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Character Spotlight ~ Sarah E. Ladd’s William & Patience

Meet a headmistress and a wayward son in

Sarah E. Ladd’s

historical romance

The Headmistress of Rosemere

Thomas Nelson

The Story

At twenty-five, Patience Creighton is already a spinster. The busy headmistress of Rosemere always expected a dashing man to sweep her off her feet and take her away . . . but that man never came. And since her father’s death, keeping the school running and her mother happy has been plenty to keep her occupied.

William Sterling dallied his way into financial trouble and mortal danger. When he is assaulted by his creditors’ henchmen on the road home …

Dare to Love Again by Julie Lessman

Synopsis:~

Spunky Allison McClare is determined to be a fearless, independent woman, resorting to a mammoth hat pin for protection on her way to and from the school where she teaches. But when she takes a notion to explore the wild Barbary Coast she quickly discovers she is no match for rum-soaked brute strength.

Detective Nick Barone would rather do almost anything than teach this petite socialite jiu-jitsu, but it seems he has little choice in the matter. Sparks fly every time the two meet until a grudging friendship develops into something deeper. But when Nick suddenly leaves town, Allison …

Meet Amy Lillard…and a giveaway

Meet the author of

Gabriel’s Bride

Amy Lillard

B & H

What was a favourite childhood book of yours?

My sister had a book called Shadow Castle about a girl who follows a dog into a tunnel only to find herself in a different world full of magical fairies and castles and of course a prince. I remember it fondly though I think I liked it best of all because my sister did. I loved her sharing that book with me.

Do you remember the title of the first story you ever wrote? What was it …

Bookish Question of the Week & Book Reveal

I love Biblical fiction and no one writes them better than Tosca Lee. Here’s a look at her August release, which I have selected for my book club later in the year, and also prompted my bookish question below.

Sheba: The Rise of a Queenby Tosca Lee

Her name is legend. Her story, the epic of nations. The Queen of Sheba. A powerful new novel of love, power, and the questions at the heart of existence by the author of the “brilliant” (Library Journal) and “masterful” (Publisher’s Weekly) Iscariot.

There is the story you know: A foreign queen, journeying north …

Character Spotlight ~ Mary Connealy’s Marcus Whitfield with giveaway

Meet a shy banker in

Mary Connealy’s

historical romance novella

Meeting Her Match in

A Match Made in Texas

by Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Carol Cox, and Mary Connealy

Bethany House

The Story

There’s a secret matchmaker at work in frontier Texas!

In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can’t keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she’s also giving each couple a little nudge toward love?

A Cowboy Unmatched
Neill isn’t sure who hired …

Character Spotlight ~ Robin Lee Hatcher’s Allison & Emma

Meet two women generations apart in

Robin Lee Hatcher’s

historical novel

A Promise Kept

Thomas Nelson

The Story

God was going to save her marriage, Allison was sure of it. But neither her husband nor her marriage had been saved.

What had become of His promise?

Tony Kavanagh had been Allison’s dream-come-true. They were in love within days, engaged within weeks, married and pregnant within a year. Her cup bubbled over with joy . . . but years later, that joy had been extinguished by unexpected trials.

The day Allison issued her husband an ultimatum, she thought it might save …