Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Mary Shotwell! Writes: Hey there! I write small-town contemporary romances for every season. Not only do I love setting my stories during holidays, I also try to incorporate my love for the water in them. My latest, CHRISTMAS ISLAND has all the gingerbread warmth and peppermint feels. Opposites attract when two people are persuaded to organize a local fundraiser for autism in Waverly Lake, North Carolina. The heroine Laura, fresh off of heartbreak, has no intentions of starting a relationship. Steve, the local attorney, has searched for what feels like forever to find the right woman. Neither likes the other, but their yuletide shenanigans pull them together in a magical way only Christmas can. There’s sailing, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, hot cocoa – All my favorite ingredients! About: I grew up in the Ohio snow belt and have forever managed to find a school and work in the south. Currently residing in Tennessee, I LOVE baking. As in, I bake over one…

