Sunrise Publishing is delighted to introduce our Season 2 Hearts Bend authors. Due to the number of high quality submissions and strong story proposals, the selection process proved extremely challenging once again. Rachel Hauck and the Sunrise team are excited to nurture the strong writing talents of our four Hearts Bend authors.

Please join us in welcoming them to the Sunrise team.

When she’s not hanging out at her favorite coffee shop writing, Mandy Boerma is living her own happily ever after with Prince Charming. Together they have two princesses to fill any of that illusive dream called free time. Between all her mom duties, she enjoys reading, the local Florida beaches and teaching piano—all with coffee in hand. 

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Carrie Padgett thinks nuts take up room where chocolate ought to be. She also believes in faith, families, fun, and happily ever afters. She lives in Central California where she writes contemporary women’s fiction with sweet romance, humor, and sass.

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Carrie Vinnedge loves being in the middle of a story. She was a full time mom before getting serious about writing. She enjoys family field trips out and about Orlando with her husband and three married children, because it’s always summertime in Florida.

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Carrie L. Weston is a writer and professor living in the Twin Cities area. She is wife to Jim, mom to three wonderful kids and her fourth is due to arrive in January of 2021. She holds a MFA in Creative Writing and an M.A. in Strategic Communication Management. She is interested in telling the stories of small communities of people, and of the importance of setting as a character in fiction. 

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We are honored Mandy, Carrie, Carrie, and Carrie have chosen Sunrise as their publishing home and we are excited to work with them as they craft their romantic literary novels set in Rachel Hauck’s Hearts Bend world.

Their Hearts Bend novels will release in 2022.