Book Blurb
Kyla Porter and Becki Hunley had been friends since childhood.
They had gone to church and school together and had graduated from the
University of Tennessee. They parted ways when Becki moved to Nashville to
enter the country music field while Kyla continued her education in veterinary
school and eventually moved to northern Mississippi to practice veterinary
medicine.
Scarred by a tragic ending to a relationship, Kyla finds it hard to trust any man, even the handsome teacher she meets at Graceland, who seems too good to be true. Becki finds the perfect man for her, a handsome doctor she meets at church, and both she and Kyla become engaged within a few months of each other. They had always dreamed of being each other’s maid or matron of honor when they married, but their plans are in jeopardy when their wedding dates are in conflict. Will they be able to solve their dilemma, or will their dream die?
Scarred by a tragic ending to a relationship, Kyla finds it hard to trust any man, even the handsome teacher she meets at Graceland, who seems too good to be true. Becki finds the perfect man for her, a handsome doctor she meets at church, and both she and Kyla become engaged within a few months of each other. They had always dreamed of being each other’s maid or matron of honor when they married, but their plans are in jeopardy when their wedding dates are in conflict. Will they be able to solve their dilemma, or will their dream die?
By Kathy Cretsinger
In 2012 I could borrow Martin Luther King’s words, “I have a
dream.” I’m afraid my dream was not the same as his. I had a dream to publish a
book, and I did. As I told a class at a conference that no one would tell me I
couldn’t do anything, I was not going to be defeated in publishing my book.
That was all I wanted to do, publish my books. That changed rather quickly.
Before long I was publishing for other authors.
Back in 2012 I saw that new authors were having problems in
getting their book published. The larger publishing companies were cutting back
on manuscripts, and most authors didn’t want to self-publish. That’s where we
stepped in to offer them something that was from a small publisher. Mantle Rock
Publishing LLC publishes from twelve to fifteen books a year. Our goal for 2018
is for twenty books. We’ve opened a new line of Fantasy/Speculative books, and
one Fantasy will go out in February.
The Fantasy line is in addition to our Contemporary Romance,
Historical Romance, Cozy Mysteries, and Romantic Suspense. We will have our
plate full. We hope to be able to publish all of the books within six months of
a signed contract.
My real dream had always been about writing. When my kids
were small I’d tell them stories about growing up in a cave with a dinosaur as
my pet. Our oldest went to school and told her teacher the story. The teacher
promptly told my child that it was a story. She emphatically told her that her
mother didn’t lie.
Writing is a joy for me. I love putting words on paper and
have since elementary school. I love developing a story. That’s how Smoky Mountain Brides came about. I
wondered if two girls who were best friends since childhood could plan a
wedding at Christmas on the same weekend.
Pam Watts Harris agreed to collaborate with me and the two
stories of Kayla and Becki came to life. Two girls who lived in different parts
of the state became engaged at the same time and each wanted the other to be
their bride’s maid/matron of honor. They had different lifestyles, different
thoughts of their wedding, but basically the same values. This is how we did
it.
Kayla was Pam’s main character. Pam wrote her book until we
got to the wedding. Becki was my main character, and I did the same as Pam. We
swapped manuscripts toward the end, made sure we had everything right. We each
wrote our wedding scene, and then we put them together. It wasn’t that
difficult. It was a lot of fun.
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Kathy Cretsinger writes under the name of Katt Anderson. She and her husband of 50+ years live in Kentucky. They are the owners of Mantle Rock Publishing LLC, a small publishing company specializing in Christian Fiction. They have two grown children and four precious grandchildren.
Her website is mantlerockpublishingllc.com and you can click
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each Monday. Our books can be bought on Amazon.com. You can purchase Smoky Mountain Brides at https://www.amazon.com/Smoky-Mountain-Brides-Katt-Anderson-ebook/dp/B075QQLKW6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508946988&sr=1-1&keywords=Smoky+Mountain+Brides
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