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Getting to know Kim Cash Tate

Kim Cash Tate has garnered much praise for her novels which are full of redemption, hope and encouragement, including the just released, Hope Springs.

Enjoy getting to know Kim a little more at Relz Reviewz!

What appeals to you most about writing fiction?

I love writing about real issues and real struggles against the backdrop of how those struggles play out for a character depending on her relationship with God. I love that those fictional stories translate into real life ministry for readers.

Why Christian fiction?

I write from the perspective of my own life, which was turned …

BLGs’ Book Club Chat with Julie Cantrell ~ Part 1

My book club’s May selection was Julie Cantrell’s deeply moving debut novel, Into the Free, a book each member highly recommends. Julie graciously answered our many questions which I’m delighted to share with you in two parts.

**Please be aware there are significant spoilers below so read at own risk!**

Into the Free

With an abusive father and a “nothing mama,” it seems that young Millie has no hope. She longs to flee Depression-era Mississippi and the madness that marks her world. Then a sweet gum tree she calls Sweetie, her beloved neighbor Sloth, and a band of gypsies …

Getting to know Becky Wade

Debut author Becky Wade has made quite a splash with her contemporary romance, My Stubborn Heart, from Bethany House, garnering much praise for her authentic characterisation and honest dialogue.

Enjoy getting to know Becky at Relz Reviewz!

What appeals to you most about writing fiction?

The fun of using my imagination! It’s such a delight to dream up characters, dialogue, stories, settings all my own. Through my books, I can be wildly wealthy, or gorgeous, or brave, or feisty. I get to experience the joys and deep loves of my characters.

Why Christian fiction?

Because writing Christian …

Character Spotlight ~ Meet Travis Archer & Meredith Hayes from Short~Straw Bride

Karen Witemeyer returns with a trademark fun and feisty historical romance in Short~Straw Bride from Bethany House

The Story

No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk.

Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer confronts a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can’t bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice …

The Next Target by Nikki Arana with Giveaway

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It only took one bullet. Austia’s friend and student fell dead. And with a glimpse of a newspaper headline, the young and recently widowed Austia knows more about what happened than the police. From that fatal night, Austia’s secret outreach to the U.S. Muslim community—in the guise of English language classes—becomes a target. Local Muslim extremists set their sights on ending her ministry and even her life. And the women she ministers to will be next.

A thick web of deceit closes in around Austia, and her circle of friends becomes smaller by the day, even as she finally …

A Love Forbidden by Kathleen Morgan

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Moved by the desire for adventure and a yearning to help the Ute Indians, twenty-year-old Shiloh Wainright impulsively accepts a teaching position at the White River Indian Agency in northwestern Colorado. The new job, however, isn’t what she imagined it would be, and Shiloh soon finds herself caught in the cross fire between the Utes, their unyielding Indian Agent, and the unrealistic demands of the US government. Her unexpected encounter with Jesse Blackwater, an embittered half-breed Ute and childhood friend, only complicates matters as they battle their growing feelings for each other amidst the spiraling tensions threatening to explode …