St. Anne’s Day

Janice Lane Palko has been a writer for more than 20 years working as an editor, columnist, freelance writer, teacher, lecturer, and novelist.She is currently the head writer for the website PopularPittsburgh.com and has had numerous articles published in publications such as The Reader's Digest, Guideposts for Teens, Woman's World, The Christian Science Monitor, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and St. Anthony Messenger. Her work has also been featured in the books A Cup of Comfort for Inspiration, A Cup of Comfort for Expectant Mothers, and Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul.In addition to Most Highly Favored Daughter, she has written the romantic comedy, St. Anne's Day; the Christmas novel, A Shepherd's Song; and the romantic suspense, Cape Cursed. She is currently working on a spin-off from St. Anne's Day called Our Lady of the Roses.

Fired from her job, Anne Lyons moves to Pittsburgh to accept a position as a private duty nurse for an elderly spitfire recovering from heart surgery. When she meets the woman's handsome son, Gerry McMaster, an instant attraction is ignited. Though he may be the city's most eligible bachelor and owner of the most popular bar in Lawrenceville, Mac's Place, he reminds Anne too much of her callous ex-boyfriend.To escape the life that took his father's and that threatens his, Gerry has avoided love at all costs. Then he meets Anne, and suddenly he's fighting feelings he's run from for years.Peg McMaster has been praying to St. Anne, the patron saint of housewives, to find a suitable wife for her son before she dies, and she believes that Anne's arrival on the Feast of St. Anne is the answer to her prayers. With the aid of St. Anne and the rest of the characters who frequent the bar, Peg conspires to bring Anne and Gerry together in this charming, heartwarming tale that readers have described as spirited, sparkling, and sassy. St. Anne's Day will make your day too!