About the Book

Book: Another Outer Banks Christmas

Author: Christina Sinisi

Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance

Release Date: November, 2023

As the daughter of missionaries, Kerrie Alexander has lived on Hatteras—an island in the Outer Banks—longer than any other place she’s been. When her parents inform her the family is slotted to go overseas again, she balks. Her life on the island—her job, her friends, even the handsome hero in her Sunday School class—makes her want to put down roots. Butto do so, she’ll need to find a place to live, face being on her own separated from any close family—something she’s never done before.

Firefighter and EMT Wade Hampton can face pretty much any emergency, except his matchmaking grandpa threatening him with disinheritance if Wade doesn’t get married in just three months. Not that Wade objects to the idea of marriage, but how does a guy who has no problem running into burning buildings find the courage to ask a girl like Kerrie out for a date? She’s a role model for everything good, and he comes from a rough and broken home. Not to mention, Christmas is right around the corner!

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About the Author

A member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Christina Sinisi writes stories about families, both the broken and blessed. Her works include a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest and the American Title IV Contest where she appeared in the top ten in the Romantic Times magazine. By day, she is a psychology professor and lives in the LowCountry of South Carolina with her husband and two children and loves a good cooking challenge.

More from Christina

Christmas in July!

Another Outer Banks Christmas is the third book in a series—but the second book hasn’t been published yet! Good thing I wrote this one as a stand-alone.

So…here’s the story behind the story.

In June 2019, I saw an email requesting Christmas novellas by the end of the month. I buckled down and wrote Christmas Confusion in three weeks. Then, excited about the story, I wrote a full-length novel for the second installment in my Charleston series, Sweet Summer. However, my publisher at the time, Anaiah Press, said they had a full slate for 2020 and no space for a novel.

Rather than not publish anything for a year, I looked around me for inspiration and found it at my sister’s vacation home on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We first visited after Christmas in December 2019. Hurricane Dorian had devastated nearby Ocracoke Island in September. Shocked by the damage and the businesses still boarded up, some of which never reopened, I wanted to tell the story of the brave people who live there—thus, Christmas on Ocracoke was born.

Now, I always seem to fall in love with my characters and want to get to know them better—and their families. Hope of Hatteras (to be published later this year, date TBA) is the story of the hero of Ocracoke’s sister. Another Outer Banks Christmas is the story of the hero of Hatteras’ best friend.

As the daughter of missionaries Kerrie Alexander has lived on Hatteras—an island in the Outer Banks—longer than any other place she’s been. When her parents inform her the family is slotted to go overseas again, she balks. Her life on the island—her job, her friends, even the handsome hero in her Sunday School class—makes her want to put down roots. But to do so, she’ll need to find another place to live, face being on her own separated from any close family—something she’s never done before.

To finish out the story—why hasn’t Hatteras been published? My publisher closed its doors last November and I’m working on my way to being self-published. My book was supposed to be published a week before they closed. Life always has surprises in store, doesn’t it?

Thank the Lord we have a God who doesn’t change.

Another Outer Banks Christmas is a sweet romance that addresses the challenges our missionaries and their families face, plus, on the other side, the fact that we don’t have to be perfect to be loved—by God or other people.

Blessings, Christina

Interview with the Author

What does success as an author look like to you?

Like so many others, I struggle with this question. I haven’t hit any bestseller lists and I don’t make enough money to support myself with my writing. However, I enjoy the process—okay, that’s too mild—I love the process. I love writing something that touches my heart, and hopefully, the reader’s. So…in the end, if I can inspire one person and glorify God, that’s success to me.

Which character did you connect to best in this book?

Believe it or not, I connected most to the hero. He had some serious Daddy issues and so did I. His father abandoned him, mine did not. Still, I appreciate the chance to consider what it might be like, what it would do to your opinion of yourself, if your father chose not to be a part of your life. Fiction is so valuable for the chance to vicariously live other people’s lives and explore their possible stories.

What inspired this book?

Another Outer Banks Christmas is the third in a series based on the, well, Outer Banks of North Carolina. The story line started when my family and I visited my sister at her vacation home on Hatteras in 2019. While there, we took the ferry over to Ocracoke Island. The island was still battered and recovering from Hurricane Dorian. I wanted to write stories supporting the very resilient people who live there.

What is your vacation spot?

My favorite vacation spot is always the next place on my bucket list. God’s world is so big and beautiful that I don’t want to visit the same place more than a few times—so many places to see. That being said, I do highly recommend North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Driving down that road with the beach on either side of you, sand blowing on to the pavement, it’s like being in a different world.

If you could have one book or piece of art or music on a deserted island, what would it be and why?

I am so practical! I am not a fan of modern art, but I would want a piece of modern sculpture—preferably one made of metal with sharp edges so that I could either hunt or go fishing with it. Hey, I’m on a deserted island and nature would provide the beauty. Starving artist is not the way to go…

Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to share about my writing—God bless the owner of the blog and the readers!