Susan Bagby
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2024
Author, Susan Bagby, spent most of her life working with children and youth as a speech pathologist. After retirement, she moved back to her hometown of Akron, Ohio and her life-long dream to write romance books came true when she found a home with Sands Press Publishing in 2021. Her debut novel, Christmas Wish Upon A Star, was published in 2022 and was recently shortlisted for the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. Her second book, Home for Love released in October of 2023. The third book, Sweet Ridge Hearts, in the Maple Ridge series releases in the fall of 2024.
Susan belongs to the Great Lakes Fiction Writers organization and to Romance Writers of America (RWA). She is presently working on a new small town romance series and loves seeing new characters come to life. When she’s not writing, she loves reading, walking in the woods, yoga, Pilates and playing the piano. She’s a firm believer that dreams do come true.
Christmas Wish Upon a Star
When an unexpected event in the children's television world of New York catapults Alison Rockwell, a young assistant into the role of head producer for the first time, she finds herself whisked away to the country, solely responsible for the network's biggest and most important Christmas production. With the threat of cancellation if ratings don't improve, Alison finds herself depending on the help of her vivacious yet somewhat mysterious host, Jake Sanders. Jake Sanders, a handsome widower with a nine-year old daughter is still reeling from the grief and guilt of losing his wife three years prior but is taken by surprise with this spirited producer. Alison eventually finds out Jake Sanders has hidden secrets of his own and her trust in him is shaken. But when a conspiring boss determined to undermine her efforts becomes a threat, Alison knows she needs Jake's help in order to succeed and continues to work with him but can't ignore the intense chemistry growing between them. As events transpire Alison finds herself faced with an inner dilemma of making choices in her career and following her heart. Will she wait for Jake to make a commitment to her, or will she choose her fate on her own?
Home for Love
The life of Emmy-award-winning producer, Maggy Anderson, is abruptly interrupted when her father suffers a heart attack at his office in New York. She wastes no time leaving Los Angeles to be with him. Jim Anderson, an entertainment and publishing mogul, survives the surgery and returns to his family estate in the Berkshires to recuperate. Maggy insists on helping him out at home and with his business while her primetime television show, LA Docs, a medical drama, is on hiatus. But Maggy is thrown off her game when unexpected chemistry with her father’s doctor, Mark Richards, jolts her into a tailspin. Mark recently took over a private practice in the small town of Maple Ridge and has secrets of his own stemming from his tours in Afghanistan and challenges of PTSD that still haunt him. But day after day, circumstances bring them together unexpectedly, and their feelings for each other grow stronger and cannot be denied. Unable to avoid him and faced with the reality of almost losing her father, Maggy finds herself at a crossroads, questioning her happiness and choices in life, and feels further challenged when she discovers the contents of her mother’s prayer box in the attic. And when Maggy’s new television pilot is green-lighted, circumstances pivot, and the chance for Mark and Maggy to together appear dim. Does she dare dream a new dream for herself? Will Mark wait for her, or will he choose love from the past? Only a return home will bring love to both.
