A Change in Altitude (27 page)

Many thanks to the people at Kensington Publishing, especially my editors, Audrey LaFehr and Martin Biro, for all their help and support. Also, I'm thankful for the friendship and support of other authors—particularly members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (especially the Writers of the Hand) and the Duet Authors online group. You keep me going! Most important, thank you to my husband, Jim, who is always there for me. He is my anchor in this crazy writing life.

A Change in Altitude

 

Cindy Myers

 

 

 

About This Guide

 

The suggested questions are included
to enhance your group's reading of
A Change in Altitude.

1. One of the themes of this book is loss and recovery. What things do the characters in the book lose? What do they recover or find to replace the loss?
   
2. If you were Sharon, would you have left your son with his father? Why or why not?
   
3. What do you think about people who identify themselves as preppers or survivalists? Are they harmless eccentrics or a danger to others?
   
4. Why is Maggie so ambivalent about her upcoming wedding? Have you ever felt ambivalent about something other people saw as a reason to celebrate, such as a wedding or the birth of a child?
   
5. Do you think Jameso's distancing himself from Sharon when she first arrived was a normal reaction, or was he letting his sister down? Are we obligated to help other people simply because we are related to them?
   
6. Do you believe in the concept of karma? Do you think Gerald got what he deserved? What about Bob?
   
7. Would you watch a reality television show like the one Chris Amesbury proposes to film in Eureka? Why or why not?
   
8. How do you feel about Sharon's decision not to date Josh? Were you disappointed, or do you think she made the right decision?
   

Photo by Vernice Dollar of Studio 16

Cindy Myers
worked as a newspaper reporter, travel agent, and medical clinic manager before turning to writing full-time. She's written both historical and contemporary romance, as well as dozens of short stories and nonfiction articles. Former president of San Antonio Romance Authors, Cindy is a member of Romance Writers of America, Novelists Inc., and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. She is in demand as a speaker, teaching workshops and making presentations to both local and national writing groups. She and her husband and their two dogs live in the mountains southwest of Denver.

Visit her on the web at cindymyersbooks.com.

In this heartfelt, beautifully written novel, a woman with nothing left to lose finds the courage to start over in the last place she ever expected....

 

 

Newly divorced Maggie Carter has little to show for her marriage except a pile of boxes and regrets. So when she learns she's inherited an old house and an abandoned gold mine in Eureka, Colorado, she doesn't hesitate to leave Houston behind. In Colorado, she can learn about her estranged father and take stock of her life. After all, where better to decide what your next move should be than in a cabin 10,000 feet above sea level?

Eureka is a tiny hamlet with a café, a library, and plenty of intriguing locals. There's the colorful town mayor, Lucille, and her prodigal daughter, Olivia, bitter librarian Cassie, and handsome, enigmatic Jameso Clark, who had a fascinating love-hate relationship with Maggie's father. Then there are the soaring views of distant mountains and clear-blue sky, of aspen trees and endless stars. Piece by piece, Maggie is uncovering her father's past—and reconciling with her own. And in this small mountain town, she just might find a place where she truly belongs.

Christmas is the time for miracles, mayhem, and holiday romance in these wonderful stories from four of today's most beloved authors....

 

 

“Mister Christmas” by Fern Michaels

 

A week before Christmas, attorney Claire O'Brien is summoned to Ireland to change her wealthy client's will—only to encounter resistance from his handsome nephew. Will Claire be forced to spend the holidays up close and personal with her irresistible Irish nemesis?

 

 

“
The Yellow Rose of Christmas” by Marie Bostwick

 

Though Miss Velvet Tudmore wrote off romance years ago, rumor has it she has a secret admirer. And when her surprise suitor promises to reveal himself at the annual Christmas ball in Too Much, Texas, Velvet starts to wonder: Is it ever too late to find love?

 

 

“Nightmare on Elf Street” by Laura Levine

 

Aside from the mortifying costume, how bad can a gig as a mall Santa's elf be? Jaine Austen finds out when she's teamed up with the Santa from Hell. But things go from bad to worse when he's found murdered on the job—and Jaine is a suspect. Now all she wants for Christmas is to find the real killer. . . .

 

 

“
Room at the Inn” by Cindy Myers

 

When a Rocky Mountain blizzard forces Barb and her husband to spend Christmas in a remote Colorado cabin with their fellow travelers, Barb struggles to cope—especially when her husband reveals troubling news. But sometimes a holiday shake-up is all a woman needs to discover what she's truly made of....

From acclaimed author Cindy Myers comes a big-hearted story of pulling together, facing life's challenges, and knowing what it means to really come home....

 

 

Cut off from the outside world by a blanket of snow, the holidays are usually a time for peace and quiet in tiny Eureka, Colorado. But this year the mountain town is in trouble. Thanks to a corrupt investor, the treasury is bankrupt, leaving residents to struggle through an especially harsh winter. Then there are those with more personal problems, like Maggie Stevens, pregnant and torn between single motherhood and drawing the father-to-be into a life he's not cut out for. And Olivia Theriot, the mayor's prodigal daughter, is harboring a secret so painful she may never be able to settle down. But Mother Nature is about to put things in perspective....

When a blizzard blows through just days before Christmas, some are left stranded—and others are missing. Now there's only one thing on Eureka's wish list: to live up to its name, and its reputation for coming together, and find a way to bring everyone back home—where they belong.

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Copyright © 2014 by Cynthia Myers

 

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ISBN: 978-0-7582-9484-5

First Kensington Electronic Edition: July 2014

 

ISBN-13: 978-0-7582-9484-5
ISBN-10: 0-7582-9484-0
First Kensington Trade Paperback Printing: July 2014