inherits her grandmother’s bed and breakfast, she discovers that she must live in and operate it for one year, or ownership will go to a children’s foundation. It seems simple enough, but she has a history of running as fast as a streak of lightning every time she becomes too attached to anyone or anything.
As if that’s not enough, she’s also inherited three quirky residents with the B&B. Miss Sophie has Alzheimer’s and drifts in and out of the now as fast as the snap of a finger. Preacher is a retired minister who takes Bible verse liberties. Eduardo is a young artist with absence seizures, freezing into a statue without warning.
Everything that can go wrong with reopening the bed and breakfast goes wrong. As well, her controlling mother is determined to steal her inheritance and a brown-eyed stranger with a lopsided smile has stolen her heart.
While Leora adjusts to a new upside-down life, her mother does the unimaginable, leading Leora to uncover a secret so horrifying, her life will never be the same.
She has two options: come to terms with the past and continue the Van Leer legacy as she promised her grandmother;
or RUN.
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Author Bio:
As a young girl, I found myself just as excited to sit on the porch reading Nancy Drew books as I was shooting marbles and playing ball with the neighborhood kids. I dated myself with the Nancy Drew books, didn’t I? My love of reading grew into writing silly stories to give as presents to my parents and siblings. I continued writing, and it was not until I was sixty-five that I published my first novel.
I love to write about women who find themselves in difficult situations and scratch and claw to take back their lives. Family drama. Domestic abuse. Control. Loss. Addiction.
Although I love the majestic Rocky Mountains near Denver, where I currently live with my family, the beach often calls. I grew up along the Forgotten Coast of Florida. Perhaps that’s why my books are typically set there.
When I’m not writing or spending time with family or friends, I’m quilting. It’s a relatively new hobby that I find creative and satisfying. It’s amazing how many plot issues I can solve while working with colorful material and listening to the darn characters whispering in my ear.