Followin' a Dream [Mass Market Paperback]

Computer programmer Vanessa Bradley has spent the two years following her father's death caring for her mother and volunteering. This static existence has left Vanessa feeling emotionally barren, and she fears that at the ripe old age of 33 she has little chance of ever finding romance. But when Vanessa meets handsome art dealer and fellow volunteer Xavier Johnson at a banquet in Georgia, sparks fly. Xavier is just what Vanessa needs to spice up her life. Unfortunately, he is abruptly called overseas the very next day to collect Aboriginal artwork for an exhibition, and he unwittingly leaves Vanessa's number behind. Hurt that Xavier hasn't called, Vanessa tries to ignore him when she sees him two months later, but her scheming mother, Jackie, has plans to bring the two together. Vanessa and Xavier's rocky relationship is cemented when the couple travels to Australia to save Xavier's botched business deal with the Pintupi tribe and to rrescue Jackie who journeyed to the Outback seeking enlightenment and was left to die by shady tour operators. Snoe (Wishin' on a Star) powerfully evokes the rugged beauty of the Australian landscape, and readers will appreciate her sensitive treatment of Vanessa's strained relationship with her mother and Xavier's newfound bond with his father. (July 3)
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Mama said there'd be days like this...

But weeks? Months? Years? Vanessa Bradley's been single for so long she's forgotten how to be anything else. At thirty-three, her life has somehow become a steady status quo, sprinkled with work, volunteering, and taking care of her widowed mother. She desperately longs for excitement and love...

And then she meets a man with skin as smooth as caramel -- a man who knows what he wants and how to get it. With Xavier Johnson, Vanessa feels like a schoolgirl experiencing her first crush. But things don't go as expected -- and soon she's wondering if he's like all the rest, making promises he's not willing to keep.

But when her globetrotting mother goes missing, suddenly Xavier is the only one Vanessa can depend on. Could the road to runaway Mama be leading Vanessa and Xavier to some unexpected somewhere instead: to the glorious realization of a dream of romance and a forever tomorrow?

Eboni Snoe has five novels to her credit, and she is considered a pioneer of ethnic romances. She is the mother of a blended family of four children and currently lives in Guangzhou, China, with her husband.