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Callie Armistead has long dreamed of going away to school and studying medicine. She’s read medical journals and textbooks for several years with that goal in mind and has helped care for the citizens of Pine Grove since the death of their town doctor. When Dr. Penelope Carmichael arrives and settles in as the new doctor, she gives Callie the opportunity to work with her and learn more about medicine. Micah Sellers has been in love with Callie since their school days and is now building a house for her on his farm in hopes she’ll marry him. Callie is touched by Micah’s love, but her love for her work in the infirmary conflicts with her feelings for him. The miracle of a birth at Christmas opens Callie’s eyes and heart to true love. With her heart full of joy and hope she steps into the future God has planned for her with the man she loves. Purchase at Amazon.com
Summer Patterson, a photo-journalist for a popular magazine, is on a mission to capture the charm and nostalgia of the old Route 66 through the West Texas Panhandle in story and picture, but when her car breaks down in a "middle of nowhere" town, her mission takes a turn she never expected. Cody Harper is a retired rodeo champ filling in as a mechanic until he can get his own ranch. Repairing Summer's foreign car will take days, so he arranges for her to stay with his grandmother Ellis. Meeting the people of McLean, Texas and riding with Cody to discover the beauty of a part of Texas she'd never seen leads her in a direction she had no plans to take. She returns to her busy life in the city of Dallas, but her heart is back in West Texas where she lost it along Route 66. Getting it back will be no easy task, especially if Cody has his way. Purchase at Amazon.com
Jolene Burns is the innkeeper’s daughter, in her late twenties and still single. Jolene’s mom and her friends are anxious for Jolie to find a good man and settle down like her brothers, but she is content managing the bed and breakfast and forgetting the disaster of her broken engagement. When a good looking male guest registers at the Inn, Jolie’s mother checks his marital status. She learns he is single and sees him as a prospect for her daughter. The young man, Clay Hill, is a writer who has come to town incognito to find seclusion to write his next novel under his pen name of Clive Hendrix. As the ladies go into matchmaking mode, Jolie conspires with Clay’s to escape the ladies’ endeavors. Despite his efforts to remain anonymous, the owner of the bookstore discovers his true identity and makes a big show of having a famous writer in their town, and plans a big book-signing event for him. Jolie and Clay find themselves smack dab in the middle of the festivities and falling in love in the process. Purchase at Amazon.com WHERE LOVE GROWS SERIES
After a broken engagement weeks before the wedding, Amanda Russell's trust in men is at point zero. Reed Benson is working on changing his college days reputation as a lover boy. When Reed meets Mandy, he is immediately attracted to her but fears his reputation will turn her away. By hiring her interior design firm to make over his condo, he hopes to win her heart as well until a girl from his past reveals his reputation. God has a great plan for them both if they will forget the past and trust God's designs for their life. Purchase at Amazon.com
Because of her past failures at romance, Carrie Sutton has lost her trust in men and has buried herself in her work as a children's librarian. Landon Moore has delayed seeking a wife until he is successful with his landscaping business. Now that he has that success, he meets Carrie when he contracts to landscape her father's yard as an anniversary gift. Attracted to her simple charm and love of gardening, he strives to gain her trust, dig up the old weeds of the past and sow new seeds of love for their future. Purchase at Amazon.com
(Formerly titled Sugar and Grits and Biloxi Brides) Grab a glass of sweet tea and meander down to the edge of the Texas coast to meet three of the South’s most unlikely brides. Loaded with southern hospitality and charm, Texas Sweethearts will leave hankerin’ for fried catfish, pecan pie, and a fishing pole. It will also make you want to snuggle up close to the southern gentleman of your dreams. Purchase at Amazon.com
LOVE IN THE BAYOU CITY OF TEXAS SERIES
Book Three When Bryce Dorrell married a girl he met in college, his high school sweetheart Mary Lee Matthews buried herself in teaching in order to forget the man who broke her heart. Now he’s back as coach of the high school football team and a widower with a seven year old son who is now a student in her second grade class. With Carter needing all the support and encouragement to get over the loss of his mother, Marly finds herself loving the young boy and guiding him through his grief. As much as she cares about Carter, she still has difficulty trusting and forgiving Bryce for the hurt of the past ten years. When a storm causes major damage at the school and injures Marly and several of her students, Bryce realizes how much he loves her, but will he be able overcome the past and find a future with Marly? Purchase at Amazon.com
Book Two Tyler loves Hailey, but will that love survive the secrets of her past? Devastated by what he has told her, she tries to stay away from him, but he eventually makes his way back into her life. She manages to keep her secret hidden until an old friend, Veronica Weston, who also happens to be Tyler’s ex-fiancé, runs into them at a restaurant and exposes who Hailey really is. After Hailey confesses her past and the fact that she indeed was cited for a DWI, Tyler is furious and storms out of her life. She is angry that he kept his previous relationships quiet, but still longs to see him again. The one bright spot is her reunion with her family for Christmas as a part of the steps in her AA program. It’s the perfect time for love and forgiveness, and Hailey’s parents welcome her with open arms. When Tyler realizes forgiveness is the only way he can be happy, he sets aside his anger and goes to Hailey were he finds that forgiving Hailey brings a gift of love for the future on Christmas Eve. Purchase at Amazon.com
