One Chance, One Moment — The Mandy Story, Book One

One Chance, One Moment — The Mandy Story, Book One

The Mandy Story — Book One

One Chance, One Moment

The Mandy Story — Book One

Newly Revised Third Edition

He’s determined to get rid of her.
She’s determined to stay.

First in The Mandy Story series, newly revised. A heartwarming contemporary romance with humor and a thread of suspense.

Renowned singer and pianist Garry Danzlo had everything, until a devastating accident derailed his career and the guilt he carries over his father’s death drove him to a remote Colorado mountain log home. The last thing he wants is the relentlessly optimistic professional his sister has hired to rehabilitate him.

Fun-loving nurse and holistic healer Amanda Fields has a dream. Widowed after a loveless marriage, she wants more than anything to adopt an eight-year-old boy named Robbie, who uses a wheelchair. The two have made a pact to be together soon. In need of funds to make it all happen, Amanda believes this temporary job in Colorado is the miracle she’s been waiting for—her one chance to make their dreams come true. What she has to contend with, though, is far more than she ever expected.

A battle of wills slowly becomes something neither of them planned. Funny, emotional, and impossible to walk away from. An unexpected journey toward healing, hope, and love.

AWARDS & HONORS

One Chance, One Moment has received fourteen awards and honors, recognizing its romance, storytelling, and cinematic potential.

NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award (Summer 2014)

IndieReader’s 2014 Top Indie Books (Fall 2014)

Shelf Unbound Notable Indie Book, Romance (Winter 2014)

Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, Contemporary Single Title Finalist (Mar 2015)

eLit Silver Award for Best Romance (May 2015)

Beach Book Festival, Best Romance (Jul 2017)

New York Book Festival, Runner-Up Best Romance (Jul 2017)

Hollywood Book Festival, Honorable Mention Genre-Based Fiction (Aug 2017)

Book Excellence Award, Finalist Best Romance (Sep 2017)

6th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards, Best Romance (Dec 2017)

eLit Award, Bronze Medal for Best Romance (Apr 2018)

Paris Book Festival, Honorable Mention, General Fiction (May 2018)

Readers’ Favorite International Book Award—Bronze Medal Winner, Romance–Comedy (2018)

Wind Dancer Films—Selected as One of Ten Books, from Thousands, for Film & Television Evaluation (2018)

PRAISE FOR ONE CHANCE, ONE MOMENT

“A creative, light-hearted yet riveting story that is not your ordinary love story, and is destined to be a romantic classic.”

— IndieReader

“A novel that is impossible to put down. Fans of romance will find themselves absolutely riveted by the story as the suspense and tension becomes as unbearable for the readers as it is for Garry and Mandy.”

— Book Reviewer List

“Fraught with entanglements, villains, vixens, steamy sex, quiet romantic love and mystery . . . it turns the old ‘boy meets girl’ model for this genre upside down.”

— Judge, 2nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards

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