Dickens Magic

Xander Lawrence has made it on Broadway. He's got everything in life he could possibly want, but then Kate, his best friend from high school, calls. His mother is in trouble, and she needs him. He puts his life on hold to return home to New Bern, N.C., where everyone still calls him Alex and the roles they know him best from were acted on the small community theater stage.At first, Kate Joiner just wants to help her old friend Alex get through a tough time. But then a robbery puts her life and the finances of the theater in jeopardy, and everything changes. She and Alex must work together to breathe new life into the old theater they both love. Can Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol make the difference they need? Or will it take a special kind of holiday magic?All the Sleight of Hand magicians take the stage with Kate and Alex to create a miracle and celebrate the magic of love. Michelle Garren Flye is an award-winning romance author. Sort of. She consistently scores in the top fourth of the Romance Writer's Association's RITA competition. She might win more contests if she entered them because reviewers have described her work as: "an engaging novel with charming and likable characters", a story that "will make you believe in love and second chances", and a "well-written and thought-provoking novel" (that's her favorite).Anyway, Michelle placed third in the Hyperink Romance Writing Contest for her short story "Life After", so now she can call herself an award-winning author. Her short stories have been published in print and online. Google her name. You'll find her. Also, she has proudly served on the editorial staffs of Horror Library Butcher Shop Quartet and Tattered Souls.For what it's worth, Michelle has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She lives and writes in New Bern, North Carolina, where she often feels she is a miniscule blue dot in a red sea, but she doesn't really care because she's close to the blue sea and that's the one that really matters. Sleight of Hand is a sexy series centered around the private lives of stage magicians and their romantic interests.