Love takes an international detour...to Paris! Nikki Mancini, a high school teacher in New York, has loved Mike for as long as she can remember, though she was never more to him than his best friend’s little sister. She claims to be a homebody but secretly fears moving beyond her comfort zone. Mike Branagan has his own emotional wounds to resolve, having lost his parents in an accident when he was fourteen. He’s tried to escape painful memories by leaving New York and starting a new life on the West Coast, but years later, new facts indicate that his parents’ deaths might not have been an accident. At Christmas, Mike returns to New York for the first time in three years to visit and to chase down a lead in his parents’ case. When he sees Nikki again, romantic sparks fly, but their mutual attraction takes an unexpected detour. Nikki is shattered. She impulsively takes a one-year teaching opportunity in Paris to face her own fears and get over Mike. Too late, Mike realizes what Nikki means to him. Time and distance should be obstacles, but are they? “ One December sizzles with romantic tension, taking the reader on a roller-coaster ride from New York to San Francisco, with a delightful detour in Paris. I couldn’t put it down!” – Elizabeth Musser, author of The Secrets of the Cross trilogy and The Swan House . I love to read and write stories about strong women who still have flaws, but are ready to pursue their dreams, even if it takes them out of their comfort zone . . . or their country. I write inspirational romance novels and women's fiction with a twist: My characters sometimes go places. Welcome to Love on the Move novels. I hope you'll take a trip with them and experience their journeys. See how their lives unfold as they make decisions to trust God (or not) in their next steps, learning about themselves and their faith, and finding love along the way! I live in North Carolina, but spent over a decade in France (where some of my characters go for various reasons.) I also write non-fiction under the name K. B. Oliver. I teach French and enjoy doing pottery and salsa dancing.