Reading a Passage from Candles in the Windows

 Here is a video clip of me reading a passage from 

Candles in the Windows, A Christmas Romance

Enjoy!

 

I'm so excited to tell you that my new book

Candles in the Windows

A Christmas Romance

is now available on Amazon.com  in paperback, eBook for Kindle, and hardcover. 

Just click on the cover image below to go directly to the page on Amazon. 

COVER REVEAL FOR Candles in the Windows, A Christmas Romance

 GOOD MORNING!

Today marks another exciting step toward the release 

of my new book,

Candles in the Windows, A Christmas Romance

It's time for the COVER REVEAL!

But first, a few tidbits about the release and an invitation to my virtual book reading!

My book will be available for purchase on Amazon.com in paperback, hardcover, and as an eBook for Kindle. You can also ask any bookstore to order the book for you.

I'm targeting November 25th (Black Friday) for the release date  -  fingers, toes, and eyes crossed! The final, final, final proof is being final-proofed, finally, even as we speak...

AND...

You are invited (please, please, please, please, please come) to my VIRTUAL BOOK READING on November 29th at 7pm ET. 

It will be via Zoom, courtesy of The Yoga Sanctuary. I will read a few tantalizing excerpts and take your questions  about the book, the writing process, or anything else!

It's being hosted by my beloved friends at The Yoga Sanctuary, but it's for EVERYONE! (Yes, YOU!) 

It's free, and all you have to do is register and show up! Here is the registration link - just click on it, then follow the arrows to November 29th, scroll down until you see the event, and VOILA!  So easy!

Virtual Book Reading with Melissa Goodwin

And now, without further ado...

        Well, maybe a little bit of ado...

                    and a drumroll please....

Ta Da !

The cover and back cover text for 

Candles in the Windows, A Christmas Romance

This beautiful cover was designed

 by my niece, artist Olivia Hart

Storyline

Thirty-two-year-old interior designer Michelle Gordon has returned to her New England hometown for a fresh start.

But her homecoming is bittersweet.

Her parents are gone. The house she grew up in looks unloved. The town is changing.

And they're planning to tear down her beloved Stone School, where happy and carefree childhood memories were made.

Michelle's childhood classmate, Steve Corbin, now runs his own construction business after realizing that a job on Wall Street wasn't for him. Ever since his wife's death three years ago, Steve has been living a quiet and lonely existence.

Michelle makes it her mission to save Stone School, and enlists the help of old friends, neighbors, and classmates, including Steve. But with Christmas just around the corner and the demolition clock ticking, do they have any chance of succeeding?

The attraction between Steve and Michelle is obvious and their affection deepens as they work together to save their school. But will Michelle's feelings for an old crush come between them? And is Steve truly ready to move forward and open his heart again to love?

Join Michelle, Steve, and their families and friends as memories of Christmases past bring new hope for love in the present.

NEW BOOK RELEASE COMING FOR THANKSGIVING~

 I'm excited to share that my new book, Candles in the Windows, A Christmas Romance, will be released at the end of November! 

Today, I'm sharing the storyline as it will appear on Amazon.

NEXT WEEKEND, I'll do a COVER REVEAL! (Very exciting - the cover was designed by my niece, Olivia Hart, who is an art major at Pratt Institute School of Art.)

And on the evening of Wednesday, November 29th, I'll be doing a VIRTUAL BOOK READING EVENT, online via Zoom courtesy of The Yoga Sanctuary! 

Mark your calendars for 7pm and stay tuned for how to register. It's free, of course, and just like a regular book reading event, only online! I hope I will see your face there!

I am so excited about this book, which is different from anything I've done before. It's a wholesome cozy romance, and something of a love letter to my hometown, the people I grew up with there, and one very special school we shared. It's light and fun, current but nostalgic, and I hope, will move you in all the right ways. 

Here's the description that will appear on Amazon:

Thirty-two-year-old Michelle Gordon has returned to her New England hometown just before Christmas. She's thrilled to be back after a long absence and eager to reconnect with old friends, reboot her interior design business, and make a fresh start.

But her homecoming is bittersweet.

The untimely passing of both her parents five years earlier means she has no home base and no one to welcome her back with a warm, embracing hug. The house she grew up in looks unkempt and unloved by its new owners. The Main Street storefronts have all changed, a restaurant is moving in where her favorite bookstore had been, and the old Post Office is now a bank.

To top it off, the town plans to tear down Michelle's beloved Stone School, where happy and carefree childhood memories were made. The thought of it breaks her heart, and she vows to do everything in her power to save the school. 

Michelle's childhood classmate, Steve Corbin, now runs his own small construction business after realizing that a job on Wall Street wasn't for him. When Steve and Michelle bump into each other, the attraction between the ruggedly handsome construction worker and the dark-haired beauty is obvious.

But the path to falling in love is not clear.

Ever since his wife's death three years ago, Steve has been living a quiet and lonely existence. And the presence of Tom McNulty, a charming and successful architect who was Michelle's childhood crush and is Steve's lifelong best friend, complicates the situation. Even as their affection deepens, Steve worries that Michelle will succumb to old feelings for Tom, and Michelle has doubts that Steve is truly ready to open his heart again to love. 

And with Christmas fast approaching, time is running out for Michelle and her friends to save Stone School from the wrecking ball.

Can a small group of determined former classmates save their beloved old school? Can broken hearts mend and love again? Join Michelle, Steve, Tom, and their families and friends, as memories of Christmases past bring hope for new love in the present.

Come Fly with Me

Announcing my new picture book, Come Fly with Me, now available on Amazon. 

This book also came out of the pandemic, when I decided to try creating illustrations for a children's poem I wrote a long time ago. I was so pleased with how it came out that I turned it into a picture book.

Come Fly with Me

by Melissa Ann Goodwin

Take my hand

and fly with me

The wind will whisk us

o'er the sea,

We'll float above the clouds so high

and soar across the evening sky

Like meteors and shooting stars,

we'll zoom past Jupiter and Mars

We'll sail forever and a day,

until we touch the Milky Way.

A little sample from inside:

Announcing My New Poetry Chapbook

       “Open your sticky eyes to sunlight

                             weaving a path through the leaves,

                                                    just to caress your face..."

I'm excited to announce the publication of my first poetry chapbook! This short collection of poems is available now in paperback on Amazon.com: The Brook in the Woods Behind Our Old House.

The collection includes Are You My Mother, which won honorable mentions in both the 2021 Prime 53 poetry competition and the Vivian Shipley Award, The Wings of Familiar Songs, which won a top award in the Oprelle Bigger Than Me competition, and the title poem, The Brook in the Woods Behind Our Old House, which won second place in the 2022 Coming Home competition. My collective work also earned a top spot in the 2022 Oprelle Poetry Masters competition.

And, stay tuned for another announcement of something completely different - Coming Soon!