“Bloom where you’re planted” – Christina’s favorite quote
Christina Lorenzen is an award-winning author of sweet romance and Christian fiction. She writes heartwarming stories filled with hope, faith, and second chances. Her novels feature memorable characters, charming small towns, and romances that touch the heart.
Christina began writing as a young teenager. She filled composition notebooks with stories and later graduated to her first typewriter. Her love of storytelling carried her through many careers, including hairdresser, legal secretary, waitress, and door-to-door saleswoman. Through every season of life, writing remained her passion.
She is the author of numerous sweet romances, including SnowGlobe Reunion, A Husband for Danna, A Wife for Humphrey, and several beach and small-town romances. Her books often explore themes of family, forgiveness, healing, and the power of love to transform lives. Readers appreciate her uplifting stories and relatable characters.
Christina’s fiction is known for its warmth, humor, and emotional depth. Whether she is writing about runaway brides, second-chance romance, or Christmas miracles, she creates stories that leave readers smiling and believing in happily-ever-afters.
When she isn’t writing or reading, Christina enjoys walking her dog, talking to her herd of cats, and spending time with her family. She is also a member of the Romance Writers of America and the American Christian Fiction Writers. Her books continue to delight readers who enjoy clean romance, small-town settings, and faith-filled stories of love and hope.
You can visit Christina’s website at: www.christinalorenzen.com or her Facebook author page at https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaLorenzenAuthor/
Nora Addams has lived with her grandmother in a Victorian home in Holly Cove, ninety minutes outside New York City, for the past seven years. Her grandmother means everything to her. But Gram has been sad since the holiday season began.
After a disappointing Thanksgiving, Nora is determined to make Christmas special. Her plan depends on finding a sugar bowl that was accidentally sold or donated nearly a decade ago. It is the only missing piece of her grandmother’s heirloom Christmas china set.
When she and her best friend, Cindy, can’t find it, help comes from an unexpected source. Peter McCormick is just as determined to locate the missing sugar bowl. What kind of man gives up time during the busiest season at his thrift store to help a complete stranger?
Peter owns The Good Old Days, a thrift store in New York City. Unfortunately, business is struggling. Christmas is only a week away, and his storefront window is as cheerless as he feels. Still recovering from a breakup, he wants to finish decorating and move on.
With decorations in one hand and a strand of lights wrapped around him, he walks into his store and finds Nora standing there. Her story touches his wounded heart. After all, he once had a beloved grandmother too. And there is something about Nora he can’t forget.
Nora and Peter need hope more than either of them realizes. Can the search for a long-lost sugar bowl bring them together before Christmas arrives?
Teddi Lane has returned to Serenity Sound for an overnight stay. Six years have passed since she left her aunt’s house. Now she must clear out the home, a task that stirs painful memories.
The last thing she expects is a list of conditions in her aunt’s will. Staying an extra day for the dedication of the town preserve named in her aunt’s honor is manageable. Helping prepare the house for its new owner is not.
Then she learns the buyer is Charlie Heart, her former fiancé. She hasn’t seen him in twelve years. Furious, she wonders why her aunt would force them together again.
Charlie never expected to buy Louisa Lane’s house so soon. They had talked about the idea and even shaken hands on it, but he thought it would happen years later. When Louisa dies unexpectedly, he signs the papers before he has time to reconsider.
Then he sees Teddi standing in the preserve he manages. Returning home had allowed him to pursue his conservation dreams. Everything had finally felt right. Seeing Teddi changes that.
Can two people who once planned a future together find their way back to each other? Or is some lost love meant to remain in the past?
Off and running! In her frenzied quest to escape from a groom her father has chosen for her, Danna Rashba ‘borrows’ a limousine parked on Main Street. The last thing on her mind is finding a groom from another wedding in the backseat. What are the chances that the bride and groom from two different weddings running from the altar on the same day? The last thing Danna wants is a hostage as she tries to escape her nuptials.
The last thing Eric Harmon wants is to be saddled with yet another spoiled, needy woman. He’s furious about this wrench in his plans, he accuses Danna of stealing. He wants to send her home in a cab as soon as they get to the nearest town, but Danna refuses. Much to Eric’s frustration, one thing after another seems to keep them tied together.
Soon the generosity of a local shopkeeper and several people in town have them mistaken for newlyweds. Danna and Eric find themselves stepping into the role as husband and wife leading them to realize they just may be each other’s ‘match’ But will Danna be able to stand up to her rigid, old fashioned father and choose her own husband? AMAZON
Runaway bride Danna and her handsome new husband are settling into a new home and business in the small town of Harmony. Only months earlier, they had been strangers stranded together. While unpacking boxes, Danna discovers a gift from Minnie that she never opened.
