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Behind the Scenes ~ Kristen Vasgaard, Pt 1

During my time in the US, I got to connect with many amazing authors but I also had the opportunity to meet up with many of the dedicated professionals within the Christian publishing industry who work behind the scenes, so to speak ~ publishers, publicists, designers, marketers, editors, agents, and the like. I thought that you, my dear readers, may find the things they do fascinating so I’m beginning a new series of interviews, highlighting some of these brilliant people who are so very passionate about all things books!

Meet HarperCollins Christian Publishing’s

Art Director

Kristen Vasgaard

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If …

Character Spotlight ~ Anita Higman’s Charlotte Rose Hill

Meet a tea room owner in

Anita Higman’s

contemporary romance

A Marriage in Middlebury

Abingdon Press

The Story

Charlotte Rose Hill has been serving up country delicacies, uniquely blended teas, and matchmaking advice for her quirky but beloved customers for more than 10 years. But for her, marriage seems like an elusive butterfly, always out of reach. At 18, Charlotte fell in love with a young man, Sam Wilder, but his family convinced her to walk away from their relationship. She did, and then became engaged to another man, who later died before they were married.

Now, more than …

Character Spotlight ~ Amber Stokes’ five bleeding hearts

Meet five wounded souls in

Amber Stokes’

historical romance

Bleeding Hearts

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The Story

Five bleeding hearts. One profound journey.

Summer 1886

Sally Clay’s livelihood has been snatched away, but in its place arises an opportunity to escape from her sordid past and an unrelenting, unwanted suitor. Boarding a train with a heartsick rancher and an enigmatic miner, she leaves Virginia City behind and heads to Northern California, waiting for the chance to make right what went wrong three long years before.

But the road to revenge is far from smooth. Sally soon learns that the jagged pieces of …

Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

Synopsis:~

Samantha Moore has always hidden behind the words of others—namely, her favorite characters in literature. Now, she will learn to write her own story—by giving that story to a complete stranger.

Sam is, to say the least, bookish. An English major of the highest order, her diet has always been Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare. The problem is, both her prose and conversation tend to be more Elizabeth Bennet than Samantha Moore.

But life for the twenty-three-year-old orphan is about to get stranger than fiction. An anonymous, Dickensian benefactor (calling himself Mr. Knightley) offers to put Sam through Northwestern University’s …

Character Spotlight ~ Melissa Jagears’ Everett & Julia with Giveaway

Meet a farmer and mail order bride in

Melissa Jagears’

Historical romance

A Bride for Keeps

Bethany House

The Story

Everett Cline will never humiliate himself by seeking a mail-order bride. Not again. He’s already been jilted by three mail-order brides and figures a wife just isn’t in his future. However, a well-meaning neighbor hasn’t given up on seeing him settled, so she goes behind his back to bring yet another woman to town for him.

Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. A …

Coming in mid 2014 from Bethany House

Another round of covers and stories to discover and ponder as we wait for the release of these 2014 books from Bethany House.

I have thoughts!! You’re not surprised, I’m sure 😉

I adore Julianna’s – so suited to the genre and time period and the black and read is so striking. While the background of Elizabeth’s is a little white, I like the forward facing model (and she has held on to her head, Aaron!) and the mint green dress.

Melissa’s is a great improvement on her debut release and Becky Wade’s is cute although the angle is a …