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Mary H Collins

Mary H Collins

About

Hi. I'm an author of comtemporary romance and have 7 novels published at this time. Living in 'the bible belt' and being a 'born again' christian, I have to keep my books clean (No explicit sexual scenes and very few curse words). LOL!
Born in Athens Tennessee, but spent a large part of my childhood in Detroit Michigan. At the age of 13, I returned to Tennessee and attended Etowah High School.

I graduated Godsey's Beauty College in 1981 and worked as a hairdresser for 12 years. In March 1993 I closed my beauty shop and started my career in Glamour photography. I loved the traveling, 30,000-40,000 miles a year. Some of my novels were inspired by the many interesting people I met and the places I went.
 
Published novels by this author:

My Sister's Keeper   
best seller at www.solsticepublishing.com

Casino

Dreams Come True

Remember The Night

The Pier

Out of The Blue

Winter at Naples Island




find out more about me at www.maryco.webs.com
to buy my books go to www.solsticepublishing.com

Friends in High Places

Friends in High Places

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<p>FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES<br /><br />At barely nineteen, Angelica Donovan became one of the more successful winners of the T.V. show Our Next Super Model. The world assumed she was destined for a happy, fairy tale life as ‘Angel,’ the beautiful girl who was living the dream; sadly, that wasn’t to be the case. As the years passed, she flashed her million dollar smile to all her fans and fought to stay on top in a profession where you never knew who it was safe to trust while the fashion industry took big bites out of her heart and soul. And trust was a constant challenge for Angel due to the painful childhood secret she guarded as carefully as she did her heart. As a result, she never did find her true love on earth.<br /><br />When she wakes up ‘dead’ from a heart condition a month before her thirty-fifth birthday, Angel is at first relieved to find there is no death, just a change of state, like ice to water, and then she’s scared because her biggest and most important adventure is about to begin.<br /><br />Angelica is chosen to be an angel in training as a spirit guide for three souls on earth! Her assignment is to help two women to gain the courage and confidence to find, recognize and embrace the love that had eluded Angel in life. But her biggest challenge will be to save a very special little girl from the same evil experience that had poisoned Angel’s own earthly happiness and altered the course of her life.<br /><br />Will Angel be able to heal her own shattered soul in the process? And will the three souls she is guiding be able to recognize her, not as a ghostly threat, but as one of those ‘friends in high places’ we all have; the kind who often end up earning their wings.<br /><br /> </p>

Story Behind The Book

The Pier contains a love story within a love story. As Carrie struggles to identify her feelings, she learns that both her mother, Sheila, and her aunt, Dora, each found themselves in similar predicaments, each making a different choice. Pondering the choices made by her mother, who chose to marry the man who betrayed her, while Dora married her fiancé’s best friend, and her own passionate dreams about making love to her ex-boyfriend, Carrie tries to make the right choice. Unlike Dora, Carrie wishes to marry the right man the first time.

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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span><strong>review by Rose Petal Reviews:</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Mary Collins has written another wonderful book. She knows exactly how to draw the reader into her story. I couldn't put this book down. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a great story.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4 Roses<br /><br />Cheryl of GhostWriters Reviews says about &quot;The Pier&quot;: </span></span></p> <div class="fw-text"> <p><span><strong><font color="#999999"> <span style="color:#999999;font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#999999;">  <strong><span style="color:#999999;">Over all I enjoyed reading The Pier<span style="text-decoration:underline;">. </span>Its theme appeals to women of all ages.<span>  </span>Betrayal, rebound relationships, the pride of a scorned woman, and choosing between two suitors are universal issues for women.</span></strong><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><strong><span style="color:#999999;">When The Pier is published, I plan to add it to the reading list for the Literary circle </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#999999;">in my in my high school English Literature class.<span>  </span>I believe that it will provide provocative discussions between adolescents beginning the journey down the rocky road of love.</span></strong><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><strong><span style="color:#999999;font-size:12pt;">I particularly enjoyed the way the author provides enough evidence in the early chapters to assure that the reader identifies Toby as the antagonist; later flipping the script revealing that it is Dave, not Toby, who has hidden motives</span></strong></span></span> <br /></font></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#999999;font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#999999;"><strong><span style="color:#999999;font-size:12pt;"></span></strong></span></span><span style="color:#999999;"> <img border="0" alt="stars-5-0.gif" src="http://www.bookfinder4u.com/images/stars-5-0.gif" /></span></p> <p><span style="color:#999999;"></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#999999;font-size:12pt;"><strong><font size="2">REVIEWER: Cheryl </font></strong></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>