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This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Tomorrow night, The Vogts Sisters will perform in Goddard, KS for a House "Yard" Concert. Learn more HERE.
Sloppy Joes
Orange Julius

Featured Author, Amanda Cabot, shares her recipe for Frosty Mocha Freeze

Ten Days with Emma

While our youngest daughter traveled across California for her graduation trip with her sister and brother-in-law, Papa and I had the pleasure of babysitting our granddaughter. 
Ten days is a long time to be away from mommy and daddy, but she did great, and we had lots of fun.
Tea party with grandma one afternoon using her new cup and saucer.
Playing with Papa's tools in the barn--"dinging the elk".
Making mud pies with Aunt Mimi.
Enjoying a picnic out on the playhouse with Grandma and Mimi
All in all, we had a grand time and look forward to spending time with her again soon! 

Book Preview ~ To Win Her Favor

To Win Her Favor, by Tamera Alexander

An Irish-born son far from home, Cullen McGrath left a once prosperous life in England because of a horse racing scandal that nearly ruined him. He's come to Nashville for a fresh start, hoping to buy land and start a farm, all while determined to stay as far away from thoroughbred racing as possible. But starting over proves harder than he'd wagered, especially when Maggie Linden's father makes him an offer he shouldn't accept yet cannot possibly refuse.

Maggie is certain that her mare, Bourbon Belle, can take the top purse in the annual Drayton Stakes at Nashville's racetrack--the richest race run in America. Maggie only needs the chance to prove it. To give her that chance, and to save Linden Downs from being sold to the highest bidder, Maggie's father--aging, yet wily as ever--makes a barter. His agreement includes one tiny, troublesome detail--Maggie must marry a man she's never met. A man she never would have chosen for herself.Cullen and Maggie need each other in order to achieve their dreams. But their stubborn, wounded hearts--and the escalating violence from a "secret society" responsible for lynchings and midnight raids--may prove too much for even two determined souls. Purchase the book HERE.  Tamera Alexander is the best-selling author of numerous books including A Lasting Impression and The Inheritance. Her richly-drawn characters and thought-provoking plots have earned her devoted readers worldwide. Tamera is a two-time Christy Award winner, two-time RITA winner, and a recipient of the prestigious Library Journal Award. Tamera and her husband recently returned to her Southern roots and now make their home in Nashville. Visit her website atwww.tameraalexander.com 

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This Saturday, the Vogts Sisters will return to Cutter's Smokehouse in Eudora, KS. Music begins at 8:00. Learn more HERE.
Sausage Balls
Memorial Day Picnic Ideas

And Featured Author, Nancy Kay Grace, shares her recipe for Fruity Baked Oatmeal.

Book Preview ~ Tiffany Girl

Tiffany Girl, by Deeanne Gist

From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive “New Woman”—the girl behind Tiffany’s chapel—and the love that threatens it all.

As preparations for the 1893 World’s Fair set Chicago and the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany—heir to the exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry empire—seizes the opportunity to unveil his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the likes of which the world has never seen.

But when Louis’s dream is threatened by a glassworkers’ strike months before the Fair opens, he turns to an unforeseen source for help: the female students at the Art Students League of New York. Eager for adventure, the young women pick up their skirts, move to boarding houses, take up steel cutters, and assume new identities as the “Tiffany Girls.”

Tiffany Girl is the heartwarming story of the impetuous Flossie Jayne, a beautiful, budding artist who is handpicked by Louis to help complete the Tiffany chapel. Though excited to live in a boarding house when most women stayed home, she quickly finds the world is less welcoming than anticipated. From a Casanova male, to an unconventional married couple, and a condescending singing master, she takes on a colorful cast of characters to transform the boarding house into a home while racing to complete the Tiffany chapel and make a name for herself in the art world.

As challenges mount, her ambitions become threatened from an unexpected quarter: her own heart. Who will claim victory? Her dreams or the captivating boarder next door? Purchase the book HERE. 

Deeanne Gist has rocketed up bestseller lists and captured readers everywhere with her very fun, very original historical novels. She has won the National Readers’ Choice Award, Booksellers’ Best Award, USA Best Books Award, and stellar reviews. With a background in education and journalism, Deeanne has written for People, Parents, and Parenting magazines. Visit her online at IWantHerBook.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Enjoy your weekend! 
Harvest Grain Loaf
Gluten-Free Brownies
Featured Authors, The Writing Sisters, share their recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup

Graduation 2015

This last weekend, our youngest daughter graduated from High School. I made it through the day and ceremony without shedding too many tears. 
It is hard to believe our little Rosie has made it to this milestone in life. We look forward to what God has in store for her future. She plans to attend a local community college and then transfer to a larger university to study graphic communications. For now, she and her sister will continue on with their singing and see where that might take them. 
Her oldest sister and husband are treating her to a vacation to California to see Disney Land and San Francisco. Oh the joys! Congratulations, Miss Abigail and have fun in California! 

Book Preview ~ A Love Like Ours

A Love Like Ours, by Becky Wade

Former Marine Jake Porter has far deeper scars than the one that marks his face. He struggles with symptoms of PTSD, lives a solitary life, and avoids relationships.

When Lyndie James, Jake's childhood best friend, lands back in Holley, Texas, Jake cautiously hires her to exercise his Thoroughbreds. Lyndie is tender-hearted, fiercely determined, and afraid of nothing, just like she was as a child. Jake pairs her with Silver Leaf, a horse full of promise but lacking in results, hoping she can solve the mystery of the stallion's reluctance to run.Though Jake and Lyndie have grown into very different adults, the bond that existed during their childhood still ties them together. Against Jake's will, Lyndie's sparkling, optimistic personality begins to tear down the walls he's built around his heart. A glimmer of the hope he'd thought he'd lost returns, but fears and regrets still plague him. Will Jake ever be able to love Lyndie like she deserves, or is his heart too shattered to mend? Buy the book HERE.  Becky Wade is a native of California who attended Baylor University, met and married a Texan, and moved to Dallas. She published historical romances for the general market, took time off to raise her children, then felt God nudging her to pursue contemporary Christian fiction. Becky's work has been a finalist for both a RITA and an INSPY Award. Learn more at www.beckywade.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This weekend our youngest daughter will graduate from High School. So, congratulations to all the May Graduates, and Happy Mother's Day!
Shrimp Chowder
Lady Baltimore Cake
Mother's Day Brunch Ideas 

Book Preview ~ Every Tear a Memory

Every Tear a Memory, by Myra Johnson

Joanna Trapp found adventure serving in France as a "Hello Girl" for the Army Signal Corps, but she still mourns her doughboy sweetheart killed in battle. Returning to Hot Springs, Arkansas, she takes a job as a switchboard operator at the Arlington Hotel and quickly discovers that after her experiences overseas, civilian life proves dull.
Thomas Ballard still regrets he was medically ineligible to serve in the war and feels inferior to those who did, especially his war-hero brother, Gilbert. When Thomas finds himself attracted to Joanna, he strives to match her adventurous spirit, when all he really wants is to settle down, raise a family, and earn respect as a successful businessman. As romance blossoms, can two such different people learn to accept not only their own but each other's God-created individuality . . . or will love change them both? Purchase the book HERE. 
Myra Johnson is an award-winning author. She and her husband of 42 years proudly claim two beautiful daughters, two fine sons-in-law, precious grandchildren, and a pair of playful pooches. They live in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more about Myra and her books at MyraJohnson.com.