Hi, my name is Cynthia Towers. I have long blonde hair and green eyes. I have medium size breasts. I have been working at Piquant Press. Even though I have just gotten promoted to junior editor, sometimes I wonder if I really want to be working where I am. Sometimes I get homesick for the town of Winter Haven and the people in it. Spending the holiday season in my home town has refreshed those doubts. Sometimes I think that I wanted to try my fortunes elsewhere just because I wanted a new adventure. Now, I have to decide whether I want to continue with my job or quit so I could find a job closer to home. I know any job I could get here would pay considerably less than I make now, but I would be a lot closer to my mom and my brother.

While I ponder the future, I look around the town's New Year's party and look at the people who mean the most to me. There is Nick Peralta, my boss at Piquant Press. He has short black hair and is slightly taller than me. It took a lot of hard work to convince him to publish Holly's story The Heart Of Winter, but he finally agreed to get the ball rolling. There is Wyatt Hart who was my boyfriend in high school and will soon be going off on a grand pilot's adventure. There is the woman who is my best friend in high school, Holly Wright. She has shoulder-length black hair that is quite curly. Sometimes I think that I am attracted to her. Could I be a lesbian? Now that I think about it, there is one other person who I think a lot about who isn't here. Her name is Bree Powers and I could definitely see myself starting a relationship with that black haired woman especially since we danced at the office Christmas party.

While trying to decide who I loved the most, I enjoyed being with my Mom and my brother. Even though I am adopted, that doesn't make us any less of a family. Family isn't just about who gives birth to you, it is about who takes care of you and who loves you. Since they both have done so much for me, I wanted to give something back to them and I wanted them both to be happy. That was why I spent so much time matchmaking for my Mom and brother. I was quite sneaky when I drove a parade float so Avery and my brother could spend some time together. I even made a sharp turn so Avery would fall right into my brother's waiting arms. How romantic is that? It was no easy task getting my brother and Avery together thanks to Henry the town bully. It was almost a chess game subtlety pulling strings to create opportunities for my brother and his heart's desire to meet and to literally leave Henry out in the cold. There was one time when I tripped Henry on the ice on purpose. That felt good. Once I did that, all I had to do was let nature take it's course. I even worked some magic on the ice for Mom and Nick's pilot Charles by suggesting that they skate together.

Playing matchmaker was a great way to distract myself from my problems, but now I can't put off taking care of myself. I have to decide what I want to do with my life all over again. While I have some small doubts about the future, I have no doubts at all about who I want to start a relationship with the most. The person who I care about the most is: