Wednesday, April 20, 2016

A few notes about Keeping Promises, the most recent addition to the Silver Springs Contemporary series.  (Without giving away too much!)

Although Keeping Promises is the eighth book written in this series, chronologically it comes after book 5, Running out of time.  It takes place approximately five years after Elizabeth's Hero.

If you read Elizabeth's Hero, the first book in the series, you'll remember FBI agent Carl "Spence" Spencer.


Spence, the hero in Keeping Promises, is about to embark on several personal and spiritual journeys that will compel him to reevaluate the path he's on.

Keeping Promises is appropriately listed in the Christian-Romance category.

It is a story that will appeal to both men and women.

It's clean content plus uplifting and adventurous plot is safe for teenage readers.  There is a message for young people about the value of abstaining from intimacy until marriage.  (My teen daughter loved the book!)

Keeping Promises
Available in electronic format, as well as regular and extra large print format.

     For the past eighteen months, Jordan Gray has raised her deceased sister’s children alone.  She loves and wants what’s best for them.  Unfortunately, her teen-aged nephew doesn’t care.  Caleb is constantly in trouble, and each new infraction is worse than the last.  With nowhere else to turn, she begins to search for the boy’s unknown father, convinced that finding him will be the hard part.  She couldn’t be more wrong.  Her intense reaction to the man is as exhilarating as it is bewildering.  Surely, this former bad boy couldn’t be the one God has chosen for her?
     When FBI Agent Carl Spencer learns that someone is using cyberspace to look for him, he does what he’s trained to do – hunt the hunter.  When the enemy turns out to be a pretty young woman, he’s surprised, but that’s nothing compared to the jolt that rocks his world when she delivers her news – he’s a father.  While Spence builds a relationship with his troubled son, he battles a strong pull toward the boy’s virtuous aunt.  Too bad she’s not his type.  Struggling with a mutual attraction seems challenging enough, until a new danger threatens to destroy them.
Silver Springs Contemporary Series - Books 1-4 are now available in print at Amazon.com - normal and large print versions.  To purchase any of my books, click the following link to Amazon.  http://www.amazon.com/Gina-Coon/e/B006RL5BBE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1





Thursday, May 8, 2014

Building Fences, Mending Hearts
New revised edition available now. 
Extensive editing to improve content recently completed, including several brand new scenes.

If you purchased a digital copy of either of the two books (below) prior to May 7, 2014 and would like a revised edition, please contact me at ginamcoon@gmail.com


Building Fences, Mending Hearts (digital)





Silver Springs Settlers - books 1-3

 Note:  You may receive an email from Amazon, within the next month or so, asking the same question.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Amidst Tragedy, God is Faithful

April 25, 2014

One year ago, I was writing Keeping Promises, a story whose characters must learn to deal with untimely death. Each morning, before working on the novel, I asked God to give me the words. Recently, I've come to realize that He was doing so much more than helping me write a book. He was preparing me for the future, for an event that He knew was coming, but I did not.

Thank you, Lord, for holding me up during the hardest journey of my life, and for continuing to do so. Thank you for more than19 precious years with my son, for his uniqueness, for our close relationship - for You knew our time was short.

'Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.' Heb. 4:16


Dedicated to my son, Kevin
Dec. 30, 1993 - Sept. 27, 2013

Silver Springs Settlers Series - books 1-3



Silver Springs Settlers Series, books 1-3

4.5 stars with over 140 combined reviews on Amazon

 $5.99 ebook

Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other retailers.
To order this title for Kindle, click the link below:
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This series includes three titles set in the late 1800s. Each novel features different events unique to American history. In Book 1 Building Fences, Mending Hearts, 175 pages, we travel the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon and claim land under President Lincoln's Homestead Act. Climb aboard the transcontinental railroad during the heart wrenching orphan train period in Book 2 The Right Choice, 162 pages. A stagecoach takes a nervous bride west with plans to marry a stranger in Mail Order Bride, Book 3, 286 pages. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the past, as well as the heartwarming characters who live it.

