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This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Join the Vogts Sisters for upcoming performances in Eudora and Pittsburg, Kansas.Learn more HERE.
Key Lime Pie
Chicken Teriyaki on a Stick
Featured Author, Gail Kittleson, shares her recipe for Dill Pickles

Book Preview ~ A Reluctant Bride

A Reluctant Bride, by Jody Hedlund

Living in London's poorest slum, Mercy Wilkins has little hope of a better life. When she's offered an opportunity to join a bride ship sailing to British Columbia, she agrees. After witnessing so much painful heartache and loss in the slums, the bride ship is her only prospect to escape a bleak future, not only for herself but, she hopes, someday for her sister.

Wealthy and titled Joseph Colville leaves home and takes to the sea in order to escape the pain of losing his family. As ship's surgeon, he's in charge of the passengers' welfare aboard the Tynemouth, including sixty brides-to-be. He has no immediate intention of settling down, but when Mercy becomes his assistant, the two must fight against a forbidden love. 

With hundreds of single men congregating on the shore eager to claim a bride from the Tynemouth, will Mercy and Joseph lose their chance at true love, or will they be able to overcome the obstacles that threaten to keep them apart? Buy the book HERE. 


Jody Hedlund is the bestselling author of over twenty historical novels for both adults and teens and is the winner of numerous awards, including the Christy, Carol, and Christian Book Award. Jody lives in Michigan with her husband, five busy teens, and five spoiled cats. Visit her at jodyhedlund.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. The Vogts Sisters will perform today at the American Heritage Music Festival in Grove, OK.Learn more HERE.
Frozen Strawberry Pie
Toasted Ravioli
Featured Author, Phyllis Clark Nicols, shares her recipe for Coconut Lemon Cake

Book Preview ~ More than Words Can Say

More than Words Can Say, by Karen Witemeyer

After fulfilling a pledge to a dying friend, Zacharias Hamilton is finally free. No family entanglements. No disappointing those around him. Just the quiet bachelor existence he's always craved. Until fate snatches his freedom away when the baker of his favorite breakfast bun is railroaded by the city council. Despite not wanting to get involved, he can't turn a blind eye to her predicament . . . or her adorable dimples.

Abigail Kemp needs a man's name on her bakery's deed. A marriage of convenience seems the best solution . . . if it involves a man she can control. That person definitely isn't the stoic lumberman who oozes silent confidence whenever he enters her shop. Control Zacharias Hamilton? She can't even control her pulse when she's around him.

When vows are spoken, Abigail's troubles should be over. Yet threats to the bakery worsen, and darker dangers hound her sister. Can she put ever more trust in Zach without losing her dreams of independence? Buy the book HERE.

Winner of the HOLT Medallion and the Carol Award and a finalist for the RITA and Christy Award, bestselling author Karen Witemeyer writes historical romance to give the world more happily-ever-afters. Karen makes her home in Abilene, Texas, with her husband and three children. Learn more about Karen and her books at www.karenwitemeyer.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.Have a great weekend!
Skillet Fried Morels
Smoked Salmon Mousse with Cucumber Sandwiches

Featured Author, Sherrinda Ketchersid, shares her recipe for Honey Cakes

Our Youngest Daughter Marries

Earlier this month, our youngest daughter married her beau of eight years. It was a long courtship, but the wait is finally over!It was a beautiful wedding, and they are very happy! 
After a honeymoon to Colorado, they have returned to their new home in Pittsburg 
where Abigail will finish our her summer internship and her final semester at PSU.
Congratulations, Abigail and Malachi.
May God bless you and keep you.May His face shine on you and give you peace.

Book Preview ~ The Golden Bride

The Golden Bride, by Kimberley Woodhouse
Daughters of the Mayflower Series

Can Olivia survive the crime and Gold Rush fever of 1849...and the countless marriage proposals? 

The Daughters of the Mayflower series continues when Olivia Brighton finds herself widowed and working her brother’s restaurant in San Francisco during the height of the rush for gold. Even though she receives at least twenty marriage proposals a day, she will never marry a gold miner. Her brother’s friend Joseph Sawyer has gotten caught up in local politics and the plight of Chinese in forced labor. The more Joseph gets pulled into investigating crime in the city, the less Olivia sees of the compassionate man. And just when she thinks she could love again, a fire threatens to steal all hope. Buy the book HERE. 


Kimberley Woodhouse is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifteen fiction and nonfiction books. A popular speaker and teacher, she’s shared her theme of "Joy Through Trials" with more than half a million people across the country at more than 2,000 events. Kim and her incredible husband of twenty-five-plus years have two adult children. She’s passionate about music and Bible study and loves the gift of story. You can connect with Kimberley at: www.kimberleywoodhouse.com

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
Tortilla Pinwheels
Lavender Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Memorial Day Menu Ideas

Book Preview ~ Shadow Among Sheaves

Shadow Among Sheaves, by Naomi Stephens

A Timeless, Beautiful Allegory of the Biblical Love Story of Ruth and Boaz
 
The Great Rebellion of 1857 was a remarkably bloody business. At a time when Britain’s imperial influence in India was sparking brutal clashes on both sides, no one could have expected Rena, an Indian woman, to marry a British officer—nor do they understand her decision to follow her mother-in-law to England after her husband’s tragic death. 

Once the two widows are in Abbotsville, the stern yet compassionate Lord Barric attempts to help them despite his better judgment. Soon he is torn between the demands of reputation and his increasing desire to capture Rena’s heart for his own. Buy the book HERE. 


Naomi Stephens is a bookworm turned teacher turned writer. She received a M.A. in English from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and now lives in Ohio with her husband, her two children, and a rascal of a dog named Sherlock. Learn more about Naomi HERE. 

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.
Strawberry Lemon Fizz
Lemon Curd
Cookbook Preview ~ Platters and Boards