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Author Alert ~ Joanne Bischof

It is my pleasure to introduce debut author Joanne Bischof ~ Joanne’s first historical romance releases this October, Be Still My Soul, the first in her Cadence of Grace series.

Here’s a bit more about Joanne:

Married to her first sweetheart, Joanne Bischof lives in the mountains of Southern California where she keeps busy making messes with their home-schooled children. When she’s not weaving Appalachian romance, she’s blogging about faith, writing, and the adventures of country living that bring her stories to life. Be Still My Soul is her first novel.

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Be Still My Soul

Night’s chill tickled …

Coming in 2013 from B&H Fiction

B&H Fiction return in 2013 with a mix of titles including contemporary, Amish, historical and suspense.

So, do share your thoughts on these covers and the story lines and click on the links for more details

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The River Palace by Gilbert Morris

The Civil War has ended when Yankee Captain Dennis Wainwright and Confederate Sergeant Gage Kennon cross paths. Forming an unlikely alliance, their travels become very interesting when they stumble across a band of Gypsies. Gage saves an older Gypsy woman from a terrible accident, earning the respect, but not the friendship, of her granddaughter Nadyha. Later Gage …

Getting to know Elizabeth (Beth) Goddard

Beth Goddard loves stories of suspense and romance so it’s no surprise that her novels include those elements. She has written for Heartsong Presents, Love Inspired and Barbour creating memorable characters journeying towards love!

Enjoy getting to know Beth a little more at Relz Reviewz

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What appeals to you most about writing fiction?

As an avid reader growing up, I’ve always loved to travel and experience new places within the pages of a novel. Writing fiction gives me the opportunity to create my own stories. I can write about anything and anywhere I can imagine. Real life is filled …

Character Spotlight ~ Melanie Dobson’s Elena Bissette

Melanie Dobson’s latest Love Finds You novel is set in the Gilded Age

Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan

Summerside Press

The Story

Elena must choose between her heart and her family’s fortune. It’s the height of the Gilded Age, but Elena Bissette’s once-wealthy family has lost most of its fortune. The Bissettes still own a home on fashionable Mackinac Island, and they spend summers there in the hope of introducing Elena to a wealthy suitor. But Elena is repulsed by the idea of marrying for money. Quickly tiring of the extravagant balls, she spends most evenings walking along …

Getting to know Lisa McKay….and Mike Wolfe

I “met” Lisa McKay online years ago, thrilled to discover an fellow Australian writing amazing fiction (If you haven’t read My Hands Came Away Red, you should!) and we have enjoyed sharing with each other off and on over the years. Knowing a little of her unusual courtship with her American fella through our correspondence and her essays, I was delighted when she told me was writing a memoir about their dance with romance!

Lisa’s Love at the Speed of Email is a brilliantly moving and challenging story; funny and sad; reflecting Lisa’s deeply compassionate heart and wicked …

Love in Disguise by Carol Cox

Synopsis:~

When costume-maker Ellie Moore suddenly finds herself out of a job in the middle of a bleak Chicago winter, she uses her knowledge of theatrical disguise to secure a position as an undercover operative with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Her assignment: find the culprit behind the theft of silver shipped from the mines near Pickford, Arizona. Disguised as Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow, Ellie begins her investigation. Soon she finds she must also pose as the dazzling young Jessie Monroe, whose vivacious personality encourages people to talk.

Mine owner Steven Pierce is about to lose his business after the …