BUILDING FENCES, MENDING HEARTS

Newly widowed, Emma Smith grieves for her lost husband. But after President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act offering free land, she reluctantly agrees to her restless father’s plan to move west. Along with her sister and young son, the small family joins a wagon train setting out on the Oregon Trail. The journey is fraught with adversity and heartache, eventually changing the travelers’ destination as well as their lives. When the group begins to homestead, Emma finds herself alone with four children in the raw, untamed west. She learns to draw on an inner strength she didn’t know she possessed and renews her faith along the way. But will Emma be able to come to terms with the death of her husband and embrace a new love in this rough land?

Gruff rancher Seth Summers doesn’t feel Montana in the 1860s is a safe place for women and children. He’s experienced enough personal tragedy to confirm the fact. But a pretty new neighbor, who works harder than most men, gradually gets under his skin. Without even knowing it, he begins to long for a feminine presence on his ranch and in his life. Can he win the heart of the attractive widow?

THE RIGHT CHOICE

Connor Wilson is finally ready to start his own ranch. He’s worked hard and invested wisely, even traveling across the ocean to secure prime cattle. Now he’s riding the train toward the next phase of his life. During the journey, the rugged cowboy takes it upon himself to intervene on behalf of three young brothers. His good deed done, he never expects to see the boys or their lovely caregiver again. But best laid plans don’t always go as we hope and the brief encounter is destined to change his life.

The ultimate objective of Hadley House is to place some of New York City’s orphaned and abandoned children in loving homes. With her eye on achieving that goal, Naomi Holender travels west by train with a group of youngsters. In the process she will be required to make the most painful sacrifice of her life. An orphan herself, she personally understands the hardships and difficulties of an imperfect system that often separates families and leaves broken hearts in its wake. But, when a scruffy cowboy interferes with her work, she’s forced to defend her convictions and take a hard look at her life.

MAIL ORDER BRIDE

At age twenty-eight, Sarah Marshall is on the shelf. Long ago she’d set aside dreams of a husband and children of her own. Family obligations came first – always. However, when her impulsive younger sister, Eliza, finds herself in a family way, Sarah is forced to seek marriage to a stranger to protect them both. How could she know that the dangerous journey to marry one man, would land her square in the path of another? Or that her future husband is not all he appears to be?



Haunted by his war years, veteran Confederate soldier Tom Cooper is summoned home to settle his father’s estate. He intends to do just that, then return to his bachelor life in Montana before winter sets in. On the return journey, he comes upon a horrific accident, and his plans take a temporary detour. An injured woman, her pregnant sister, and a wounded cowboy desperately need his assistance. Later, a chance meeting leaves him questioning the security of the women. Can he protect Sarah and her sister without losing his heart along the way?



All three books are also available individually as ebooks and paperback books - regular and large print.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Keeping Promises, available in ebook and paperback - regular and large print

To purchase this ebook for $2.99, click the link below:
http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Promises-Silver-Springs-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B00CQ92GG4/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398800754&sr=1-3&keywords=gina+marie+coon

Also available in paperback at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other on-line retailers
Regular print:  $14.00
Large print: $20.00

 

Keeping Promises
A Silver Springs Contemporary Novel
By Gina Marie Coon

       For the past eighteen months, Jordan Gray has raised her deceased sister’s children alone.  She loves and wants what’s best for them.  Unfortunately, her teenaged nephew doesn’t care.  Caleb is constantly in trouble, and each new infraction is worse than the last.  With nowhere else to turn, she begins to search for the boy’s unknown father, convinced that finding him will be the hard part.  She couldn’t be more wrong.  Her intense reaction to the man is as exhilarating as it is bewildering.  Surely, this former bad boy couldn’t be the one God has chosen for her?
       When FBI Agent Carl Spencer learns that someone is using cyberspace to look for him, he does what he’s trained to do – hunt the hunter.  When the enemy turns out to be a pretty young woman, he’s surprised.  But that’s nothing compared to the jolt that rocks his world when she delivers her news – he’s a father.  While Spence builds a relationship with his troubled son, he battles a strong pull toward the boy’s virtuous aunt.  Too bad she’s not his type. 
       Struggling with a mutual attraction seems challenging enough, until a new danger threatens to destroy them.