Lisa Smelter
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About
Lisa spent her professional teaching career nurturing Special Education students and their families. To balance this sometimes serious and intense job, she expresses whimsy through her original homemade crafts and stories.
Her family and friends mean the world to her. She grew up in a large creative family in central Minnesota. She has been married to her college sweetheart and best friend for many years. They currently live in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota.
A lifetime avid reader, Lisa is thrilled to now share her own stories with the world.
Books
| Sarah's Garden - Series: Love in Litton - Book 1 | |
Sarah's Garden introduces the reader to the fictional town of Litton, Minnesota,
as well as some of the essential characters central to the Love in Litton book series.
Sarah Brewster is poised to restart her career after setting it aside to care for her ailing mother. Little did she suspect that her new position would bring her face to face with a man she finds interesting in so many ways but also compel her to make a life-changing decision, and quickly at that. |
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| Susan's Return - Series: Love in Litton - Book 2 | |
Lovely Susan Randall meets gorgeous Mark Hillman as they both participate
in the wedding of their respective best friends. After a chemistry-charged whirlwind romance,
they become engaged. Sadly, two weeks before their wedding, tragedy strikes. Now their happy
plans are dashed. The fun and vivacious couple suddenly stands to lose the love they found.
Will it be lost forever?
Their story will make you laugh and cry as they try to bring about Susan's return. |
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| Matt's Mystery Girl - Series: Love in Litton - Book 3 | |
Tessa McKenna enjoys being a speech therapist, cooking for her roommate, and playing softball. She is sweet, feisty, dedicated, and newly engaged to a lifelong friend. Matt Hillman, her newest teammate, is ready to cherish a wife and spoil their babies, but will he get to marry his mystery girl? Instant friends, they encounter unexpected intense emotions as they discover the value of true friendship.
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| Melissa's Viking - Series: Love in Litton - Book 4 | |
Wow! A Viking! This was Melissa Hillman's first thought upon meeting Erik Lundstrom. But after an unfortunate verbal
exchange, hopes for anything beyond a professional working relationship seemed impossible. However, after working together
at a volunteer site, she begins to see the kindness and decency in him. Although he is reluctant to have a new relationship
after just ending a bad one, Erik finds himself attracted to the lovely Melissa. Can they ever get past their initial
misunderstanding? Just when Melissa forgives Erik and wants to get to know him better, a sweet woman and her little boy
threaten to steal Erik's heart.
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| Letters to Ashley - Series: Love in Litton - Book 5 | |
A chance meeting at a wedding nearly six years ago leaves a lasting impression on Ashley Landon and Brad Donaldson. An age difference
and a considerable distance separate the two smitten professionals. Now, given a bit more time to explore their infatuation, both Ashley
and Brad find themselves enjoying a whirlwind romance with a hard and fast deadline. A misplaced letter leads to more distance as they find
themselves at cross purposes. Two lovely people who seem to easily bring joy to others’ lives find themselves falling away from each other
while also falling in love.Can Ashley fill the void with her highly rewarding new job, and can Brad fill the hole in his heart by writing his letters to Ashley? |
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| David's Joy - Series: Love in Litton - Book 6 | |
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that, while professional, teachers are
real people too. They experience the triumphs and losses of love
like anyone else and yet are expected to obey the rule to avoid a
workplace romance at all costs. While Joy Miller and David Pearson
certainly had no intentions of inviting the scrutiny and judgment
of superiors, colleagues, and the community, they find themselves
doing just that. Falling in love was as natural as selecting a delicious
apple from a Minnesota apple tree. Despite each having a similar
work ethic, and collegial respect, their individual plans to thwart
undue scrutiny and survive the school year result in near disaster
for their budding romance. Will Joy leave Litton, her friends, and
her greatest love behind forever? Will David realize the error in his
logic soon enough to rescue them both from a life of deep regret
and sorrow? Real teacher and romance writer, Lisa Smelter, brings
faithful readers of her Love in Litton series to the edge of their seats
in this, her sixth in the popular series.
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| Roy and Kay, the Beginning - Series: Love in Litton - Book 7 | |
Roy Hillman loves his family and the farm on which he was raised,
but he values his independence even more. One day he hopes to
marry someone just like the girl of his high school dreams, now that
he has developed into a self-assured man of purpose.Kay Harris chooses to prepare for a life of service to others in the nursing profession, despite not needing to work for a living. She reconnects with Roy four years after she initially knew him as an interesting, albeit non-spectacular, classmate. Together, they renew a sincere friendship and reinforce their shared love for Litton and family. Will they realize that their journeys are no longer separate, but entwined? Avid readers of Lisa Smelter’s increasingly popular Love in Litton Series now discover how it all began in Roy and Kay - The Beginning. |
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| All Kinds of Courage - Series: Love in Litton - Book 8 | |
Retired US Army veteran and patriot Ben Olson moves back to his
hometown of Litton, Minnesota, where he finds himself living next
door to sweet and kind Josie Martin. Josie is a strong, self-confident
young woman, recently back from Senegal, where she spent ten years
in the Peace Corps. Sharing a love of 1970s music, chocolate desserts,
and a mischievous German shepherd, the two become friends.Unfortunately, bad tempers and a philosophical difference of opinion tear the friends apart. Each of them must take a journey toward the truth while confronting their fears. Along the way, they discover all kinds of courage and rediscover the joy that only true love reveals. |
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| A Second Chance for Happiness - Series: Love in Litton - Book 9 | |
When it rains, it pours—or so it seems in and around the small town of
Dalton, Iowa. Sometimes, destruction accompanies the rain. The same
can be said of passion.In Lisa Smelter’s latest book, A Second Chance for Happiness, readers are treated to not one, but three, love stories. That is indeed a downpour of high interest, affection, and heartbreak. Carlos Santos, one of Lisa’s favorite characters, makes a surprising return. He plays a key role in the lives of Dalton’s residents; one in particular is the widowed Jenny. Meanwhile, the formerly engaged Shaun and Trish can’t seem to solve their dilemma. However, a storm tosses them together, and they get a second chance for happiness. Will they take it? The good neighbors of Dalton need a scorecard to keep track of the possible marriages in town. Will a high school infatuation evolve into the perfect romance for a beautiful shy woman with a slight imperfection and a humble hunk of a man whose loyalty may cost him the love of a lifetime? Mary and James will take readers along their journey to discover the answer. This is the Iowa connection to those memorable characters in Lisa Smelter’s highly popular Love in Litton series. |
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| The Sound of Emily's Voice - Series: Love in Litton - Book 10 | |
Forty-year-old bachelor veterinarian Jonathan Ryan is struck to his
core the first time he hears the sound of Emily’s voice. It’s not only
the sweet lilt of her voice that affects him, but also the fact that the
boy she is tutoring at the time—his nephew—is laughing and relaxed,
both rare occurrences. Jon is intrigued.English professor Emily Erickson is recovering from an automobile accident that has left her with physical limitations and has undermined her self-worth. She dedicates herself to nothing less than a full recovery while navigating her first real romance. Can this man of nature and this woman of words find love in Litton? Devoted followers of Lisa Smelter’s Love in Litton series will no doubt recognize familiar names and places as this romance covers the distance between the beloved Minnesota town and Redding, Iowa. |
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