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Cover Reveal for Sweet on You

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I'm so excited to reveal the cover of my final Bradford Sisters novel! Britt Bradford, the youngest Bradford daughter, is Sweet on You's heroine.  Britt's very good friend, Zander Ford, is the novel's hero.  Those of you who've read my Porter family series may remember that I've written one other friends-fall-in-love romance.  In A Love Like Ours, Lyndie James is reunited with her childhood … [Read more...]

Current Favorites

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What are some things you're currently loving? Main dishes that make you smile? Desserts that tickle your fancy? What books are you currently loving? Here are some of my current favorites! Current Favorite Gadget Milk Frother I love this little gadget. Love it!! This may sound strange, but it's turned my morning coffee into something I really look forward to. I pour some heavy cream (one of … [Read more...]

Balancing Act

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I haven’t always done well in the balancing act between work and play. I’ve learned over the years that when I work too hard, my creativity shrivels up and the work I love becomes a chore. When I play too much when I should discipline myself to work, I end up at my computer bleary-eyed, late into night. Neither option is a good one. When my children were small, the words of Psalm 90 inspired me to … [Read more...]

The Inside Scoop (and a giveaway!)

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My novella, Because of You, just released as part of The Christmas Heirloom novella collection!  Thus, I thought I'd share with you the inside scoop on how the collection came to be.  Oh, and offer a giveaway -- which you'll find at the end of this post. :) In August of 2016, I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Nashville alongside numerous writing friends.  Sarah … [Read more...]

Finding Middlemarch

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I don't believe I've ever read Middlemarch, a novel by author George Eliot (pseudonym used by Mary Anne Evans) but I certainly enjoyed the beautifully-made 1994 BBC/Masterpiece series starring many wonderful British actors like Robert Hardy, Patrick Malahide, Douglas Hodge, Pam Ferris, Jonathan Firth, Juliet Aubrey, and a young Rufus Sewell ("Lord M" of recent Victoria fame, though I have been a … [Read more...]

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