Author Description

Product Description Winter Lights is Jan's nineteenth book for AVALON, including the recently published Silver Linings and A Sentimental Notion. From the Inside Flap Recovering from the aftereffects of an airplane crash, highly successful businesswoman Kate Smithers retreats to her hometown of Shady Pointe for the holidays. In the safety of her parents' home, she hopes to escape from her horrible memories of the crash, and from the relentless pursuit of reporters. What Kate doesn't expect is to find her feelings reawakened by Grady Meredith, the town veterinarian. Grady and Kate were sweethearts throughout high school and college, but Kate had left Grady behind when she went off to the big city to pursue fame and fortune. With Shady Pointe torn apart by a feud between the mayor and the townspeople, and with Grady involved with a local schoolteacher, there's nothing to keep Kate from leaving again after Christmas is over. Or is there? About the Author Jan McDaniel grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and after earning a degree in journalism, moved to Texas to work as a newspaper reporter. There she met Bruce, who is now her husband, and completed work on a master's degree in English at Texas A&M. Recently she and her husband moved from South Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee, along with their two dogs and a cat. When Jan is not pursuing her lifelong interest in writing, she enjoys reading, baking, and traveling. A former college instructor and technical editor, she also constructs word-find puzzles and writes magazine articles.