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HI- I’m Kristina, the author of the Nelsonville series! Stories and characters are always swirling around in my head. For the first time, I had the courage to take my favorite character of them all and write her story! Everything flowed from that one moment of bravery. Being creative has always come natural to me. I’ve always gravitated toward creating or challenging myself with making something new. It probably all started as a kid who love to write songs, I had no musical talent at all, but song writing was a unique way to express what was happening in my busy mind. Over the years, I have taught myself to sew, paint and probably tackle every kind of DIY project imaginable. But writing a book has always been the one thing that scared me! Writing my first book gave me such a sense of accomplishment and joy! Sometimes I still can’t believe that I’ve written and published several books. But writing the Nelsonville series has given me not only a new found confidence, but in so many ways, it’s healed me. I owe a lot to the characters and the stories that I have only begun to tell. When I’m not writing or now thinking of new stories to write, I enjoy spending my time with my dog Goob, my family and friends. I love animals more than humans usually, so you can find me often at the Bronx Zoo or finding peoples dogs to pet. I love exploring new places and having new adventures with my favorite people. Experiences make the best memories which is why I’m often looking for something new to enjoy! I’m a classic Leo who loves dreams and numbers. I have an irrational fear of ceiling fans and the monkeys from the Wizard of Oz still give me the heebie jeebies.
This Time Around
Series: Nelsonville Novels
Series Number: 1
E-book Price: .99
Paperback Price: 18
Blurb: Fall in love and down the rabbit hole with Georgia Field's as she takes her chance to get out of her rut, but finds more than she bargained for. Including the cute man on the beach and his dog.
E-Book Price: .99
Paperback Price: 18
This Time Around is the first book chronologically in the Nelsonville series. It’s also the first book in Georgia Field’s trilogy within the series. If anybody knows what it’s like to stay in the comfort zone, it’s Georgia Fields. She takes comfort in the repetition of a safe and predictable life. Georgia stays in a job she doesn’t love; planning events day after day, month after month. She avoids commitment in fear of being vulnerable. After a few failed romantic relationships, Georgia feels that maybe she isn't deserving of a big love. At almost 30, she believes that she just might be destined to be alone. But when she’s given a chance to get out of her rut, she uncharacteristically takes it. It all seemed too good to be true. When she shows up to the beach house she grew up visiting for her fresh start, Georgia begins to realize that her life was built on lies. It started off as little hints here and there of her father hiding secrets from her. Was finding out the truth meant to be part of her new start? Would it be possible to ignore the little voice in her head telling her to fall down the rabbit hole of lies and deceit? Could Georgia leave everything a mystery, and move on? She's not sure what she can handle alone, until she reconnects with a man from her past. Jake Everly makes her feel the way she always hoped a man would. He's kind, romantic and looks at her as if she's the only one he could see. But is it enough as she struggles to find value in herself? Will he choose to be with her despite the lies surrounding them? How will their relationship survive the constant what ifs' they're forced to face together so early on? Will he choose to stay? Or will he realize that leaving is easier than loving Georgia? Join Georgia as her new start isn't what it seems.
So It Goes
Series: Nelsonville Novels
Series Number: 2
E-book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: Continue Georgia Fields’s journey as she begs the world for a quiet life but realizes that’s not what she’s going to get. Yet. Join her as she finds closure and the happiness she was always looking for.
