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An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas

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The Archer Brothers Are Back! I'm so excited to share An Archer Family Christmas with you! Travis, Crockett, Jim, and Neill are back with their families for an adventured-filled holiday family reunion. Meet the next generation of little Archers, be swept up in the romance of 4 Archer happily-ever-afters, and best of all, find yourself caught up in an all-new Archer adventure filled with … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Get Teens to Put Down Their Phones and Pick Up a Book

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1. Model a Love of Reading First, if we want our teens to read, then they need to see us as adults doing it. We have to make a conscious effort to limit our own time on Netflix or Hulu and spend time reading instead. If we don’t do it (and love it!), how can we expect them to?  2. Make Reading Cool Point out the many cool people who are already reading for the fun of it. Give them … [Read more...]

Something Old, Something New

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Out of all the books I've written, one particular family has proven to be most popular with my readers. You guessed it - the Archer brothers. These four reclusive brothers who raised themselves on the wild Texas frontier are not only named after heroes from the Alamo, but they are each rather heroic in their own right. As are the women who win their hearts. Now you might notice in the … [Read more...]

Summer Reading

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Can you believe it’s already August? Although I don’t technically have kids going back to school, I do have two who still live by the school calendar—one as a teacher, the other as a grad student. Still, August seems to mark the end of long summer days, even if they haven’t been lazy ones. And while the situation of having a book in my hand doesn’t change from season to season, it is sometimes fun … [Read more...]

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