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Character Spotlight ~ Lauraine Snelling’s Cassie & Ransom

Meet a rancher and a trick rider in

Lauraine Snelling’s

historical romance

A Place to Belong

Bethany House

The Story

As winter settles over the ranch, the Engstrom brothers are much on the mind of Cassie Lockwood. The way Lucas smiles at her should set her heart to tripping. But it doesn’t. Shouldn’t there be some attraction to him if they are going to be married? His vow to make her love him does not seem to be working, no matter how considerate and charming he is.

Ransom Engstrom is another matter. After Cassie’s train trip to a shooting competition, she realizes she misses Ransom more than Lucas. And then there’s the look she caught Lucas sending Betsy Hudson at church one Sunday. Are she and Lucas drifting apart?

Meanwhile, Ransom has discovered that he cares for Cassie but can’t bring himself to express his true feelings to her. When …

Getting to know Donna Fletcher Crow

Get to know murder mystery author

Donna Fletcher Crow

and her third Monastery Murder

An Unholy Communion

Monarch Books

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What appeals to you most about writing fiction?

The story! Especially the historical stories. I love telling the stories of men and women of faith from ages past. I also enjoy developing the backgrounds— which is mostly telling the story of my experiences visiting those places through the eyes of my characters.

Why Christian fiction?

I fear we are in great danger of losing much of our Christian heritage. By telling the stories of what people have suffered for in times past so that we can enjoy our nice, comfortable worship I hope to increase our appreciation of our privileges.

Name five things you can’t live without

Faith, beauty, love, books, food— pretty much in that order.

Favourite book ~ Favourite movie ~ Favourite TV show

Jane Austen is my favorite author …

Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman

Synopsis:~

Jilted by a fortune hunter, cowgirl Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who would just as soon hogtie a man as look at him. Hoping a summer visit with her wealthy cousins in San Francisco will help her forget her heartache, Cassidy travels west. But no sooner is she settled in beautiful California than Jamie McKenna, a handsome pauper looking to marry well, captures her heart.

When Jamie discovers the woman he loves is poorer than he is, Cassidy finds herself bucked by love a second time. Will Jamie discover that money can’t buy love after all? And can Cassidy ever learn to fully trust her heart to a man?

My take:~

Love at Any Cost is the highly anticipated beginning to Julie Lessman’s Heart of San Francisco series, introducing readers to the McClare family with its raft of young and attractive cousins, with …

Character Spotlight ~ Serena Chase’s Rynnaia & Julien

The Eyes of E’veria Stories

The Ryn

DESTINED by prophecy. GUARDED by deception. PURSUED by Love.

Centuries ago, an oracle foretold of the young woman who would defeat E’veria’s most ancient enemy, the Cobelds. But after two centuries of relative peace, both the prophecy and the Cobelds have been relegated to lore—and only a few remain watchful for the promised Ryn.

Finally, a child is born who matches the oracle’s description, but a Cobeld curse accompanies her birth. Led to believe they succeeded in killing the prophesied child, the Cobelds emerge from hiding with plans to overtake the Kingdom.

But the child survived.

Secreted away and called “Rose” for the first nineteen years of her life, Rynnaia E’veri has no idea of her true identity until a chance meeting with an injured knight reveals not only her parentage and true name, but the task assigned her by the oracle: discover the Remedy that will destroy …

Talon: Combat Tracking Team by Ronie Kendig with giveaways

Synopsis:~

She’s on a mission to find her missing brother. Only his combat tracking dog knows where to look. . . .

Air Force veteran Aspen Courtland just wants her brother back—dead or alive. The US Marine Corps declared him dead, but Aspen is unwilling to let him die without a fight. Aspen adopts her brother’s combat tracking team dog, Talon, hoping to come closer to finding peace about Austin. But after the brutal attack that separated dog and handler, Talon is afraid of his own shadow.

Military Intelligence Operative Dane Markoski has run from the truth most of his life. Now, it’s the only thing that can save him—and his mission—if he dares to face the past. Talon is the key to achieving his objective…but the only way to Talon is through his new owner. But Dane swore he’d never work a woman.

Teamed up in Djibouti, Dane and Aspen battle the elements and extremists. Survival …

Character Spotlight ~ Murray Pura’s Christian & Becky

Meet two young and daring pilots in

Murray Pura’s

Amish historical romance

Whispers of a New Dawn

Harvest House

The Story

In the third book in his Snapshots of History series, Murray brings back Jude and Lyyndaya Whetstone, the beloved lead characters in The Wings of Morning.

The year is 1941 and Jude and Lyyndy, with their adult daughter, Rebecca, are summoned to far-off, exotic Honolulu where Rebecca, a flyer like her father, meets a likeable young pilot. The two enjoy a friendship that seems to be turning into something more serious…..until Sunday, December 7, 1941 dawns on the Hawaiian Islands.