Last year, inspired by the snowfall in the southeast, I began a short story based on that snow and revolving around Sandy, Caroline's coworker at DanceOtica, from Pier Lights. There was more to Sandy's story, and so I gave her a voice.

What was meant only as a short story, possibly a free read to go with the Dancers & Lighthouses series. It was not finished before last Christmas, so I put it off and went back to other projects. However, Sandy's voice was strong and needed to be heard, so I pulled her out again this fall to finish that story. 

The story grew too long to be called a short story, so, a novella. With life events, it was still not quite finished before Christmas. It was right there, though, and I hated to leave it until next year. Getting some input from fellow indies, I decided to do a short, soft release at the end of this year followed by a full release in July 2019.

So, until the end of the year, you can download the story free to read directly from my website. It will still be getting a few minor edits, plus cover art that's also in progress, before July. This is a not-for-sale version. Call it a 2018 Christmas gift to my readers. 

Here are the download links, in your choice of format:

A Charleston Christmas Miracle in EPUB

A Charleston Christmas Miracle in PDF

A Charleston Christmas Miracle in MOBI

I hope you all had a beautiful, hopeful, miraculous Christmas and I wish you a happy and creative 2019.

LK Hunsaker writing as Ella M. Kaye

The first three stories from the Dancers & Lighthouses series have been revamped, with new cover art and some content updates, and are now available in print from your favorite bookstore, globally. Pieces of Light was lengthened from a novella to a full length novel. The other two received minor additions and edits.

The Artists & Cottages series will also be getting face-lifts soon, and the first Singers & Songwriters novel is well underway, with an exciting project to go with it. More on that as it develops.

If you check out any or all books in the series, please consider leaving a review from wherever you purchased it, or at Goodreads.com. Reviews are an indie author's lifeblood and we appreciate every honest review you take the time to leave for us. Thank you!

Speaking of "check out," the book are available through Ingram and through Overdrive, so you can request it in print or electronic format from your local library. The ISBNs are listed with each book description.

Shadows of Rust & Reels is now available! Go to the Artists & Cottages page for the info, including buy links, and read the first chapter here on the site. 

I'm so pleased with the book trailer made for the story by Ami Hawkins, who also created the music for it (her own version of one of the songs featured in the book). Here's the trailer. You can also go like it on Youtube, and share with your friends.
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Shadows of Blues & Echoes was released in ebook March 2016. It is now also at Lulu.com in print.

The second of the Artists & Cottages series, Blues & Echoes reflects depression, the mental health issue presented in this story, as well as the mountain setting of Durango, Colorado. Find info and buy links on the Artists & Cottages page.

The third story of the series is coming to the end of completion with an expected release of fall 2016. Meant to be a novella, the story of Holli, a bipolar pottery artist, and Isaac, a welder looking after his ailing father, grew to a full novel by necessity. I was fortunate enough to recently visit the story setting of Williamstown, West Virginia in order to add first-hand detail to Holli's hometown. Many thanks to Brenda Rainwater for suggesting the setting and assisting with details and info!

Bigger News: The first novella for the new and final EMK series has been contracted to Prairie Rose Publications to be part of a boxed set under the Fire Star Press imprint. More details to come.

In the meantime, there is a story line in development for the first novel of the Songwriters series. This book will begin during Nanowrimo 2016.

So far this year, I've had a major computer crash and various too-long illnesses (what would winter be without them?), but the second Artists & Cottages book will be released on March 17th! To find info, jump over to the series page and scroll down to the newly added cover and blurb.

I'm throwing a release party over on Facebook for anyone who's there, so come on over and win some goodies:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1575762149411804/

The second Artists & Cottages book is nearing completion, awaiting edits.

In the meantime, I'm working on something different, a for-submission novella that will mark a whole new EMK series. I don't want to release information until (and if) it gets accepted by the publisher doing a very cool new concept line. If it doesn't fit them well enough, it will still come out later.

Stay tuned!