Book One Kristina Graves and Warren Hughes were engaged in law school until Warren betrayed her trust. Now a defense attorney and a prosecutor, they face each other in court. Warren is willing to do anything to regain Tina’s trust and her love. When her mother faces a medical crisis, Tina is forced into a relationship with Warren to satisfy her mother’s “dying wish.” Warren convinces her that the marriage between them that her mother wants is the solution to give Mrs. Graves a reason to fight for her life. Because her heart has begun to melt toward Warren, Tina agrees to the arrangement, but the marriage is to one for convenience and in name only. What will it take to make the arrangement a true marriage? Purchase at Amazon.com
When Mayor Woody Hansen announces he plans to renovate the courthouse and expand city hall, he also suggests that the improvements may mean moving Founder’s Cottage. As an ancestor of one of the founders and owner of the cottage, widow Caroline Short is enraged and challenges the mayor’s decision. Fighting city hall is never easy, but then the mayor and council meet their match with the ladies Bloomfield Garden Club. With the help of the club and an old friend, architect Hal McKenzie, Caroline finds not only a solution to the problem, but also a little love along the way. Purchase at Christianbook.com
THE HOMEWORD JOURNEY SERIES
Book Four When newspaper reporter Tom Whiteman befriends a homeless man named Joe, he brings him back to his hometown. As Joe acclimates to his new life, contradictions in his manner and speech cause Tom and his childhood friend Faith to dig for the truth. Will this Christmas become one they'll never forget? 304 pages, softcover from Realms. Purchase at Christianbook.com
Book Three At odds over their beliefs and separated by the war, Molly and Stefan must learn to depend of God. In book three of the Homeward Journey series, Daniel and Sally Delaney’s daughter Molly finishes school and returns to her home to teach. When old friends of her parents come for a visit with their son, Stefan, Molly is attracted to the young man, but all he is interested in is talking about his position in the army. When he leaves to rejoin his regiment, Molly is both relieved and saddened. Can they overcome their differences and find love? Purchase at Christianbook.com
 LOVE FINDS FAITHRelease date: February 2014 Publisher: Realms Book Two Why can’t people see what is on the inside? Purchase at Christianbook.com
Book One It is April 1865, can Sally and Manfred overcome the distance that the war has put between them and find love? Three strong women from the South forge ahead to new territories to establish a new life and find happiness through their staunch faith. Related not only by blood but also by courage, they prove that love knows no boundaries, and when all else is gone, love will be there. Covering the themes of family, loyalty, belonging, and the journeys we take to find love, this new series by the popular author of Becoming Lucy will be sure to please her many fans. Order from Christianbook.com
A WINDS ACROSS THE PRAIRIE Christmas Story Can Clayton Barlow prove he has changed his ways in time for Christmas? Order from Christianbook.com
PREQUEL to the WINDS ACROSS THE PRAIRIE series For Ben Haynes it is love at first sight, but can a Boston socialite find true happiness with a cowboy from Kansas? Once childhood friends, Ben Haynes is taken with Amelia Carlyle when he runs into her at her sister’s wedding. Although he will be returning to Kansas and life on his father’s ranch, Ben calls on Amelia several times, and they find they have more in common than they first realized. As he leaves for Kansas, they promise to write. Back in Kansas, Ben begins to save money toward a home for Amelia even though he has not made his intentions known. He’s relying on God to make a way. Meanwhile, Amelia is presented to society and has several young men vying for her attention. Although Ben has captured Amelia’s heart, her parents make every effort to discourage the relationship, even forbidding Amelia to correspond with him. Amelia tells Ben that she will wait for him as long as it takes, but will the love and loss they experience along the way bring them closer or drive them apart forever?. Order from Christianbook.com Seasons of the Heart Series
Can runaway Libby Cantrell finally get a new start? As Cory’s feelings for her grow and winter becomes spring, will he be able to accept her as she is now and truly forget and forgive her sordid past? Order from Christianbook.com
A painful past has left Doctor Elliot Jensen uninterested in love. Until he meets Abigail. Single, educated, and looking for a new start, Abigail Monroe decides to join her brother and his wife in Portersville, Texas. Near her twenty-fifth birthday and without a suitor, she fears she will become a spinster if she stays in Briar Ridge, Connecticut. A sprained ankle sends Abigail to the new doctor in town, Elliot Jensen. He is smitten, but tragedy in his past has left him bitter, guilt ridden, and afraid to fall in love again. When the town’s deputy sheriff rescues Abigail after a robbery, Elliot’s feelings for her get stronger. He is jealous of the attention Abigail is getting, but he fears he can’t compete with the handsome deputy sheriff and his heroic deeds. Has he waited too long to share his feelings for her? Or will Christmas bring them both the gift they seek? Set in the late 1800s, the Seasons of the Heart series follows the lives of four women and their families, weaving together their stories of faith, life, and love as they bond in friendship only God could orchestrate. Order from Christianbook.com
It’s Texas, 1889, and Daniel Monroe arrives and sets up his practice in the central Texas town of Porterfield. The town welcomes him, and he finds plenty of business in this thriving town. The only drawback is that there are very few young, single women available for marriage. The few who live there are sought after by all the single men and could have their pick for a husband. Kate Muldoon offers to go about getting Daniel a bride, as she has so many others in town. He thinks she is a poor matchmaker and tries finding a mate on his own. How many potential brides will he meet before he finds that the one who shares his faith and dreams has been right under his nose all the time?