E-Book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
So It Goes is the second book chronologically in the Nelsonville series. It’s also the second book in Georgia Field’s trilogy within the series & should be read after This Time Around. If anybody knows what it’s like to have your world turned upside down, it’s Georgia Fields. When she returned to the beach house, everything started to fall into place. Not only was she living in her favorite town but she was reunited with her first love. Georgia finally realized she was worthy to take a chance on herself, following her biggest dream. It all seemed too good to be true. Georgia thought she was settled in never finding out all the answers to the questions that were still lingering since her return. She thought she moved on. It wasn’t until one particular knock on the door dragged her back down into the rabbit hole. For the first time she has the chance to get all the answers she could want about the past that led her to be right where she is now. Only, she’s not sure what she can handle knowing. Or more, what she can handle not knowing. On top of that, Georgia is faced with her age old question: does everybody deserve to be forgiven? Only this time, figuring out that answer is harder than it ever had been before. She struggles with deciding how to fit people in her life that maybe shouldn’t be there in the first place. Even more, she breaks as she finds out that the people she does want in her life, don’t want her. What will happen as she navigates the rejection she is suddenly faced with? Will she accept how things don’t always go the way she hopes they will? Or will she choose to make drastic choices to make sure those things happen as she wants? Join Georgia as she finds her place in the world with the people who were meant to be in it. So It Goes is the second book in the Nelsonville series! Purchase This Time Around to fall in love and down the rabbit hole with Georgia Fields as she takes her chance to get out of her rut, but finds more than she bargained for!
Violet Wildflowers
Series: Nelsonville Novels
Series Number: 3
E-book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: Get messy with Penny Carson as she finally listens to her recurring dream and begins to figure out who she really is. Will all her pieces get put together? Or will they continue to fall apart?
E-Book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
Violet Wildflowers is the third book chronologically in the Nelsonville series. It’s also the first book in Penny Carson’s trilogy within the series. This book can be read as your first in Nelsonville or it can be read after So It Goes. If anybody knows what it’s like to live in two different worlds, it’s Penny Carson. Her dreams paint pictures of what’s to come while number patterns tell her how to handle a situation. A recurring dream brings us to a world she’s been visiting since middle school. Penny knows that one day the red door she sees will hand her the answers she needs to really figure out her true identity. What will happen when that red door actually opens in a dream? Can she stand what she sees behind it? Or will she decide that dreams don’t matter much to her at all? Before being drawn to Nelsonville for her fresh start, she thrived on that. Dreams and signs guided her entire life. Only now, she’s trying to figure everything out, herself included. She has finally come to terms that her fresh start is supposed to be about finding out who she really is. Or really, being ready for that. She just didn’t know how messy it would get. The life that she happily fell into a year ago was being entirely disrupted. As one piece of her puzzle begins to get complicated, the other pieces start to fall around her too. Maybe bad things do come in threes. Or maybe they were meant to fall out of place. Because maybe, just maybe, they were all going to put together the way they’re supposed to. Penny has to decide if the dreams and numbers that keep appearing should still be taken seriously. Can she ignore what they’re telling her? Or does she lean into them even more than before? Join Penny as she has to decide between what she needs and what she wants. Violet Wildflowers is the third book in the Nelsonville series and the first book with the main character, Penny Carson. Her individual trilogy begins here but to understand everything Nelsonville, read the first two books in the series to catch up!
The Shoreline
Series: Nelsonville Novels
Series Number: 4
E-book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: Get your heart broken with Tess Vargas as she truly gets put to the test. Will she push everybody away with her attitude the way she always has? Or will she learn that the right people will always stay?
E-Book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
If anybody knows what it’s like to push people away, it’s Tess Vargas. She has spent her whole life struggling to keep friendships. Now in Nelsonville, Tess has finally begun to learn how to keep those she loves close. Finding her spot in the world was the one thing she needed for everything else to fall into place too. Her career is taking off, her friends are amazing and she’s happy in love. She just didn’t know how quickly it could change. When she needs her support system most, Tess quickly realizes that the one person who is supposed to be there for her without hesitation, is nowhere to be found. Choosing to ignore this to deal with a big life scare, Tess watches as some of the pieces of her life she relied on most, are suddenly gone. As the future she envisioned for herself disappears as fast as it was planned, Tess wonders how she can pick up and start over when she has already started over once before. Can she see her self worth outside of her heartbreak? Or will she realize she was more than she ever could see? Join Tess as she learns that sometimes heartbreak is the best gift she could ever receive.