Inside is a delicate silver locket with a picture of a young soldier. Hopelessly romantic, Danna becomes determined to learn who he was. She soon discovers that he was the only man Minnie ever loved.
But does Humphrey Lewis still love Minnie? Could the two have a second chance at happiness? Danna can’t resist finding out.
Although she should be helping her husband prepare their antique shop to open, Danna becomes increasingly invested in the decades-old love story. When she finally tracks down Humphrey, nothing can stop her—not his disapproving grandson and not even a minor fall.
Danna is determined to reunite two people who never stopped loving each other and help them find the happily ever after they almost missed.
After her grandmother’s death, Sammie can’t stop thinking about the Christmas Coin and the precious memories attached to it. She returns to her grandmother’s house in Holly Hamlet, Vermont, hoping to find it.
With the house about to be sold, Sammie wants only two things: the coin and the story she still holds close to her heart. But the house is filled with fifty years of possessions, and finding one small keepsake won’t be easy.
Then the little girl next door mentions the Christmas story. Suddenly, Sammie believes six-year-old Ally may hold the key to finding the missing coin. As the weekend passes, Sammie grows attached to Ally and, unexpectedly, to her single father, Jack. Soon, her plans begin to change in ways she never imagined.
Jack Stevens knows his neighbor Mary Holt’s granddaughter is coming to town. One look at her bright red hair and immaculate red Mustang convinces him she’ll only stay long enough to get what she came for.
But as he and Ally spend time with Sammie, he begins to see her differently. He even invites her to share their Christmas traditions. That’s when he starts to worry.
Ally has already lost one woman she loved. Sammie says she’s only staying for a day or two. Watching his daughter grow attached to her—and trying to ignore his own feelings—Jack fears Ally’s heart will be broken when Sammie leaves.
Can a decades-old tradition and the magic of Christmas bring together two people who need a gift that can’t fit under the tree?
Ruth Baker has lost her husband, her job, and her home. Unsure of what to do next, she answers her grandmother’s call for help. Her ninety-year-old grandmother is waiting for a room in an assisted living facility and needs help preparing for the move.
Still grieving her own losses and reluctant to leave home, Ruth travels to the shores of Long Island. She doesn’t know what the future holds, but she clings to her faith and trusts God to answer her prayers.
Eli Hamill has begun to feel the pull to settle down. He usually buys and sells houses quickly. But his latest project is different. The beachside home of elderly Eleanora Duncan captures his heart from the moment he sees it.
For the first time, he decides to live in one of his properties until it sells. Nothing about this deal follows his usual routine. And he certainly never expected to become involved with the seller’s granddaughter, Ruth Baker, or her adorable six-year-old daughter, Mara.
Can an old house filled with cherished memories and a sweet little girl help two lonely people discover what the future might hold?
Jessie Daniels moved to Phillips Village for a fresh start. After a painful breakup and the sale of her family home, she is ready to put down roots somewhere new.
She fell in love with Phillips Village the first time she visited. An opportunity to work with animals at the town shelter convinced her to stay. Seven months later, she’s happy in her apartment at the Phillips House and devoted to caring for the animals who need her.
Just as she begins to forget the heartbreak that ended her engagement, Mark Sherman arrives and disrupts her peaceful single life.
Mark will do whatever it takes to regain his father’s approval. Ending his engagement cost his father a valuable business merger, and he hasn’t been forgiven.
Determined to focus only on business, Mark returns to Phillips Village to clean out and sell his grandmother’s cottage. But memories of childhood summers with his grandmother affect him more than he expected. He has also sworn off relationships.
Then a stubborn basset hound climbs into his truck. With no other choice, he brings the dog to the house where he’s renting an apartment. There he meets fellow tenant Jessie Daniels and immediately senses trouble.
Is it the magic that has always surrounded Grandma Lettia’s cottage? Or is it the sweet little basset hound bringing Jessie and Mark closer together?
Blindsided by a broken engagement, Jacy Penna hastily throws an overnight bag together and leaves New York City, heading to the place that never changes – her grandmother’s house in the small town of Marion, Massachusetts. But in her haste she forgot about Zach Silva, the local boy that broke her heart when she was fifteen years old. Hoping to spend some time reliving sweet memories of summers past with her grandmother, Jacy is blindsided again when she finds out her grandmother has sold the house – to Zach Silva’s family. Determined to avoid running into Zach during her short visit, Jacy soon finds out that while nothing stays the same, love endures.
Zach Silva has come home to The Silvershell Beach Inn, his family’s elegant seaside inn, for as long as it takes to step down from his part in the family business. Sure his life is back in New York City, he’s ready to leave small town Marion in his rear view mirror. But he’s never completely forgotten the summer he said goodbye to his teenage sweetheart, Jacy Penna.
