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I’m delighted to introduce you to debut author

Melissa Jagears

and her historical romance

A Bride for Keeps

Bethany House

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Who is Melissa?

I am a stay at home mother on a tiny little farm with a fixer-upper house. As much as I love writing and reading about homesteaders, I am so glad I’m a homesteader during an era with modern grocery stores to take up for my slack. I am an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher by trade, and I still work occasionally in that field along with being my church’s financial secretary.…

The Icing on the Cake by Janice Thompson

Synopsis:~

Scarlet Lindsey’s aunt Wilhelmina may be Texas’s most popular cake baker extraordinaire, but she’s also getting on in years. When Scarlet decides to take on the role of cake decorator at her cranky aunt’s bidding, it’s just the beginning of a series of misunderstandings and mishaps that will lead her to compete in a cake challenge on national television–and might even lead her to finding true love.

My take:~

Janice Thompson never fails to pen a charming romance, full of sweetness, humour, and quirky characters. The second instalment of her Weddings by Design series, readers will love reaquainting themselves …

Bleeding Heart by Amber Stokes

Synopsis:~

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 a broken heart can far too easily wound the hearts of others – and …

Bookish Question of the Week

So, dear readers, with three sick kids and a husband trying not to go down with the same nasty head cold I’m taking the easy way out and throwing it open to you for Bookish Question of the Week ideas. I have quite a few up my sleeve but no time today to pose them so I’d love for you to share what might be some bookish questions you’d love to see posted here for feedback from fellow readers and authors, alike! I’m sure you’re brimming with wonderful ideas as I know you are as passionate about books as I …

Guest post ~ James L. Rubart & Memory’s Door

Got Freedom?

The Next Book In The Well Spring Series Is Here!

James L. Rubart’s novel, Soul’s Gate, won both an INSPY award and a Christy Award, and now the highly anticipated sequel, Memory’s Door, has released. It’s an epic story of four warriors who have fulfilled a powerful prophecy by learning how to send their spirits into other people’s souls to fight for healing and freedom. But it’s also an extremely intimate story that explores the devastating consequences of holding onto our regrets—and how we can get free of them.

Here’s a few thoughts from …

An Amish proverb with Suzanne Woods Fisher

Mama Drama

“As we go through life each one of us learns that we never get dizzy doing good turns.” Amish proverb

Rose Schrock, a main character in The Letters, has a mother-in-law who gives all mother-in-laws a bad name. Vera Schrock is demanding, critical, undermining, and plays favorites with the grandchildren. Rose is a strong woman, but she’s determined to cope with Vera’s gloomy presence with grace—and gratitude, too, for the shelter Vera’s farm has provided for her family after her husband passed.

The Amish are the first to say they’re not perfect, but their extended family …