Ten Minutes
Series: Nelsonville Novels
Series Number: 5
E-book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: Push yourself to the brink of emotional chaos with Ali Bowery as she finds out what it really means to have her heart stomped on. Will she be able to forgive the universe for what it’s forcing her to go through? Or will she take steps to heal the way she deserves?
E-Book Price: 2.50
Paperback Price: 20
If anybody knows what it’s like to have her heart stomped on, it’s Ali Bowery. Coming from complicated family relationships, finding her found family in Nelsonville changed everything. But it didn’t fix everything. When she and her husband, Mikey, were finally ready to start a family, they went at it full steam ahead. They hoped it would be smooth sailing starting their family long ago. Only, they’d never anticipate it being one of their biggest challenges, forcing them to look into alternate options. She just didn’t know how complicated it would become. Ali finds it difficult to sort through feelings she didn’t understand. Having Mikey by her side to help her through the muck made her realize just how lucky she really was. His support and understanding allows her to get to where she needs to be emotionally in her own time. It’s a step she has to do in order to be ready to be a mom. Together, and alone, they’d work through the trying times of life especially as friendships are tested. Knowing how at the end of the day, they’d have everything they had been begging the world for. But when life takes another unexpected sharp turn, it once again forces Ali to deal with one of her biggest challenges. Can she survive it? Or will she break for the final time? Join Ali as she learns what healing truly is.
1968: A Year with Annabelle
E-book Price: 1.99
Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: Struggling to follow the path that was laid out for her, she realizes she wants more than what was expected of women in the 1960’s. She wanted to have it all. To do that, she needs to find her voice and stand up for herself. Join Annabelle as she sees what happens when her voice begins to boom. For better or for worse.
E-Book Price: 1.99
Paperback Price: 20
Annabelle Graff never felt like she was born in the right decade. The youngest of six children, she struggled following the path that was laid out for her. She wanted more than to follow the traditional path for women in the 1960’s. Annabelle could see more for herself and knew she was capable of getting it. With the support of most people in her life, Annabelle begins to find her voice, standing up for the life she truly wants to live. Join Annabelle during one year that changed everything for her. For better or for worse.
2020: A Year with Jake
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Paperback Price: 20
Blurb: What happens when you have everything that you should but it's still not what's making you happy?
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Paperback Price: 20
2020 was the year where everything comes into focus for Jake Everly. It was the year when he had to come to terms with the fact that maybe his life wasn't going the way he wanted. The single life was making him empty and the new found pressures to figure out his career began to push him away from his comfort zone. When he unexpectedly moves to Nelsonville for six months, he begins to change his ways with the influence of his Gram. But what happens when it's time for him to head back to England and back to the life he left once? This Nelsonville Novella takes place from 2020-2021 (and don't worry, there's no pandemic) with Jake Everly, who you might already know from the novels! See what happens during this life altering year for him and how he becomes the Jake we know and love today. This is a new edition to the Nelsonville Novellas. More stories of characters we already know and love will continue to be published alongside the Nelsonville Novels! This is just another way to continue to dive deeper into the world of Nelsonville. While 2020 does take place in the year 2020, the pandemic & Covid-19 do not exist! This is not something that occurred in the world of Nelsonville at all. There is no mention of it whatsoever!
1973: A Year with Al
E-book Price: 1.99
Paperback Price: 12
Blurb: What happens when your life suddenly slips into fog?
E-Book Price: 1.99
Paperback Price: 12
1973 was just one major year where everything changed for Al Booker. It was the year that pulled him out of the fog of his every day life. Realizing how his routine was draining him, Al knew it was time to make some changes. But what changes? It wasn’t until an unexpected person comes into his life, shattering pieces of it. Literally. Al knows how he chooses to handle this new relationship will make a lasting impact on the both of them. This Nelsonville Novella takes place from 1973-1974 with Al Booker from Al’s Hardwares! or you might know her better as Gram! See what happens during this life altering year for him and how it shaped him to being the mentor we know and love today.