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Don't Miss Yummy July Recipes!

Every woman has a story and a Recipe. Share yours.

The kitchen has always been the heart of any home. For centuries women reigned supreme there, nurturing their families not just with food but with love.

Throughout the month of July, drop by my blog and read stories of strong women and the summer dishes they favored and they left behind for their families.

Again, readers are invited to submit stories and recipes OR just favorite summer recipes.

And between July 1st-July 31st, b

Harlequin Author Betty Neels, My Example

Have you ever read a Betty Neels' Harlequin Romance?

Many people have a preconception of what a Harlequin Romance is and many are not at all accurate or flattering.

I challenge anyone to read a Betty Neels Harlequin Romance and not find it entertaining and uplifting.

In 1969, Betty already a retired nurse, overheard someone in her local library bemoan the lack of good romance novels. So she wrote one!

When Betty wrote her first Harlequin romance Sister Peters in Amsterdam (Nurses are called Sister

Book Monday---Author Jill Elizabeth Nelson's Witness to Murder

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Here's the book blurb.

"TV reporter Hallie Berglund walks into a murder scene instead. The victim’s boyfriend stands over the body, murder weapon in hand. Hallie couldn’t stop the crime, but as the star witness, she’ll see the man brought to justice . . . right? Not according to her colleague Brody Jordan, who is convinced the police—and Hallie—are targeting the wrong man. To prove it, he’l

MEGA May Gift Basket Won by ReaderRoberta Harwell

I know many blogs give away books etc often. And I will be giving books and other interesting options as this blog progresses. But the biggest giveaway will always be the MEGA May Gift Basket. Here is what the winner will receive in her colorful yellow box of books decorated with hearts:
Ramona Richards' Secrets of Confidence A Murder Among Friends The Taking of Carly Bedford
Missy Tippens' His Love Forever
Janet Dean's Courting Miss Adelaide
Cindy Kirk's Claiming the Rancher's Heart
Sandra Robbins'

Author Tina Ann Forkner & Stormy Weather

Author Tina Ann Forkner, mom of a blended family and a Wyoming writer, is my guest today and her subject is "Stormy Weather." Here's Tina Ann:

"When the woman at the DMV showed me my new driver’s license photo, there was no question. Even though my birthday said only four years had passed, I had aged.

I thought about it as I drove home, unable to reconcile my old driver’s license photo with the new one. My hair had been longer four years ago and I admit I had been thinner, b

Award-Winning Author Tammy Barley Shares Her Inspiration

Today, my guest blogger is Tammy Barley, an author who is new to me but shares my love of western romance. Here's Tammy:


"Few people know this—inspiration for my characters often comes from strangers I meet only in passing, whose actions, inner strength, or uniqueness memorably touches me. Two people in my family also inspire my characters, and my personal outlook, and the way I live—my mother and her mother. During the Great Depression, my grandmother was a little girl with three sisters

Book Monday-Author Cheryl Wyatt & A Soldier's Reunion

It's my pleasure to feature the newest book by another Love Inspired author, Cheryl Wyatt. She's one of the new authors and her books are thought-provoking. Here's the info:

Despite a decade apart, this isn't the reunion Mandy Manchester expected! She thought she'd put high school sweetheart Nolan Briggs behind her. Now he's back…and the pararescue jumper literally sweeps her off her feet. He's ready and willing to rekindle what they once shared. Mandy, though, isn't prepared to put her heart at

The Last Day of MEGA May

This has been a month of heartwarming stories. I'm so happy that six readers shared the stories of their mothers. I'm happy that 46 readers posted at least one comment and a few of you several. Commenting really gives that two-way street that blogging is meant to be.

Very soon I'm going to put the names of the readers who posted comments and shared stories into a hat and draw out the name of the winner of the MEGA May gift basket.

I'll be announcing the winner sometime this week. When I started th

Pat Jeanne Davis Tells about Her Mother's House & Her Mother

Another Christian writer shares this tribute to her mother.

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Author Cindy Kirk & Her Mother's Secret

Today, a longtime friend Author Cindy Kirk shares a special story of a mother's love. Here's Cindy:

"From the time I was a little girl, I always wondered if I was adopted. I didn’t resemble either of my parents or any of my relatives. Whenever I asked I was told that I looked like my father’s mother who had died before I was born.

I didn’t find out until after I was an adult and my mother had died, that I was a product of donor insemination. (I was contacted by a “sibling” with whom I share