Second Chances Trilogy by Mary Taffs

 
 

Romantic Times magazine says Hot Fudge and Peppermint is
"A beautiful story full of tenderness, passion and raw emotion."

Celtic Knot, Martha's Madness, and Hot Fudge and Peppermint are available now from Awe-Struck E-Books. Taking place in modern-day Oregon, the Second Chances trilogy features the high-tech world as well as the natural beauty of the Oregon Coast. The books are interconnected, but each tells a complete story.

Here's what Leta Nolan Childers, the author of the #1 E-Bestseller of 1999, has to say about the first two books in the trilogy:

It is a rare book that continues to live with a reader a long time. Yet, it seems that Mary Taffs is that rarest of writers, able to create many books that live within one's heart long after reading "The End." Beginning with "Martha's Madness" and continuing with "Celtic Knot," Taffs creates realistic, poignant characters who actually come to life as one reads, people with whom the reader might really like to meet one day. "Celtic Knot" drew me in, entangled me in the lives of its characters and I will be forever tied to the beauty of its writing and its story.

Wrong!  And when they meet again, four years later, Scott's engaged to someone else - the boss's daughter, no less.  But eventually, Scott and Carolyn do get a second chance at love.  It's up to them to figure out how to make it work!

If you'd like to read an excerpt from Celtic Knot, click here. To order Celtic Knot, click here.

Martha's Madness is the story of Brittany and Tony. They meet in college and their bond is stronger than lust and deeper than friendship. Yet somehow Tony ends up marrying Brittany's roommate and Brittany marries another man. Fifteen years later, Martha's Madness Bed & Breakfast gives Brittany a much-needed fresh start.  It also ignites the smoldering passion she and Tony have hidden all this time.  When Tony must choose between his family and the woman he loves, can Brittany find the courage to live out her dream?

Martha's Madness takes place on the Oregon Coast and in Newport, Rhode Island.  If you'd like to read an excerpt from Martha's Madness, click here. For more about Martha's Madness and some pictures of the Oregon Coast where the story takes place, click here. To order Martha's Madness, click here.

Hot Fudge and Peppermint is the story of Bill and Nik. They also meet in college, but their affair comes to a sudden dramatic end. They meet again eight years later, when Nik is hired to work at the same company. Nik has no room for any man in the balancing act between her career and a chronic illness, much less a guy like Bill Adams. He's sexy as the devil and changes women about as frequently as she changes the sheets on her bed - to say nothing of the fact that he broke her heart before. But Bill won't take "No" for an answer, and Nik soon surrenders to the heat of their passion. Can her love satisfy his wandering spirit, or will he shatter her heart again?

Here's what Kathryn D. Struck of Awe-Struck E-Books has to say about the hero of Hot Fudge and Peppermint: "Bill needs to be nominated for some sort of 'heros we love to hate' award. He is so cleanly drawn - I can see the guy. I know men like him. I knew men like him. I avoided men like him. He's great. Just a super wired-up blend of denial, excuses, accountability, vulnerability, and rebirth."

Judith B. Glad, the author of A Safe and Welcome Nest, a sizzling contemporary romance, says: "Taffs tells a strongly emotional, often funny, but always tender story of love healing old wounds and overcoming the demands of severe illness.  Bill and Nik are two very real people who deserve and get a second chance. Hot Fudge and Peppermint is worth a place on everyone's list of favorite books."

Nik, the heroine in Hot Fudge and Peppermint, suffers from fibromyalgia, a potentially disabling disease. Click here to learn a bit about the disease.

If you'd like to read an excerpt from Hot Fudge and Peppermint, click here. To order Hot Fudge and Peppermint, click here.