The perfect setting for our honeymoon…and romance novels! Just look at this little cove! Trunk Bay on the tiny island of St. John is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen, above ground and under water. Below the surface, we followed markers as we snorkeled close to the …
The Ocean: My Happy Place Growing up in coastal Massachusetts, I was never far from the ocean. I especially loved living on Clark’s Cove in New Bedford. Just around the corner, West Beach always had parking. It didn’t matter the season; it was accessible. If you’re in my Crane’s Cove …
Just outside Charleston, South Carolina is a fun little place where you can learn about bees, feed lemurs, (they have THE softest paws!), pet adorable animals, and so much more! As I followed my kids around Bee City in Cottageville, my imagination lit up with story ideas. What stuck most was the setting, …
Have you ever seen pictures of a place online that you absolutely fell in love with, just from the photos? When I was researching Love on the Beach, Damon and Shelby’s story, I needed a place Damon could go to unwind and recharge after he gave his testimony. I found this beautiful park, …
On this Travel With Me Tuesday, I’m taking you to one of my favorite places on the planet! Cinderella Castle! The name used to bug me. I still think it should be called Cinderella’s castle, because in my mind, it’s all hers. But I digress…ha! It’s no secret that the …
Lighting Up the Darkness Light shines the brightest in the darkest of places. Let that sink in for a moment. Crane’s Cove is a beautiful cliffside town in coastal Maine; a place I’ve created based on my travels to Bar Harbor and York Beach, with inspiration from some of my …
The fictional town of Palmer City, just outside Colorado Springs, features all of my favorite things from nearby and not-so-nearby places. If you read this month’s Throwback Thursday newsletter, you know how much it hurt for me to set a series in CO. (If you’re new here and would like …
Sleigh Bells Ring, Are Ya List’nin’? In this month’s Throwback Thursday email, I shared a photo of the gazebo my husband proposed to me in on the side of snowy mountain at Nordic Village in Jackson New Hampshire. Around the corner from the property is a gem called Nestlenook Farm. If …
My home church! St. Julie’s was and is an incredible place I miss terribly. When I return home to visit, all I have to do is set foot inside and I’m overcome with an overpowering sense of peace. My parents were married there, and it was where I completed the sacraments of Baptism, …
“There is such a place as fairyland – but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize …
