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The first step in a challenging journey is often the one that means the most.

Though it means saying goodbye to the beloved friends and spiritual mentors of her St. Charles, Missouri quilting circle, Anna Goben is certain that she needs to enlist her family in the Boones Lick Company wagon train. The loss of her beloved brother in the Civil War has paralyzed her mother and grandfather in a malaise of grief and depression and Anna is convinced that only a fresh start in the Promised Land of California can bring her family back to her. Although the …

Love’s Awakening by Laura Frantz

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Ellie Ballantyne, youngest child of Silas and Eden, has left finishing school. But back at her family home in Pittsburgh, Ellie finds that her parents are away on a long trip and her siblings don’t seem to want her to stay. When she opens a day school for young ladies, she begins tutoring the incorrigible daughter of the enemy Turlock clan. The Turlocks are slaveholders and whiskey magnates, envious of the powerful Ballantynes and suspicious of their abolitionist leanings.

As Ellie becomes increasingly tangled with the Turlocks, she finds herself falling in love with an impossible future–and Jack Turlock, …

Character Spotlight ~ Mary Ellis’ Rachel & Jake with giveaway

Meet an Amish girl and a horse trainer in

Mary Ellis’

contemporary Amish novel

A Little Bit of Charm

Harvest House

The Story

After the death of her parents and then watching both of her older sisters find happiness in homes of their own with husbands who adore them, Rachel King yearns for a new beginning. Her cousin Sarah lives near a thoroughbred stable in Kentucky, and working around beautiful horses is Rachel’s dream come true. She leaves Lancaster County to find a job at Twelve Elms Stables and believes God has answered her prayers.

And then she meets Jake, …

It’s party time with Melissa Tagg & Made to Last

As you know, I’m always on the lookout for new authors so I was delighted to discover the ever entertaining Melissa Tagg had snagged a contract with Bethany House for a couple of contemporary romance novels. I’d been following Melissa’s blog for some time and it was fun to celebrate her joy.

Roll forward 12 months and I actually had the opportunity to interview Melissa, IN PERSON, at ACFW this month ~ go figure! I can assure you, if someone had told me a year ago I’d be heading to the USA to meet some of the wonderful writers I’ve …

The Great DEBs’ Vegemite Tasting Experiment

Soon, when I get my act together and send what I need to my amazing web guru, Kelli Standish, I’ll be posting a special page on my ACFW experience ~ there will be photos, audio interviews, videos, and more. For now, I wanted to share with you the fun that was our DEBs reunion breakfast!

In May, 2012, with the brilliant Kelli Standish leading the way, I had the pleasure of helping launch the debut novels of Katie Ganshert, Olivia Newport, Dani Pettrey, and Beth Vogt, so I couldn’t wait to meet with them at the …

Carolina Reckoning by Lisa Carter

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When 30-something housewife, Alison Monaghan discovers proof of her husband’s infidelity in a photograph with a mysterious woman, she must decide how to confront Frank when he returns home from work. Despite the influence of her best friend Valerie, a strong Christian, Alison remains aloof from God and is determined to handle this crisis her own way. But Alison may not get that chance. Frank never makes it home. Soon his body is found on a lonely back-country road in antebellum Weathersby Historic Park where Frank served on the board of directors and where Alison, with a degree in …