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January 26, 2024
A New Book! A Bestseller!
Yep! My launch team and family and friends and readers worked together to made Forever Free an Amazon bestseller!
To God be the glory! Great things He has done!
Go here to see the book trailer for Forever Music and see how the Daniels series began.
Josie’s story.
Ben’s story.
Sam’s story.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!
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January 17, 2024
A New Year! A New Book!
Forever Free , my seventh story! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!
Here’s the back cover copy.Phoebe Sinclair combines her love of flowers and teaching to nurture a cut flower business on her grandfather’s land. She’s got her hands full growing the farm, growing her customer base, and dealing with her growing attraction to the aloof man who’s volunteered to help make her farming dream come true.
Can she focus on her main job, or will a pair of yearning eyes and a hurting heart divert he...
December 21, 2023
Forever Free Cover Reveal!
Heath Daniels’s story, Forever Free, will release in January! Hooray! Look at the beautiful cover.
What do you think? I love it! The picture gives hints of the story, and the colors are gorgeous.
My husband is excited and proud and sent me these beauties.
He’s special…like Heath!
If you’re interested, you can be part of the launch team and get an early read of Forever Free. Just click here.
I hope you’ll join the fun!
Merry Christmas!
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November 17, 2023
Blessings Roll Call
I’m thinking about my blessings. Here is an incomplete list of gifts for which I’m grateful:
Jesus Christ and His obedience on the cross
the Holy Spirit
my salvation (and my family’s)
my parents’ Christian legacy
my brother and his family
my husband and his family
Anna
Hattie
Lane
Quinn
(the next ones are in no particular order)
my warm, cozy house
friends all over the world
lifetime friends
new friends
my writing journey
writing friends
my published books
readers
baking
cooking
crocheting with...
October 18, 2023
Thirty-Fifth Anniversary 2.0?
I thought we were finished with celebrating our 35th anniversary, but, no. I was wrong.
W.R.O.N.G!
Our children had another idea.
For five months, our two daughters and twin sons plotted and schemed and planned a blow-out party for their completely clueless parents. Living in four different states didn’t dissuade them. Studying for the Bar (Hattie) and Army training for a month in the California desert (Lane) and other life stuff didn’t deter them.
They had weekly Facetime meetings with spreads...
September 18, 2023
Princeton Public Library Gets a New (Temporary) Location
Princeton Public Library opened in our new (temporary) location on Monday, September 4th. Hooray. Here are some pictures from our beautiful space.
The library’s main room.
It’s been a long time in coming. When I began volunteering with PALS (Princeton Area Library Supporters) back in 2005, our public library had a corner of the high school library. The pros of this location is that we didn’t pay rent or electricity bills or custodial bil...
August 22, 2023
Celebrating Thirty-Five Years!
We’re celebrating thirty-five years! Happy anniversary, Hope and Kevin!
This picture always makes me laugh because of a funny story that happened a few weeks later. Kevin and I were visiting his parents, and his mother stopped at this photo in our new album and said, “Hope’s punch! My friends just love your southern punch tradition.” I didn’t know of any southern punch tradition, so, with a little trepidation, I asked, “What tradition?”
“Oh,” she said, “the bride gets up on her we...
August 9, 2023
Award Winner!
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, but look what happened since I wrote.
Forever Home was selected as the Romance Book of the Year by the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA)! Forever Home is an award winner! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! Check out the back cover copy if you haven’t read it here.
When the announcer introduced the category, she said this, “One judge said, ‘this is the kind of story that steps into your heart and takes away the pain that has cripple...
July 13, 2023
Forever Home is Another Finalist!
Forever Home just finaled in the AWSA Christan Market Book Award! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! I found out by accident because I was looking on the Blue Ridge Reader Connection Facebook page for something else and saw my name on this post. Stunned and confused ( I thought the announcements had already been released), I reached out for confirmation.
It’s true. I heard the announcer say my name.
Look at the names of wonderful writers on that list. Carrie Stuart Parks, Liz Tolsma,...
June 17, 2023
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