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Character Spotlight ~ Cynthia Ruchti’s Anna, Ivy, and Becky with Giveaway

Meet three women born decades apart in

Cynthia Ruchti’s

women’s fiction novel

When the Morning Glory Blooms

Abingdon Press

The Story

Becky rocks a baby that rocked her world.

Sixty years earlier, with her fiancé Drew in the middle of the Korean Conflict, Ivy throws herself into her work at a nursing home to keep her sanity and provide for the child Drew doesn’t know is coming. Ivy cares for Anna, an elderly patient who taxes Ivy’s listening ear until the day she suspects Anna’s tall tales are not the ramblings of dementia. They’re fragments of Anna’s disjointed memories of …

Rescue Team by Candace Calvert

Synopsis:~

Tired of running from her past, nurse Kate Callison intends to become Austin Grace Hospital’s permanent ER director and make Texas her home. Despite staff friction, she’s moving ahead. Then unthinkable tragedy wraps the ER in crime tape, bringing swarms of media, legal chaos—and a search-and-rescue hero who seems determined to meddle in her life.

For Wes Tanner, nothing beats finding someone who’s lost; he’s known that helpless terror firsthand. So he’ll expand his team’s lifeline of hope: K9 tracking, swift water rescue, even horse-mounted searches. He’s ready for anything—except Austin Grace’s prickly and dismissive ER director.

As Kate …

The INSPY Awards ~ 2013 Short Lists Announced

Well, after months of furious reading, and deliberating in earnest with my fellow Advisory Board members, the INPSY Award 2013 Short Lists have been announced. The responsibility for determining which of the five books in each category garners the 2013 award now rests with our amazing judges.

Selecting the short listed books is not for the faint hearted – it is a responsibility that the Board does not take lightly, especially when there are fabulous books that have to miss out. We hope that this process introduces readers to the range of books that are available, written from a …

Character Spotlight ~ Katie Ganshert’s Ian & Robin

Meet two fabulous characters in

Katie Ganshert’s

contemporary romance

Wishing on Willows

Waterbrook Press

The Story

A three-year old son, a struggling café, and fading memories are all Robin Price has left of her late husband. As the proud owner of Willow Tree Café in small town Peaks, Iowa, she pours her heart into every muffin she bakes and espresso she pulls, thankful for the sense of purpose and community the work provides.

So when developer Ian McKay shows up in Peaks with plans to build condos where her café and a vital town ministry are located, she isn’t about …

Pop Quiz ~ Siri Mitchell

Military spouse, mum to one, francophile, and sushi maker

Historical writer

The Messenger, Love’s Pursuit, A Heart Most Worthy, & more

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What did you do on/for your 13th birthday?

I had one of my good friends over for the night. Very low-key. Dinner out and cake at home afterward.

What 3 adjectives would your friends/family use to describe your personality?

Kind. Peaceful. Wise.

Where did your penchant for writing historicals begin?

On the East Coast of the United States. We lived in the state of Delaware when I was young, in the middle of so many historical places …

Character Spotlight ~ Jody Hedlund’s Carl & Annalisa

Meet a German widow & a fugitive nobleman in

Jody Hedlund’s

historical romance

A Noble Groom

Bethany

The Story

Recently widowed Annalisa Werner has the feeling her husband was murdered but can’t prove it. Alone with her young daughter in 1881 Michigan, she has six months left to finish raising the money needed to pay back the land contract her husband purchased, and the land is difficult to toil by herself. She needs a husband. With unmarried men scarce, her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom.

For nobleman …