ABOUT THE BOOK

High-powered Boston attorney Emma Madison is celebrating her latest courtroom victory when she gets a call from a number she doesn’t recognize. Area code 803 home. Juneberry, South Carolina eight hundred miles, twelve years, and a lifetime away from Boston. Emma’s father has had a serious heart attack. Emma rushes to his bedside, and a weekend trip threatens to become an extended stay. She has to work fast to arrange the affairs of his small-town law practice so she can return to her life and career in Boston.

And then Michael Evans shows up. They’d shared hopes, dreams, and a passionate love as young college students during a long-ago summer. But Emma walked away from Michael and from Juneberry to finish college and start a new life. Michael has never forgotten her.

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Posted by jill, in Inspirational, Other Fiction Authors, Romance

Whoever warned mamas not to let their babies grow up to be cowboys never saw the man in Dr. Rachel Donovan’s waiting room. But good-looking cowboys should come with their own warning – TROUBLE!

At seventeen, Rachel’s illusions about romance were trampled by a rouge cowboy. In the fifteen years since, she steered clear of spurs and Stetsons – until she finds herself roped into chairing the Shady Grove Centennial Rodeo Committee. How will she handle working so closely with the one man in town she most wants to avoid?

Ex-rodeo star Jack Westwood never forgot his unrequited teenage fascination for Rachel Donovan, but now that he’s back in town, he barely recognized the woman she’s become. Jack can’t help but wonder…Is the feisty cowgirl he remembers still there beneath the shutter exterior.

When a secret from long ago comes knocking Rachel fights to maintain her sterling reputation. But can the woman who has devoted her life to healing others allow God to mend her own hurts? Will she seize the opportunity to reconcile with her own past and open her heart to love again?

Christine Lynxwiler lives with her husband and two daughters in the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains in her home state of Arkansas. Her greatest joy is her family and aside from doing God’s will, spending time with them in her top priority.

Posted by admin, in Inspirational, Misc, Reviews

Award-winning romance author, Cathy Marie Hake has done it again in her recently released novel entitled, Whirlwind.

As a nanny, Millicent Fairweather poured her energy and talents into the two young charges under her care – only to have them suddenly and without explanation sent to a boarding school. Bereft and unsure of where life would lead her, she agrees to accompany her sister and brother-in-law to America. The board the Opportunity, confident a better life awaits.

Widower Daniel Clark determines to begin life anew in Gooding, Texas operating a mercantile. But when his nanny leaves him stranded aboard the ship with his young son, he finds himself in dire need of assistance. Obtaining temporary help from steerage, Daniel is initially taken aback by the pretty bundle of energy who takes over his suite. Yet Miss Fairweather’s unique child-rearing techniques and tireless devotion to his son soon win him over.

Where tragedy ensues and a Whirlwind decision is made, Daniel and Millicent’s lives irrevocably intertwine, will love soon follow?

Posted by admin, in Historical, Inspirational, Misc, Reviews, Women's Fiction

No man can resist her charms. Or so she thought.
Charity O’Connor is a woman who gets that she wants. Her stunning beauty and flirtatious ways have always succeeded with men. Until Mitch Dennehy, that is. Brilliant and dangerously handsome, Mitch is a no-nonsense newspaperman who wants nothing to do with her. Charity burned him once, destroying his engagement to the only woman he ever truly loved. He won’t play with matches again. But Charity has a plan to turn up the heat, hoping to ignite the heart of the man she loves. And she always gets what she wants - one way or another.
Or does she? Will her best-laid schemes win his love? Or will her seductive ways drive him away forever?
Book #2 in the Daughters of Boston series, A Passion Redeemed will captivate your heart and stir your soul with a story of faith and redemption rising from the ashes of temptation, desire, and shame.

Julie Lessman is the author of A Passion Most Pure and the recipient of ten Romance Writers of America awards.

Posted by admin, in Historical, Inspirational

The Kane brothers fight for their family’s freedom - and survival - as the Kane Legacy trilogy soars to a stunning conclusion.

The Kane family is caught in the midst of the Mexican-American War. And in this time of conflict and fear, the faith and courage are gravely tested.

After the tragic battle of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Guerrero, General Zachary Taylor sends Alamo Kane and his brothers Alex and Able home to rest and enjoy a joyous reunion with their family. Soon it becomes clear that - despite hopes for peace - Santa Anna is planning an attack on American soldiers.
Alamo and his brothers join General Taylor to head off the threat.

With their family back at the ranch in constant worry, the Kane brothers must fight for their freedom. But with Mexican spies infiltrating Texas towns, the brothers are not the only ones in danger. As the Kanes comes face-to-face with death, they discover they need far more than bravery on their side.

In High Is the Eagle, Al and JoAnna Lacy have created a thrilling final chapter in this amazing historical fiction series marked by faith, love, and courage.

Posted by admin, in Historical, Inspirational

Will hatfield returns to the small town of Dogwood, West Virginia, intent on pursuing the only woman he has ever loved - only to find there is far more standing in his way than lost years in prison. Karin has buried her shattered dreams by settling for a faithful husband whose emotional distance from her deep passions and conflicts leaves her isolated. Loaded with guilt, she tries to raise three small children and “do life” the best she can.
The secrets of Will and Karin’s past begin to emerge through Danny Boyd, a young boy who wishes he hadn’t survived the tragedy that knit those two together as well as tore them apart.
And the trigger that will lay their pain bare and force them to face it rather than flee is the unlikely figure of Ruthie Bowles, a withered, wire old woman who leads Karin so deep into her anger against God that it forces unexpected consequences.

Chris Fabry is a native of West Virginia who can be heard on the Moody Broadcasting Network, Love Worth Finding, and other radio outlets. Though he has written more the 50 novels for children and young adults, Dogwood is his first novel for adults.

Posted by admin, in Contemporary, Inspirational, Lit