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Release Time! Let’s Party!!

June 4, 2021 By Jody Hedlund

For the past month, I’ve been sharing about my new book, Come Back to Me. (Here’s a post about the characters another post about the inspiration behind the novel).  This week I’m FINALLY  celebrating the release!! As you may or may not know, Come Back to Me is a time-crossing (aka time travel) novel that combines contemporary and historical elements in a suspenseful adventure that still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Come Back to Me, Jody Hedlund, new release

The Heart’s Charge

June 3, 2021 By Karen Witemeyer

Release week is here! I'm so excited to share The Heart's Charge with you. Writing this book stretched me in many ways. First, I wrote two intertwined love stories into one overarching romance novel. All four main characters have their own POVs to allow both stories to share the spotlight equally. It was very important to me that both of these Horseman heroes had full and robust love stories. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Writing Tagged With: Book Excerpt, The Heart's Charge

An Hour at a Used Book Sale

May 26, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

Hi Friends,  Happy Wednesday. I have a special treat for you. My friend and fellow author, Jill Kemerer, is guest-posting today. I'm always excited to read her fun-filled posts. ~Dani One of my favorite things to do as a kid was buying used books. In the summer, we’d go to flea markets and garage sales, and I’d always spend any money I had on books. I tended to gravitate to the boxes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading Tagged With: book stores, Used Books

Damsels on Railroad Tracks

May 20, 2021 By Karen Witemeyer

Damsel on Railroad Tracks

No western romance trope is more cheesy or more famous than the old Damsel on the Railroad Tracks trope. Which is why when my research for my upcoming book, The Heart's Charge, revealed a railroad bridge as the main entrance to Kingsland, TX, I knew I had to include a scene with my hero and heroine on this bridge. I removed the melodrama, of course. There is no mustachioed villain cackling in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Movies & TV, Reading Tagged With: Damsels on Tracks, The Heart's Charge, Western Tropes

Beach Reads

May 12, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, It’s no secret my favorite season is Summer, and my favorite place to be with my family is at the beach. Being so close to God’s majestic creation makes me feel both at home and a sense of awe and wonder. It stills my mind (which anyone who knows me can tell you that’s a miracle in and of itself) and quiets my soul. A sweet author friend has a beach house in the Outerbanks that … [Read more...]

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