Ideas The Snow Bride (NAPSA)—Just in time to melt the cold heart of winter, or to be presented in a holiday stocking, best-selling author Debbie Macomber has crafted a snowbound romance with her latest novel, The Snow Bride (MIRA Books, $14.95). iii rs r ei ay, | NewYork Times Veet Practical, dependable Jenna Walsh has had a secret, unrequited crush on her boss for six years. Realizing her chances for love may be slipping away, Jenna decides— at age 33—to finally do something for herself: quit her job and go to Alaska to visit Dalton Gray, a man she met in an online poetry chat room. Upon arriving in Alaska, however, she is more or less kid- napped by Reed Kenner—the unpleasant man she sat next to on the plane—and taken to his tiny village of Snowbound, a remote place where there are moregrizzly bears than women. Immediately after the two arrive, a snowstorm envelops the town, preventing anyone from flying in or out. Trapped in Reed’s cabin, he and Jenna are forced to get to know each other and acknowledge their growingattraction. When the storm clears, things become even more complicated when Dalton and her former boss—not to mention Jenna’s man-crazy mom—descend on Snowbound. With three men vying for Jenna’s affection, she must choose a groom for the village’s first Christmas wedding. The Snow Bride is available in hardcover wherever booksare sold, or online at www.mirabooks.com.
