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My Own Dixie Available Now

Our daughters' new album, My Own Dixie, is available for sale now. They had a delightful weekend launch before Easter and look forward to sharing the new music with everyone. 
You may purchase the album in physical disc or digital download at CD Baby, and Amazon. Itunes should have the album any day now.... For anyone who lives in the SE Kansas area, Richies Rexall Drug in Erie, has them available for sale. If you enjoy their new music, please consider sharing a review on any of these sites to help us get the word out! 
Our calendar is booked full for the next six months. Learn more about The Vogts Sisters' music or see their concert schedule HERE. 

Book Preview ~ After a Fashion

After a Fashion, by Jen Turano

After years of working in a millinery shop, Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day when she'll open up her own shop and sell re-fashioned gowns to independent working women like herself. When a delivery errand goes sadly awry, her job--and her chance at saving enough for her shop--is at stake all due to a rather unfortunate misunderstanding with a customer.

Mr. Oliver Addleshaw enjoys a certain position in society, but his real aim is to follow in the footsteps of men like Cornelius Vanderbilt. On the verge of his biggest business deal yet, he learns his potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and respectably married. As matters stand, Oliver's ex not-quite-fiance recently became unhinged and lost a poor shop girl her job. Oliver feels bad for the hapless Harriet and, hoping to kill two birds with one stone, asks for her help in making a good impression in his business deal. Purchase the book HERE. 
Jen Turano, author of five books, is a graduate of the University of Akron with a degree in clothing and textiles. She is a member of ACFW and lives in a suburb of Denver, Colorado. Visit her website at www.jenturano.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. May God bless you and give you peace this Easter weekend. 
No-Bake Chocolate Cookies
Crunchy Sourdough Bread Sticks
Easter Menu Ideas

Book Preview ~ At Home in Last Chance

At Home in Last Chance, by Cathleen Armstrong

Kaitlyn Reed and Steven Braden have always had a similar philosophy of life: when the going gets tough, they get going--out of town and away from the problem. Now they are both back in Last Chance, New Mexico, and trying to start over. Kaitlyn is working to reestablish a relationship with the seven-year-old daughter she left behind six months earlier. Steven is trying to prove to his family that he is not the irresponsible charmer they have always known him to be. As Kaitlyn and Steven find themselves drawn to one another, one big question keeps getting in the way: How will they learn to trust each other when they don't even trust themselves?

With emotional depth and characters who leap off the page and into the reader's psyche, Cathleen Armstrong continues to delight her readers and win new fans. Readers will be thrilled to return once more to the small town they've grown to love. Purchase the book HERE. 

Cathleen Armstrong lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Ed, and their corgi. Though she has been in California for many years now, her roots remain deep in New Mexico where she grew up and where much of her family still lives. After she and Ed raised three children, she returned to college and earned a BA in English. Her debut novel Welcome to Last Chance won the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis Award for Women's Fiction. Learn more at www.cathleenarmstrong.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week' new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This weekend our daughters will launch their long-awaited album, My Own Dixie at two local venues. Tomorrow evening at the FireEscape Coffeehouse in Chanute, KS, and Sunday afternoon at Horizons at Prairie Ridge in Erie. See more details HERE. 
Chicken with Biscuits
Baked Salmon with Dijon Marinade

Book Preview ~ The Heart's Pursuit

The Heart's Pursuit, by Robin Lee Hatcher

A Colorado beauty abandoned at the altar. A rugged bounty hunter haunted by his past. In this dramatic historical novel by best-selling author Robin Lee Hatcher, two wounded hearts join forces in a pursuit across the Old West.

Silver Matlock is a Colorado beauty in search of revenge against the man who stranded her at the altar and fled with the remnant of her family's fortune. She is determined to find the man who betrayed her trust.

Jared Newman, rugged as the West itself, is relentless in his pursuit of lawless men—but unable to escape his own tragic past. Hardened by his life as a bounty hunter, he must learn to forgive before he loses his soul.

Joining forces, the two set out in search of Silver's betrayer. The handsome but embittered Jared finds himself powerfully drawn to the beautiful woman whose drive for justice equals his own. But lack of honesty keeps Silver and Jared from fully trusting each other, even as a shocking revelation intensifies their pursuit of the cunning—and deadly—quarry. Purchase the book HERE.

Robin Lee Hatcher is the bestselling author of 70 books. Her numerous awards include the
Christy Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction, the RITA Award for Best Inspirational Romance, and the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. Robin and her husband currently reside in Idaho. For more information, visit www.robinleehatcher.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Enjoy your weekend! 
Lemon Pound Cake Muffins

Beer-Battered Onion Rings


A few recipes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
And Featured Author, Lora Young, shares her recipe for Quick Shrimp Etouffee

Irish Recipes to Share

Do you have a bit of Irish blood in you? Here are a few recipes you might try for this St. Patty's Day. Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Cobblers, and Anything Green. Enjoy! See more recipes at ~ Country at Heart Recipes.
 Slow-Cooked Corned Beef
Reuben Sandwich
Bierocks
Hamburger Cabbage Skillet
Steamed Potatoes with Parsley
Pan-Fried Country Potatoes
Baked Potato Soup
Pistachio Salad
Peach Cobbler
Irish Cream Cake

Irish Soda Bread

Book Preview ~ Song of the Prairie

Song of the Prairie, by Vickie McDonough

Janie Dunn's life changes when, at the request of her dying cousin, she flees with her cousin's newborn son to protect him from his abusive father. She moves to Kansas, but things take a dire change when her brother is killed. Is a marriage of convenience to kindhearted Aaron Harper the answer to her problems? Is Kansas far enough away from New York that they are safe from the baby's father? Buy the book HERE.
Vickie McDonough is an award-winning author of twenty-six books and novellas. A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, she served as treasurer of the organization for three years and also was treasurer for her local chapter. Vickie lives with her husband, Robert, in Oklahoma. They have four grown sons and one daughter-in-law, and are grandparents to a precocious seven-year-old girl. When she isn't writing, Vickie enjoys reading, shopping for antiques, watching movies, and traveling. To learn more about her and her books, readers may visit her Web site at www.vickiemcdonough.com.

My Own Dixie ~ Releasing Soon

We are excited to announce that our daughter's new album, My Own Dixie, will release the end of this month. The making of this album has been a long journey that began in 2013, but we are hoping that it will be well-worth the wait. We've listened to the master copy and are very pleased with how it turned out AND we're very EAGER to share it with you! 

To celebrate, we're holding a local weekend launch for the album. Performances scheduled at the FireEscape Coffeehouse in Chanute, KS on Saturday, March 28, and at Horizons at Prairie Ridge in Erie, KS on Sunday, March 29. If you live in the area, we hope you'll make plans to join us for one of these events! 
Music will be for sale online at various music outlets (Amazon, Itunes, CD Baby, etc.) sometime in April. Learn more (and view the girls' new website) at: http://www.vogtssisters.com.