When Cardinals Appear

The Love Birds Book One

by Katie Eagan Schenck

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Pub Date Sep 19 2023 | Archive Date Sep 24 2023

Faery Whisper Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Romance | Women's Fiction

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Description

She has a promise to keep. But when her plans are thrown into a tailspin, will a persistent red bird show her how to let her dreams take flight?

Lanie McAllister is ready to move on. Wrestling with her mom’s death, the young woman just wants to settle the estate and soar off for good to her boyfriend in California—far away from painful memories. But she suspects the lucky cardinal she keeps seeing is trying to send a message when a flat tire puts her back in the path of the man who broke her heart.

With fate constantly throwing the man her mother always hated in her way, Lanie can’t seem to shake the wounds of the past. And when her current love makes a serious misstep and she discovers her ex harbors a secret, she starts to rethink what will make her truly happy.

Questioning her vow to her mother to never look back, is the cardinal a clue Lanie’s true happiness is hiding in plain sight?

She has a promise to keep. But when her plans are thrown into a tailspin, will a persistent red bird show her how to let her dreams take flight?

Lanie McAllister is ready to move on. Wrestling with...

Advance Praise

"An uplifting romance about mending bruised relationships and holding onto hope."

- Kirkus Reviews

"...a poignant examination of... complex mother/daughter relationship and the repercussions of the often subjective, reactive decisions parents make but later regret.

When Cardinals Appear is a captivating, absorbing, and addictive novel that explores some weighty issues through a heartwarming and sweetly satisfying story.

Indeed, Schenck provides a masterclass in dramatic irony..."

- The Book Review Directory

"When Cardinals Appear is a tender and appealing story of a character grappling with grief who finds herself crossing paths with an old flame."

— The BookLife Prize

"An uplifting romance about mending bruised relationships and holding onto hope."

- Kirkus Reviews

"...a poignant examination of... complex mother/daughter relationship and the repercussions of the...