FIESTA MOON, Moonstruck Series

By Linda Windsor

Description:

Life is one big fiesta for Mark Madison . . . until a public service sentence leads him to a mission in a tiny Mexican village.

When Mark Madison is arrested for his third DUI, big brother Blaine pulls a few strings, sending Mark to convert a rundown hacienda into an orphanage. It’s the prodigal’s last chance to straighten out his life—and to prove that he’s worth his weight at Madison Engineering. But Mark can’t get rid of a stray piglet that adopts him, and his attempts to court the pretty Corinne Diaz fall flat. And he soon realizes that no one could make a go of a project in a place where promises of mañana could be tomorrow or next month—or where the village is plagued by some Aztec voodoo-hoodoo.
Corinne watches Mark with a judgmental eye, certain that his past irresponsiblity will destroy the project—that is, until she is reminded that God gives second chances to His children. When someone tries to drive Corinne and Mark from the hacienda, the couple must unite in heart and faith just to survive.

Book Takeaway:

I hope readers will laugh and cry their way through this prodigal's coming to grips with his faults and realizing his hope is in God's love. And that the reader will enjoy the superstitions of the mountain folk that drive our hero batty...almost literally.

Why the author wrote this book:

My editor wanted all three books set in Mexico, so I picked my favorite spot on my daughter's Spanish class trip I chaperoned, which was Tasco, for this romantic comedy/mystery. This is the story of the middle of three siblings, the prodigal who finds redemption and a second chance at love at an orphanage in the remote fairy-tale mountain setting, in spite of the ghost allegedly haunting it.