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Spinsters, An Excerpt, and a Giveaway

February 5, 2026 By Karen Witemeyer

In less than two weeks, Taming Lady Temperance will release and introduce you to the Secret Society of Spinsters. I've always been drawn to the spinster trope and the idea that it's never too late to fall in love. I also love feisty, independent heroines, and while not all spinsters fit that bill, most have some level of eccentricity that lends itself well to quirkiness, and I do enjoy quirky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Friendship, Reading Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Secret Society of Spinsters, Taming Lady Temperance

Do these names ring a bell?

February 3, 2026 By Tamera Alexander

Jack Daniel? What about Miss Mary Bobo? Or the town of Lynchburg, Tennessee? If not, hopefully they will soon. Tyndale Publishers is close to finishing the cover for my SEPTEMBER 2026 release In These Hills, my twentieth novel. As soon as I have the cover, I'll share. Until then, here's the back cover blurb . . . I'm not just excited to share this story with you, I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Books, Reading Tagged With: Fountain Creek Chronicles, Jack Daniel's Distillery, Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House, Rekindled, Remembered, Revealed, Tamera Alexander

Meet James & Noreen

January 15, 2026 By Karen Witemeyer

He's a deputy tasked with keeping the peace. She's the temperance reformer who's been disturbing his peace for months. Yet despite their differences, these two rivals need each other more than they care to admit. Taming Lady Temperance releases in about a month, and I can't wait to introduce you to Deputy James Paxton and fiery Noreen O'Sullivan. I love a spunky heroine, and Noreen is as spunky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: Behind the Book, preorder goodies, Taming Lady Temperance

New Year, New Books

January 2, 2026 By Robin Lee Hatcher

I hope you all had a merry Christmas and that your new year started well. I’m looking forward to my year of gratitude (I shared about that in my last post). I spent the week before Christmas working on the edits of To Find Where She Belongs, Book #5 in The British Are Coming series (release #97 for me, coming February 9th), and then I spent the few days right after Christmas working through the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Writing

Happy Bookish New Year!

January 1, 2026 By Karen Witemeyer

Happy New Year! Were you awake for the arrival of 2026? We have an annual New Year's Eve party at church filled with board games, so we managed to see the clock strike midnight. Then we headed home to bed. Except . . . on the way way I realized that my blog post was due TODAY! Yikes! So, here I am at 12:54 in my pajamas writing a blog post. Guess I'm keeping it authentic. Ha! One of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Books, Reading Tagged With: Reading Challenges

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