The Matchmakers Trilogy is Coming Soon!
These loveable characters will make their debut in 2010

from Loucks-Christenson Publishing

The Matchmakers Trilogy:
The Matchmakers series is based on the lives of Sophia Burkhalter-Kendal, Carissa Kendal, and Hope Kendal. The series spans twenty-five years, but each book is based upon the time when each woman falls in love. Each character is introduced in the first book Matchmakers.

Matchmakers ©2010 Contemporary Category Romance
April 30, 2010 from Snowy Creek Romance ~ Loucks Christenson Publishing 
Cellist Sophia Burkhalter is content making music with one of the world’s most talented opera singers as a member of his ensemble.  However, when a pair of octogenarian friends and a teenager decide to meddle in Sophia's life she finds herself face to face with David Kendal, the man she walked out on ten years earlier.  Can these Matchmakers convince them that love lasts forever and it’s worth a second try or will careers and past mistakes tear them apart before they can give it one more chance?

Matchmakers is book one of the Matchmakers Trilogy

Encore Performance ©2010 Contemporary Category Romance
Summer 2010 from Snowy Creek Romance ~ Loucks Christenson Publishing

Second generation cellist Carissa Kendal is the kind of woman who gets what she wants and her eyes are set on pianist Thomas Samuel.  Working together to build their school of music should only bring them closer together, but Thomas' past keeps him from the kind of commitment Carissa deserves.  Can Thomas overcome his fears before an opportunity of a lifetime takes Carissa from him?

Encore Performance is book two of the Matchmakers Trilogy

Hope's Discovery ©2010 Contemporary Category Romance
Winter 2011 from Snowy Creek Romance ~ Loucks Christenson Publishing 

Trevor Jacobs had a job to do.  Finding Hope Kendal had been the easy part.  Falling in love with her would prove to put him in a difficult situation when she wants to learn about her family and finds he already has all her answers.

Hope's Discovery is the final book in the Matchmakers Trilogy

The Christmas Valley Series
Visit Christmas Valley each year and see how the residence of this quaint mountain valley town are celebrating the holidays.
Book One: Guardian Angel
October 2010 from Snowy Creek Romance ~ Loucks Christenson Publishing
Malory Wilson only wanted to return to her roots when she moved back to Christmas Valley after her divorce.  She never would have imagined Christopher Douglas would have returned too.  Having been childhood friends and sweethearts, a reunion should have been easy.  But when the truth comes out about her divorce Christopher might give up all his aspirations of a life with Malory.  Then again, it might just be his return to Christmas Valley that takes away his life – unless he has a Guardian Angel. 

Here are what my Readers have to say about Matchmakers:

Adrienne S.- Engle (Fayetteville, AR) wrote at 1:40pm on January 7th, 2009 I have read Matchmakers... and let me tell you... YOU WILL NEED A BOX OF KLEENEX!! I could not stop crying from the joy of this book!! You start to not like Carissa, then you fall in love with her! The strentgh that Bernadette gives this amazing seventeen year old that could outshine most thirtysomethings is impressive! I am glad my laptop survived all my tears! And how both Sophie and Carissa find themselves in music is so beautiful, and of course the love that never died with Sophie and David even with ten years apart from the other! I LOVE MATCHMAKERS! I am so hopeful it gets published and will reread, reread, reread and reread! Way to go Bernadette!

I just finished reading Matchmakers. Every woman regardless of age will be able to realte to one of the 4 main women in this book. There will be times where you might see your self in more than just one. I loved how Bernadette used the universal language of music to heal wounds and allow love a chance. David is a strong man. He does the right thing at the expense of the possiblity costing him everything he ever wanted. Carrissa is a seventeen year old who has wisdom beyond her years due to the life experience she has witnessed. She is an amazing character whom I hope to see grow-up in the future. Millie and Katie are grandmothers or aunts everyone wished they had growing up. Many women who have that one special friend will be able to relate to those two old women and laugh until you cry. Sophia is the woman all of us have been at one time or another. I LOVE this book! I look forward to seeing it published. Alexa W.

I loved the characters in this book. They grab a hold of you and you can't seem to put the book down. Great story line with a twist you aren't expecting. Great writing! Antoinette G.

 
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