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Nikki Arana, Coeur d'Alene Chapter
Idaho Writer's League
2007 Published Writer of the Year
To learn about Nikki's books, scroll down.
Nikki Arana is an award-winning author of women’s fiction, essays, poetry, and magazine articles whose work has been published in the United States and Canada. She has won several national awards, including the 2006 and 2007American Christian Fiction Book of the Year for Women's Fiction, and the Beacon Award. Her book, The Winds of Sonoma was named One of the Top 20 Books of the Year by Christianbook.com. Nikki is also the recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Media Silver Angel Award (www.angelawards.com ), the Jessie Cameron Alison Writer of the Year Award, and the Idaho Writer's League Writer of the Year for the state of Idaho. She is an experienced speaker and has presented numerous, highly successful workshops on the craft of writing. Nikki is a member of the Idaho Writer's League, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. You can read more about her writing journey at www.nikkiarana.com.
Nikki and her husband of thirty-one years, Antonio, live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They have two grown sons. She has been a real estate broker for thirty years and helps people find the home of their dreams as a sales agent for Century 21 Beutler & Associates. Though writing takes most of her free time, she also enjoys playing the piano and working in her rose garden.
The Winds of Sonoma
by Nikki Arana
Women's Fiction 404 pages
Angelica Amante must make a career-ending moral decision when the high profile, New York law firm she works for demands that she use her brilliant legal talent to exploit the poorest of the poor. Blackballed in New York, she returns to her parents' California wine country estate determined to start over. There she meets Antonio, an illiterate stable hand who cleans the stalls of her father's Arabian horses. He has an inner strength, integrity, and peace that she longs for in this time of turmoil. And soon she is drawn to him in a way she cannot deny. Angelica finds herself fighting her mother's prejudice and her father's insistence that she pursue the lifestyle she was groomed for. With her mother seriously ill and her father on the edge of financial ruin, must she betray her family to be true to herself? One decision will change her life forever. This book has won many awards.
Price $13.99
Purchase at www.nikkiarana.com/my-novels/
In the Shade of the Jacaranda
by Nikki Arana
Women's Fiction 400 pages
After Angelica Amante defied her wealthy parents' wishes and married an illiterate Mexican stable hand, Antonio Perez, she thought their love had overcome the biggest hurdle they would ever face. But just as Angelica throws herself into her work as a defense attorney, she discovers she is pregnant-and her world is turned upside down. As her husband struggles to save his fledgling landscape business, Angelica must juggle the challenges of a demanding boss and an unexpected pregnancy. Then their doctor becomes concerned about the health of their unborn child and their relationship with her parents becomes troubled. Soon both Angelica and Antonio are confronted with decisions that shake them to their core. Will their faith in God and their love for each other sustain them-even when it seems their dreams are slipping away? Winner of the national competition Silver Angel Award, Excellence in Media.
Price $13.99
Purchase at www.nikkiarana.com/my-novels/
The Fragrance of Roses
by Nikki Arana
Women's Fiction 410 pages
Against all odds, rising-star attorney Angelica Amante married migrant farm worker Antonio Perez, and soon gave up her career to be a stay-at-home mom to their two children, Manuel and Anica. Manuel, born with Downs syndrome, was stricken with cancer as a baby, but the little family came through the crisis intact and now considers Manuel their miracle child. God had indeed blessed them. Or had He? When the deadly disease returns with a vengeance, threatening to rip away all that is precious to them, Antonio is forced to return to Mexico to search among his family members for a compatible donor for Manuel. Angelica must stay behind to watch her young son deteriorate, as he suffers the ravages of chemotherapy and unexplained complications. With only their faith in God and their love for each other to sustain them, Antonio and Angelica face the greatest battle of their lives. Time is running out for their son. Will Antonio find the one person in all of Mexico who can save his life? The Fragrance of Roses won the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year for Women's Fiction. A national competition.
Price $12.99
Purchase at www.nikkiarana.com/my-novels/
As I Have Loved You
by Nikki Arana
Leigh Scott is a single mom who just wants the best for her only son, Jeff: a college degree and a good job. But when he starts seeing Jessica, a young woman with a troubled past and a questionable future, Leigh envisions all her best-laid plans going up in smoke. As Jeff spends more and more time with Jessica, Leigh sees her fears realized in Jeff’s dropping grades and bad choices. To top it off, Leigh finds her relationships with her parents, her brother, and a long-lost old flame getting more complicated. Will Leigh get through to her son in time? Or is there more to Jessica than meets the eye? This many-layered, emotional family saga will captivate readers as it shows them the peril of judgment, the need for forgiveness, and the gift of love.
Price $9.99
Purchase at www.nikkiarana.com/my-novels/
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Through the Eyes of Christ:
How to Lead Muslims into the Kingdom of God
"I highly recommend this book . . ." Roy Oksnevad, Director
of Muslim Ministries, Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College
Updated: December 06, 2009
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