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As the daughter of a small-town minister in Connecticut, Rachel Winston believes the only way she’ll ever have a husband is to visit her aunt in Boston for the social season until Nathan Reed arrives in town. Although attracted to Rachel, Nathan avoids her because he has no desire to become involved with a Christian after experiences with his own family. When a devastating blizzard paralyzes New England, Nathan is caught in it and lies near death in the Winston home. Through the ministrations and tender care of Rachel and her mother, Nathan learns a lesson in love and forgiveness that leads him back to his home in the South. Before he can declare his love for Rachel, he must make amends with his own family. Will he return to Connecticut before Rachel leaves her home to head west as a missionary in Oklahoma Territory?
Winds Across the Prairie Series
After six years of waiting for Matt Haynes to declare his intentions, Caroline Frankston decides to begin a new life in Oklahoma City where things are happening all over in preparation for Oklahoma's statehood. When she leaves, Matt realizes he misses her more than he wants to admit, but as long as Mrs. Frankston snubs him, he will not ask Caroline to be his wife. As the state rushes toward statehood, Matt finds himself alone and missing Caroline. When a train wreck threatens her life, will Matt be willing to risk everything to bring Caroline home where she belongs?
Becky is Lucy's cousin from Book 1. Rob Frankston has waited four years for Becky Haynes to come home, but she arrives back in Barton Creek, newly graduated from college with an independent spirit that puzzles him. Believing the old Becky is hidden beneath her fagade of newfound independence, he is determined to find and bring her back. Is it just jealousy? Or, will he find answers and convince Becky to return to the faith of her childhood before it's too late?
When Luke Anderson falls in love with Native American Dove Morris, he's unprepared for the prejudice his parents level against her. Luke struggles with his feelings until a wildfire threatens the Morris ranch, and he saves Dove's life. Will his mom and dad ever understand that love transcends boundaries of race and culture?
After her parents’ deaths, seventeen-year-old heiress Lucinda Bishop flees to Barton Creek, Oklahoma in 1896 as the ward of Amelia and Ben Haynes, her mother’s sister and brother-in-law. She finds life on a working ranch to be nothing like she had imagined, especially when she encounters Jake Starnes, a drifter now employed by her uncle who holds a dark secret from is past. With Jake, she faces emotions she’s never before experienced. But can he get his life together before someone else claims her hand or her life? Although a historical, the story involves conflicts and situations not uncommon in modern days. Lucinda Bishop learns to cope with the death of her parents, start a new life in unfamiliar surroundings, and learn about love and forgiveness. When the young hero becomes a Christian, he realizes he must face his past and whatever consequences may result, even if it means he will lose the one girl he loves. Set in Oklahoma Territory before the days of statehood, the story is one of how love and forgiveness can overcome even the most difficult obstacles when God is in control. When one’s heart is attuned to God’s leading, the greatest of sins can be forgiven and a new life begun.
Four Novellas in One A vivid setting, rich in cultural history, Christmastime along the San Antonio Riverwalk is a delightful setting for four modern romances. Ecko finally meets the right kind of guy, but can he trust her motives? Valerie hires an old flame to revive her business, but will he stick around? Gabriela has a chance to forgive and find love, but can she? Sienna’s job brings her the chance of a lifetime, but will her rowdy family spoil it? Purchase at Christianbook.com |
OTHER WRITINGBegin Again Bible Study (Gospel Light Publishers) Today is the First Day: Book of devotions (nine devotions) Gospel Light Publishers Penned from the Heart Devotions in years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 A Son’s Prayer: Whispering in God’s Ear (2005) The Way Home: Embrace of a Father (Bethany House 2006) Interview in In-Step with Step-Children by Karen O’Conner Vine Books 2005 Story in Help, Lord, I’m Having a Senior Moment Again by Karen O’Conner Vine Books 2004 Story in It’s a Jungle at Home by Debra White Smith 2006 BOOKS I'M READING NOWRichard Mabry: Medical Judgment Kim Sawyer: What Once Was Lost Dan Walsh: Remembering Dresden BOOK REVIEWSLook for reviews on some of your favorite authors and their latest releases on my blog. |
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AMELIA'S JOURNEY
SPRING HOPE
WINTER PROMISE
AUTUMN SONG
SUMMER DREAM
CAROLINE'S CHOICE
FINDING BECKY
MORNING FOR DOVE
BECOMING LUCY