Always fond of Jacy’s grandmother, he convinced his family to buy Jacy’s grandmother’s house and bring the aging grandmother to cook at the inn. Augusta’s Portuguese specialty meals will bring a touch of the Silva family’s culture to the Inn. He hasn’t heard a word about Jacy in years. Sure she’ll never return to Marion, he’s shocked to find her sunning on Silvershell Beach. Seeing Jacy brings back too many memories and he begins to doubt his future plans.
Will one weekend back in the small town where memories of summer love still haunt them both be enough to help Jacy forgive and Zach find where his future really lies? AMAZON
Georgie Daniels rarely leaves the cottage attached to the Salt Cliffs lighthouse, except when necessary for a trip into town for food. For the last two years, since the lighthouse was declared a historic landmark, she’s lived in the cottage out of sight and, she hopes, out of the minds of the town. With the defunct lighthouse in arrears and in disrepair, she knows it’s only a matter of time before the lighthouse will be on the auction block of the town hall’s steps. With long hair that no one has seen before, except in the fabled fairy tale Rapunzel, things were going well until new neighbor Colby Ford shows up on her doorstep.
Colby Ford never didn’t intend to retire from the Navy, at least not right now. When he finds himself with an injury that pushes him into an early retirement, the possibility of opening a sailing school in the coastal town of Salt Cliffs is his only hope. Renting the Moore cottage, he needs to find the right location for his school and a place to store the boats. While in town, a conversation with a store keeper makes his curiosity about the lighthouse burn even stronger – what kind of woman lives alone in a defunct lighthouse? In need of paint for the cottage porch, he pays Georgie a visit. Feeling like he’s seen her before, that’s when it hits him – Georgie Daniels is a real life Rapunzel. And this Rapunzel wants nothing to do with being neighborly. Until she’s forced to save him during a storm.
Georgie and Colby have both had their share of disappointments and heartache. Just as Georgie is beginning to open up to him, a letter she finds threatens to shut her down again. Can their shared desperate need for a home bring them together? AMAZON
In just a matter of days, Addie Mayfield’s life is upended. Through an arrangement her father makes, she sets sail on the RMS Titanic as governess to the two young Fairchild children. When tragedy strikes, she finds herself rescued alongside strangers on the RMS Carpathia, headed for New York City. Far from home, she is taken in by the O’Reilly family to wait for her family to send for her. With no money for her passage home, she’s brought to the small hamlet of Montauk to become a caretaker for a great aunt she has never met.
Captain Frank Shea is a man without a ship. Removed from duty as captain of the RMS Morrow, he’s come to Montauk to recover from a leg injury. More painful than the injury is his fall from grace after spending his entire life at sea. The ocean was his home and he has never needed anyone. Now faced with an uncertain future, he’s desperate for a way back to the sea. Until he meets Addie Mayfield, a woman who is just as lost as he is.
Can these two people find hope for the future after all they’ve lost? Can an unexpected love heal two broken souls? AMAZON
Professional musician Tacy Clark hasn’t been back home to Hill Top Orchards since the death of her beloved Uncle Jerry. When she gets an email from her aunt, the guilt she’s been feeling since her uncle’s death forces her to make the trip back home..
When her car breaks down, a ride from her aunt’s neighbor, Brody Porter, is the beginning of a roller coaster of emotions, as Tacy is forced to deal with guilt and the pain of never having known her mother. Intending to stay only as long as it takes to harvest the apples for the annual festival and be free from guilt, Tacy is determined not to get involved with Brody Porter and his little girl, Cami. Brody Porter was burned by his estranged wife, Carrie Ann, a struggling actress, who came into his life during a lull in her career and then left him alone to raise their daughter, four-year-old Cami.
He’s vowed never to play the knight in shining armor again. His only interest in Tacy Clark is making sure she gets those apples harvested for the town’s annual festival. Without that harvest, the festival might not raise enough funds for the church preschool. Without a place for Cami to go every day, he won’t be able to put the time he needs into his livelihood, his coffee shop, Brews & Bites. Tacy Clark and Brody Porter are both determined to get what they want and go their own ways. Will the sweet scent of apples and a harvest moon soften the hearts of two people who need each other more than they know? AMAZON
Stranded by a snowstorm, Carrie Sanders is left holding a bag an old woman she’d been talking to left behind in the airport coffee shop. Mystified by the woman’s disappearance, she sits on the bench staring at the snow globe that was in the bag.
Inside the glittery snowy world it’s Christmas during the 1940s. Fighting sleep, the next thing she knows she’s in the arms of the soldier she last saw skating on the pond in the snow globe. He’s no stranger, but the boy next door who never forgot her. AMAZON