Atlanta's Most Eligible Bachelor (Southern Men Don't Fall in Love, I)
Mia Mae Lynne, Chronicles of Fate, 2010
Book & Spirit, LLC
254 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781943651023
Summary
Douglas Arthur Bader
“Atlanta’s Most Eligible Bachelor” has it all. His career was on the rise at Whitman Stacks Law firm located on the perimeter of Atlanta. His cell phone rang constantly of women who wanted to possess the man with deep blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. Women of all ages fell for his boyishly handsome good looks and his impeccable manners. He was elusive to any type of commitment. “Three date max” was his motto until crossing paths with Lisa Dunbar.
Lisa Dunbar
After a moderately successful career as a traveling professional soccer player, Lisa has finally come home to settle down and start her career as a newly licensed CPA in Atlanta. She is hired at Grant & Co. CPA’s by Mona Grant. Staunchly independent, Lisa takes life’s challenges as they come. She’s satisfied with her single status as an African American woman and has no time to look for love. Her chance meeting with a man that she only knows as a commitment phobic bachelor alters her plans for her future.
The meeting, explosive. The romance intense. This first book in the “Southern Men don’t fall in Love” series explores how fate can set the time and place for a romance to begin. Doug and Lisa embark on a journey of self discovery as they learn that they are deeply connected beneath the skin.
Author Bio
• Birth—March 4, 1966
• Where—Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Education—B.S., University of Akron; M.S., American Graduate University
• Currently—Twinsburg, Ohio
Mia Mae Lynne lived in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Her mom was a part-time nurse in a private nursing home and her dad was a local truck driver for Chase Brass & Copper Company. She has two sisters.
In her early life, she participated in several activities including ballet, acrobatics, roller skating, and ice skating. Realizing that her talents were classroom oriented, she focused more on academics. She completed high school in the East Cleveland School system. She was also an active member of the INROADS program.
Mia attended and graduated from the University of Akron with a B.S. in Accounting. She pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in her freshman year and spent many hours studying and partying with friends.
In September, 1989 Mia was married in Cleveland, Ohio. She and her husband moved to Louisville, KY where their first son, Carlos, was born. In 1992 the family moved to Rome, Georgia where their second son, Marcus, was born. With two beautiful boys to light up her life, Mia dedicated herself to her family. She worked full time in the aerospace industry during the day and was a soccer mom evenings and weekends. In 2008, with Christmas fast approaching, the first novel in her series, "The Chronicles of Fate," was born. Following "Tempting Fate" seven more books were written.
In 2009, Mia lost her father. In the heartbreak that followed, her marriage dissolved, she lost her job, and moved to Cleveland to be closer to her mother.
Even with all the tragedies, Mia never lost faith in her work and in 2010 Mia began the process of editing and copyrighting her series.
In April, 2015, she opened her self-publishing company, Book & Spirit, LLC. She renamed her series from "The Chronicles of Fate" to "Southern Men Don't Fall in Love". Several contributors came forward to assist with the project including her son, Carlos, who volunteered to translate the series into Spanish. He hired two of his college friends to edit the books into Spanish of the America's and European Spanish.
The first book of the renamed series was Atlanta's Most Eligible Bachelor. It was released November 4, 2015 in English, Spanish (ES and SA), large print, and standard editions in honor of her son, Carlos', birthday. She plans to release her next book, Atlanta's Most Eligible Bachelor II, on April 26, 2016 in honor of her son Marcus. She plans to release books twice a year to commemorate the two most important men in her life.
Now between writing and editing her books, her new career in the aerospace industry and watching her sons' college and professional soccer careers, Mia spends her time as a student of spiritualism. She received training from the Fellowship of the Spirit. She looks forward to visiting Lily Dale, New York, again in her future.
Trivia & Facts
♦ She is naturally left-handed.
♦ She has a Master's degree in Contract Management from American Graduate University.
♦ She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia.
♦ In the span of nine months, she wrote eight books that were published seven years later.
♦ She does tarot readings for friends and family.
♦ She reads books on Astrology, Tarot, Numerology and related books in the metaphysical genre. (From the author.)
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Book Reviews
If you love sweet romances about destiny deciding your soul mate, you will love this book. It was a good clean read. It really cute how Lisa and Doug's paths continued to cross. The more they ran into each other the more they realized how much they had in common.
Amazon Customer Review (Kindle)
This book was wonderful. First let me say that I usually do not like straight romance novels, however this one totally captured my interest. Such intrigue and suspense to see if they are true soul mates and meant to be together. I was actually sad to see this end. Can't wait for the next book in the series.
Amazon Customer Review - LAS
Oh my goodness, this is the most enjoyable read of 2016 for me already and I HAVE NOT EVEN FINISHED THE BOOK YET!!!! I look forward to other books from this author. I will be sad when I finish the book. I'm trying to drag it out as long as possible until the next one.
Amazon Customer Review
Good book! It's the second time in 2 days I've read that an author has included the family in the story line. Thank you for realizing that we would love reading about these kind of lovers. Can't wait for your next book
Amazon Customer Review
Riveting story. Can't wait for the next volume sometimes southern men do fall in love after all loved hearing the family background. A
Amazon Customer Review - laohio
Discussion Questions
1. Do you think Doug and Lisa were destined to be together or did they just experience Groundhog Day?
2. Did Doug really enjoy his bachelor lifestyle before meeting Lisa? Was he completely happy with his life?
3. Are there any social stereotypes portrayed throughout the novel?
4. What does Lisa find charming about Doug's arrogance, if anything?
5. Who does the author more closely relate to in the series? Doug or Lisa? How can we tell this throughout the novel?
6. Will Doug and Lisa stay together as a couple or do you think their future will be as crazy as their courtship?
(Questions courtesy of the author.)