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Sheila M. Cronin is the author of The Gift Counselor, winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award. Publishers Weekly Indie Spotlight calls it "goodwill for adults." Best of All Gifts is the sequel. Her stories have appeared in Woman's World Magazine, The Golden Domer, Good Old Days Magazine, Spark, Kaleidoscope, Dappled Things, Liguorian Magazine, and the Lutheran Digest. An ebook collection of her short stories entitled Heart Shaped II was released in 2021.

Jonquil Bloom’s ten-year-old son is growing up without a father like she did. The general contractor she is dating wants to marry her, but when they draw closer to each other she hesitates. Wounds from past losses have left deep scars. Can he persuade her to trust in their future happiness together? At work, she helps customers choose good gifts but her job takes a turn when her chief detractor becomes her assistant. Can these two women find a way to work calmly side by side? A trip to Ireland with her son offers her a brief respite. After they return home, however, pressures mount when her long-lost father shows up seeking forgiveness. Then a new heartbreak threatens to darken her spirits. Set in Southern California the late 1990s, Best of All Gifts seamlessly continues the story of Jonquil Bloom begun in The Gift Counselor, illuminating new spiritual and psychological insights about gift giving. Fans will enjoy this sequel, particularly the quirky romance and detailed gift counseling sessions. New readers will delight in this uplifting story’s twists and turns.

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Category: Literature & Fiction

Attention, short story fans! Check out this confection of "meet-cutes", humorous snafus, and marital merry-go-rounds. Featuring: flash fiction, a love poem, longer fiction, a dash of drama, a robot, a mysterious waif, the corner 7-11 store, two airports, an elevator encounter and more. Award winning stories, too. From the author of The Gift Counselor novels, these 20 treats are truly heart shaped. Affirming that love can begin or begin again anywhere. Do you know a reader who can never get enough "happily-ever-after"? Gift them with a copy today!

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Category: Teen & Young Adult