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In her Gilded Age retelling of the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau, Susan May Warren reminds readers of the sordid nature of greed, infidelity and betrayal in a time where opulence, entitlement and social standing were life itself.

Esme Price has been groomed to take her place in society and her parents intend to engineer her marriage to benefit their pocketbooks rather than Esme’s heart. When her heart is shattered by tragedy and then sisterly betrayal, Esme flees New York to seek a life of independence on the Montana frontier and experiences a life she couldn’t have imagined.

Jinx’s …

Coming in mid 2012 from Zondervan

A Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends ~ hope your day is fabulous 🙂

Here’s some more 2012 releases ~ this time from Zondervan.

What do you think?

Murder in Miami by Noel Hynd

Alex LaDuca travels to Miami to continue her investigations into the murder-and-money laundering activities of the Dosi cartel, an intrigue set in motion in Hostage in Havana. Sent there by the U.S. Treasury Department to speak with a recent Cuban defector, she soon realizes this key player may be no help at all.

A vast global money laundering scheme fueled by cocaine profits. A man …

Author Alert ~ Katie Ganshert

Credit: Mattox

Katie Ganshert

I’m delighted to introduce Katie Ganshert, wife, mum and soon to be published author!
Katie’s debut contemporary romance, Wildflowers in Winter, releases in May, 2012 from Waterbrook Multnomah, with a second story to follow in 2013.

Here’s the lowdown on Wildflowers in Winter

A young architect at a prestigious Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built the life she dreamed of during her trailer park teen years. Until an unexpected interruption from her estranged mother reveals that tragedy has struck in her hometown and a reluctant Bethany is called back to rural Iowa. Determined

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Belonging by Robin Lee Hatcher

Synopsis:~

In the high desert town of Frenchman’s Bluff, Idaho, Felicia Kristoffersen has set out to create a future for herself that is better than her painful past. Alone in the world with only her faith to sustain her, she must prove herself as this tiny community’s new school teacher. She cannot, must not, fail. But, there are those who never wanted her there to begin with.

Five years after the death of his wife, local merchant Colin Murphy cares about just one thing: raising his daughter, Charity. Colin wants to give her the educational advantages he never had. The …

Character Spotlight ~ Lena Nelson Dooley’s Maggie Caine & Charles Stanton

Lena Nelson Dooley’s new McKenna’s Daughters series has begun with the newly released, Maggie’s Journey, available from Realms.

Synopsis

A girl who’s been lied to her whole life…

Near her eighteenth birthday, Margaret Lenora Caine finds a chest hidden in the attic containing proof that she was adopted. The daughter of wealthy merchants in Seattle, she feels betrayed both by her real parents and by the ones who raised her.

Maggie desires a place where she belongs. But her mother’s constant criticism and reminders that she doesn’t fit the mold of a young woman of their social standing have …

Guest post by Tricia Goyer

Tricia Goyer’s Remembering You is available now from Guideposts. Enjoy this guest post from Tricia about an amazing experience she had a part in.

Synopsis

35-year-old Ava Andrews’ dream job is interrupted by an unusual request–fulfill her 84-year-old grandfather’s last wish by joining him on a battle site tour of Europe. Ava is sure her boss will refuse her request. But, instead, he gives her a directive of his own–to videotape the tour and send it back as mini-segments for the show she produces.

As if juggling these two things isn’t hard enough, Ava is soon surprised again …