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This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Tomorrow night we'll travel to Cutter's Smokehouse in Eudora, KS where The Vogts Sisters will perform from 8-10:00 PM. Join us there! 
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
Italian Chicken
Featured Author, Jennifer Slattery shares her recipe for Mexican-Italian Pizza

Sunflowers

I love sunflowers.
Every late summer to autumn we see them along the roadside or in our pastures, the various varieties of sunflowers native to our state.
Tall, coarse and hairy, with stout stems, and a brown center surrounded by yellow rays of petals, their bright faces known for chasing the sun across the sky.
I love that Kansas's state flower is the sunflower. Bright, hopeful, and always ready to follow the Son.

Book Preview ~ Take a Chance on Me

Take a Chance on Me, by Susan May Warren

Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor-oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father. But he's also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. No woman in Deep Haven dares come near.

New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn't know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity's death. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family she's always longed for. And once she gets past Darek's tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife's case. Buy the book HERE.

Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning novelist of over thirty novels. A five-time
Christy award finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award.

A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!.

She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice. You can find her online atwww.susanmaywarren.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. This weekend, we head to Neosho, Missouri for the Fall Festival, where our daughters, The Vogts Sisters will perform at noon. After that, we'll drive to Tulsa, where they have a second performance at Joe Mommas Pizza from 9-11:00 PM. If you're in the area, we'd be delighted to visit with you! 
Easy Fudge Cake
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipes for a Chuckwagon Dinner Party

Autumn Has Arrived

Autumn is my favorite season, and I welcome it's arrival wholeheartedly!    Cooler temperatures.
The rich, warm colors in the grass and on the trees. 
There's a distinct scent in the air when fall arrives.
Welcome

Book Preview ~ Captured by Love

Captured by Love, by Jody Hedlund

Michigan Territory, 1814
A voyageur and a young woman swept up in a time of upheaval and danger
discover firsthand the high price of freedom.

The British Army has taken control of Michilimackinac Island and its fort, forcing the Americans to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown in order to retain their land. Pierre Durant is a fur trader who returns after being away from the island for years, only to find the family farm a shambles and those he cares about starving and at the mercy of British invaders.

Torn between the adventurous life of fur trading and guilt over neglecting his defenseless mother, Pierre is drawn deeper into the fight against the British--and into a relationship with Angelique MacKenzie, a childhood friend who's grown into a beautiful woman. She now finds herself trapped by the circumstances of war and poverty, and the cruelty of her guardian, Ebenezer Whiley.

As tensions mount and the violence rages on, Pierre and Angelique must decide where their loyalties rest and how much they'll risk for love. Buy the book HERE. 

Jody Hedlund is the author of Rebellious Heart, Unending Devotion, The Doctor's Lady and The Preacher's Bride,winner of the 2011 Award of Excellence and a finalist for the 2011 Carol Award in First Novel. She received her BA from Taylor University and her MA from the University of Wisconsin, both in social work. Currently she makes her home inMidland, Michigan, with her husband and five busy children. She can be found online at www.jodyhedlund.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Tomorrow The Vogts Sisters will be performing at Artist Alley from 12:30-2:30 PM in Chanute, KS. If you're in the area, stop by to say hello! 
Chunky Venison Stew

Mom's Peach Pie

Featured Author, Tiffany Amber Stockton, shares her recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

Fall Concert Dates ~ The Vogts Sisters

 The last few months, we've been busy traveling to music concerts most weekends. Here are upcoming performances for The Vogts Sisters. If you enjoy Americana, Folk, or Bluegrass music, we invite you to join us at one of the venues below. Mark your calendars so you don't forget! Learn more at their Website HERE. 

Book Preview ~ The Lady and the Officer

The Lady and the Officer, by Mary Ellis

Serving for a brief time as a nurse after the devastating battle of Gettysburg, Madeline Howard saves the life of Elliot Haywood, a colonel in the Confederate Home Guard. But even though Maddy makes her home in the South, her heart and political sympathies belong to General James Downing, a soldier from the North.

However, Colonel Haywood has never forgotten the beautiful nurse, and when he unexpectedly meets her again in Richmond, he is determined to win her. But while rubbing elbows with army officers and cavalry generals and war department officials in her aunt and uncle's palatial home, Maddy overhears plans for a Confederate attack in northern Virginia. She knows passing along this information may save the life of her beloved James, but at what cost? Can she really betray the trust of her family and friends?

Maddy's heart is pulled between wanting to be loyal to those who care for her and wanting to help the man she believes is on the right side of the conflict. Two men love her. Will her faith in God show her the way to a bright future, or will her choices bring a devastation of their own? Buy the book HERE.
Mary Ellis is the bestselling author of many books, including A Widow's Hope, An Amish Family Reunion, and Living in Harmony. She and her husband live in central Ohio, where they try to live a simpler style of life. Learn more about Mary and her writing HERE.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Enjoy your weekend! 
Pistachio Salad
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
Cookbook Preview ~ The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook