Following Sweet Dreams Home - Paperback

by Kristine Raymond (Illustrator), Rebecca Thein (Author)

When Candice Smythe receives her layoff notice, she embraces the need for a little retail therapy. Against her better judgment, she enters an antique store...just to look around she tells herself. However, what woman can just window shop? Certainly not Candice.

With her newly purchased hat, she leaves the store in the direction of her new life. One gust of wind grabs the hat carrying it down the street. When the hat finally comes to rest on the porch of a Victorian house, the For Sale sign on the window intrigues her to imagine the possibilities.

Once Grandma Pela enters her life, things start to change as Candice dreams of her future.

Below is Candice Smyth's Secret Recipe that she follows.

Here's What's Cookin': LOVE

Recipe From-Life Lessons
Serves-1 Woman

INGREDIENTS:
One Large Hat
One Old Victorian House
Dose of family
Handful of friends

UTENSILS:
1. Ability to dream
2. Loving heart
3. Confidence to allow fate to guide you

INSTRUCTIONS:
Set location to San Francisco.
Dust cake pan with trouble.
Mix above ingredients with love.
Bake until satisfied.
Frost with compassion and serve with a warm heart.

Author Biography

I grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco and have always called the Bay Area home. My husband and I have three adult children, so now I have time to lock myself away in a room and write.
I have penned several poems for children; they are available as a calendar. I also wrote my first book at the age of twelve during summer vacation. That one story began my love of writing. I still have the handwritten copy tucked away for safekeeping.
My stories tend to revolve around family. Of course, there is always romance, and maybe a mystery sprinkled in, but family is usually the central theme.