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Cindy Procter-King

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As a child, Cindy dreamed of becoming a writer. Well, okay, thanks to her grade three teacher reading a chapter of The Little House on the Prairie books to Cindy's class everyday, Cindy actually dreamed of becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder. It made so much sense. After all, Cindy's blond older sister always got to wear blue while Cindy with the "dark as cinders" hair was often relegated to wearing dull old pink—just like Laura. Laura was part of a pioneer family, and until Cindy went to school she lived in a miniscule farming community where her father and grandparents were born. What further confirmation for her future does an eight-year-old with an avid imagination require?

When Cindy realized becoming Laura meant learning to travel back in ti...more As a child, Cindy dreamed of becoming a writer. Well, okay, thanks to her grade three teacher reading a chapter of The Little House on the Prairie books to Cindy's class everyday, Cindy actually dreamed of becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder. It made so much sense. After all, Cindy's blond older sister always got to wear blue while Cindy with the "dark as cinders" hair was often relegated to wearing dull old pink—just like Laura. Laura was part of a pioneer family, and until Cindy went to school she lived in a miniscule farming community where her father and grandparents were born. What further confirmation for her future does an eight-year-old with an avid imagination require?

When Cindy realized becoming Laura meant learning to travel back in time and using—gasp!—outhouses where she believed evil trolls were hiding to gobble her up, she decided to remain in the present and become a writer instead. Her first poem began, "My father is a logger, He stirs his coffee with his thumb, He has a dog named Blackie, And in his truck they both look dumb." Thus another illustrious literary career was born.

Cindy earned a first class B.A. in English Lit. from the University of Victoria before unleashing herself on the unsuspecting workforce. However, she quickly realized her aversion to fluorescent lights and the numbers 9-2-5 wouldn't gain her kudos from her various bosses. Luckily, she married Steven King (note the lack of a "ph"), who whisked her to a tiny logging town where she couldn't find a job...unless you count her stint as secretary to the warden of a minimum security prison. There, Cindy began writing novels, and she hasn't looked back. Because, honestly, what other employer in their right mind would want her?

A Golden Heart® finalist and author of two romantic comedies with Amber Quill Press, Cindy's mission in life is to see her surname spelled properly—with an E. So take heed. That's P-r-o-c-t-E-r. Not, no, never, under any flippin' circumstances should you spell it with two O's. Cindy lives in Canada with her husband, their two amazing sons, a tortoiseshell cat obsessed with dripping tap water, and Allie McBeagle.(less)

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Galapagos, Day 6: Settling In and Giant Tortoises In The Wild

Where did I last leave you? Oh, right. On board the plane descending to Guayaquil to pick up more passengers headed for Baltra Island in the Galapagos. (Scroll down a few posts if you want to start at the beginning).

Baltra is one of two islands in the Galapagos with an airport intended for transporting tourists back and forth to the Galapagos National Park. The other is on San Cristobal. All fl...

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Books by Cindy Procter-King

Average rating: 3.38 · 58 ratings · 14 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Head Over Heels 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Borrowing Alex 3.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Where She Belongs 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Red Well: A Western Trio by Max Brand, Cindy Procter-King (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Where She Belongs (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Jan 22, 2012 02:36pm

Description: Contemporary Romance. _She never wants to go home again._ For Jess Morgan, Destiny Falls holds too many painful memories. Nine years ago, a logging accident near the remote timber town killed her dad and her high school sweetheart. Despite Jess's broken heart, her mother immediately sought comfort with another man. That choice tore Jess apart and drove her to seek a life far away. But now fate steps in, and family obligations force her to return home. Before long, Jess decides that persuading her mom to live with her in Toronto will repair their bond and Jess's own sense of belonging. However, she doesn't count on a long-ago friend re-entering her life and challenging those convictions. Rugged forester Adam Wright believes in family, roots, and not running from heartache. Now all he wants is to help Jess break down the walls of the lonely sanctuary she's built for herself and heal her past hurts. But it's not until she rejects his proposal that Adam realizes his dogged persistence has pushed her even further away--not at all what he intended. Has he lost his chance? Or can he convince Jess that where she truly belongs is with him...forever? Set amid British Columbia's lush landscape, _Where She Belongs_ delivers an engaging romance with complex characters, honest emotion, and heart. Five Star Expressions, Library-edition hardcover, December 2011. Audiobook from AudioLark, March 2012.

Borrowing Alex (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Jan 22, 2012 02:08pm

Description: Short Contemporary Romantic Comedy Novel. Nikki St. James is at the end of the rope she bought to kidnap her rat fiancé's best man. Determined to convince her fiancé to set a wedding date instead of spending his days sucking up to her rich father, Nikki fakes an affair with their best man, Alex Hart, and whisks Alex to secluded Lake Eden along with the zany trio of pets she can't bear to leave behind. Except...her fiancé doesn't rush to win her back. And Alex, a stick-in-the-mud history professor, clearly thinks she's off her rocker. Alex is a victim of nose-to-the-grindstone-itis. Sure, he needs a break from his quest to achieve tenure at warp speed—but on his terms, not a wacky blonde's! Before long, however, he realizes Nikki isn’t the wild party girl his old college buddy described. She's cute and sweet and...well, soon Alex is stealing her away for love and forever and all she deserves... Amber Quill Press copyright June 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-982-7, audio book by AudioLark, April 2011

Head Over Heels (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Mar 01, 2011 07:36pm

Description: Short Contemporary Romantic Comedy Novel. Magee Sinclair has had it up to her sassy short hairdo with the financial difficulties a recent rash of blunders has caused her family's advertising agency. How will she prove she deserves the promotion her father has in mind for her when she keeps making silly mistakes? New client Justin Kane's goal to expand his bike stores hinges on a distributorship deal with a bike manufacturer he needs to impress during a couples mountain biking weekend. He's supposed to bring his steady girl. But Justin's girlfriend dumps him, and he needs a woman to replace her. To masquerade as her. By tomorrow. Magee, an expert mountain biker, is the perfect choice. Or so he thinks. Major trouble for Magee, who isn't quite the expert she's claimed in this comedy of errors abound with fake identities, ex-lovers popping up out of nowhere, and a whole lot of door-slamming in the middle of the night. Copyright First Edition (NovelBooks, Inc.) 2002, Copyright Second Edition (Amber Quill Press), 2005 ISBN (Amber Quill Press): 1592797849. Audio book by www.audiolark, February 2011,

Cindy is Currently Reading

Cindy is currently reading:

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

by Suzanne Collins

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May 27, 2012 06:17pm

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Then He Kissed Me (Three Kisses, #2)

by Christie Ridgway (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 15, 2012 07:46pm

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