PAPER MOON, Moonstruck Series #1

By Linda Windsor

Description:

Two single parents agree to chaperone their teenage daughters' trip to Mexico, but who will chaperone the parents?

The owner and director of her own day care facility, Caroline Spencer approaches life with humor and child-like faith, but Blaine Madison, a hardened workaholic, seeks success and results. Yet in spite of herself, Caroline finds him irresistible.
Caroline and Blaine quickly discover Mexico's romantic and surreal qualities, which, to Caroline, makes the full moon above seem like a perfect paper cutout. Romance quickly turns to danger, however, as their daughters are caught in a smuggling ring and kidnapped. Caroline turns to God for help, but Blaine turns to anger. Will they find their way by the light of the moon?

Book Takeaway:

I want the reader to feel good, uplifted when this book comes to an end. For all our flaws, God never forsakes us. Laugh at yourself. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Forgiveness is a part of true love. This is a book for three generations of women to share.

Why the author wrote this book:

I actually chaperoned my daughter's Spanish class trip--a busload of hormone-crazed teens--from Mexico City to Acapulco and lived to tell the tale. Most of my heroine's mishaps were mine or a traveling companion's. Most the kids' antics did happen, except we had no real trouble and I had no hero to bail me out of my misfortunes. <G> I'd also watched my little girl become a young lady and how my hubby struggled to realize she'd gone from teddy bears to interest in boys, so Blaine's relationship with his daughter reflected this. I'd been a single mom like Caroline with a daughter like hers, facing many of the same trials. It's a picture of life's demands and the single parent family travails, laced with lots of humor. It's what keeps Caroline afloat.