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Claire Croxton combines soul-searching prose with snarky eloquence to create memorable tales of love and romance such as Santorini Sunset and Redneck Ex.
After spending over a decade as a technical writer in Northern Alaska, Claire Croxton chucked aside her mukluks, loaded up her cats and relocated to a farm in Japton, Arkansas to pursue a career in writing fiction.
She had no idea there were places more remote than tiny, Iñupiaq villages with no road access, yet she managed to find one. The woods of Madison County are inspirational and she has written several short stories that have been published in anthologies. Her novels are filled with unique characters-strong,bold women and knock-your-bloomers-off hot men. Sure they're flawed, but who cares? Have you seen their abs?
Somehow along the way, this cat lady acquired dogs, ducks and too many chickens to count. She lives with her extremely tolerant husband and not so understanding cats. When she's not writing, she's gardening, baking or thinking about making another quilt.
She serves on the board of directors for the Ozark Writers' League and is the President of the Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc.
Reviewed by Kristie Ingerto for Readers' Favorite
Claire Croxton's novel, "Santorini Sunset," is a story similar to the movie "The Wedding Date" and yet so much more! Caroline is a beautiful, intelligent woman; however, she does not believe others see her like that as she is constantly criticized by her mother. And her sister is a model who Caroline’s fiancé falls in love with. Caroline, not wanting to attend her sister and ex-fiancé’s wedding alone, tells her mother she is dating Raul, a handsome co-worker. However, Caroline has barely spoken with Raul until suddenly her mother shows up to take the couple to lunch. Instead of being against the idea, Raul throws himself whole-hardheartedly into the scheme. Raul has been trying to get assigned to Caroline's team for years at work and this may be his chance to be paired with Caroline in more than one way.
This is the first book I have read by Croxton and it will not be my last! Her style of writing is so easy to read as the story flows well, the writing is so descriptive, and the characters are so real and lovable. The story changes between Caroline and Raul's perspectives and I love that as I felt as though I got to know each of them so well. Coming from such a different family than Raul's, Caroline immediately loves the Sobrevilla family and she is herself in this setting, causing Raul to fall even more in love with her. The dynamics of the various relationships in the book are realistic and the reader will be able to relate to the characters because of this. Caroline's low self-esteem stems from her relationship with her mother and her sister and this makes her oblivious to how others, especially men, see her. The minor characters including Maude and Jessica are great additions to the story and play important roles in the story and the romance between Caroline and Raul also plays a key role. This is an excellent story to kick back, relax and lose yourself in as you will be rooting for Caroline and Raul, despising Albert, and loving every moment of the story!
