Sandra Bonaldi came home to her very first home
in picturesque Nutley New Jersey and although she had moved
around quite a bit through the years it didn't surprise her
when she ended up right back where it all began. Although she
will admit with a wink and smile that there's a part of her
that's just itching to go out west. Maybe it's because of all
of those romances with cowboys riding the open range or maybe
it's just a yearning for a simpler way of life. But for right
now she's firmly rooted in Jersey soil.
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you'd
better hit it. She remarried in 1996 to a wonderful man she'd
met on a blind date. When she and Tom had met in 1991 she'd
been raising three small children (Joe, Jackie and Mark) on
her own and was struggling to simply get by. It wasn't by chance
that they had met. It was simply meant to be. They became a
couple by their second date and Tom took to fatherhood as a
duck takes to water and the rest is history. They were married
exactly five years later.
While her children are now reaching adulthood
and slowly leaving the nest she and Tom are now able to pursue
their passion for creativity on a broader scale. Writing has
been one of Sandra's passions but raising a family naturally
came first. Although her stories may have been placed on the
backburner at that time they too have never strayed far from
her mind or heart.
A few months after Mark was born she had begun to write. It
had started small with some rhyming verse which was followed
by snippets kept in a journal; then it was a couple of short
stories and then she decided that she was going to go for the
gold and write a book. Not just any book, it had to be a romance.
From that point on there was no turning back and she has been
writing ever since.
"One Enchanted Evening is my ultimate fairytale.
There was that heartfelt ahhh after you turn the last page.
Midnight Magic, a contemporary romance, is a little bit different.
It is still a steamy love story but with some intense elements
that really hit home. One in particular deals with a thread
of Domestic Violence which gives this story a realistic edge."
What is on the horizon has yet to be seen but
rest assured there is another story already beginning to unfold…
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