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Book Preview ~ Wilderness Peril

Wilderness Peril by Elizabeth Goddard
Run off the road and left for dead, Shay Ridiker's only hope for surviving the frozen claws of the wilderness is pilot Rick Savage. The beautiful airplane mechanic came to Alaska expecting a routine repo, but a missing coworker and a crippled plane are just the tip of the iceberg. Now held captive by ruthless killers at a derelict gold mine, Shay needs Rick's protection more than ever. But Rick has shadows that follow him into the land of the midnight sun. With gunmen at their backs, can he be all Shay needs—a haven…and a hero? Buy the book HERE.

Elizabeth Goddard is the Carol Award winning author of over a dozen romance novels. Elizabeth is a member of ACFW, RWA and Faith Hope and Love, the inspirational chapter of RWA. She has served in various capacities for all three organizations, including as board member of her local RWA chapter. Elizabeth graduated with a B.S. degree in computer science and worked in high-level software sales for several years. You can read more about her at ElizabethGoddard.com

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Our Christmas decorations are up, and we're enjoying holiday music and lots of baking. What about you? Enjoy your weekend! 
Raisin Crisscross Cookies
Slow Cooker Tamale Pie
Featured Author Mary Anslee Urban's recipe for Chocolate Banana Bread

Thanksgiving Joy

My mom and grandma with our baby granddaughter (now 8 months old)This past weekend we had a wonderful time with our family and friends celebrating another Thanksgiving holiday. 
Our three daughtersThe weather was beautiful (sunny and mild), and we spent several days with our oldest daughter and her family. 

And of course, we enjoyed lots of fun moments with our little granddaughter, who is getting to be sooooo cute! 

Friday night we traveled to Eudora, KS where the Vogts Sisters performed their last concert for the year. 

Then on Saturday, we decorated the house for Christmas. Always an enjoyable time. Do you have your Christmas decorations up yet? We have a chance for snow tomorrow. Maybe I'll be able to post some pictures of that next week! (Hope, hope.)

Book Preview ~ A Bride for Keeps

 A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears

Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won’t humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate ever again–not after being jilted by three mail-order brides. When a well-meaning neighbor goes behind his back to bring yet another mail-order bride to town, he has good reason to doubt it will work, especially after getting a glimpse at the woman in question. She’s the prettiest woman he’s ever seen, and it’s just not possible she’s there to marry a simple homesteader like him.

Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. Having finally worked up the courage to leave her life in Massachusetts, she’s determined to find a place where people will value her for more than her looks. Having run out of all other options, Julia resorts to a mail-order marriage in far-away Kansas.

Everett is skeptical a cultured woman like Julia could be happy in a life on the plains, while Julia, deeply wounded by a past relationship, is skittish at the idea of marriage at all. When, despite their hesitations, they agree to a marriage in name only, neither one is prepared for the feelings that soon arise to complicate their arrangement. Can two people accustomed to keeping their distance let the barricades around their hearts down long enough to fall in love? Purchase the book HERE. 
Melissa Jagears, an ESL teacher by trade, is a stay-at-home mother to two small children on a tiny Kansas farm with a fixer-upper house. She’s a member of ACFW and CROWN fiction marketing, and her passion is to help Christian believers mature in their faith and judge rightly. Learn more about Melissa and her books HERE. 

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Tonight our daughters will be performing at Cutter's Smokehouse in Eurdora, KS from 8-10:00 PM. If you live in the area, plan to join us for some great barbecue and music. 
Sourdough Blueberry Biscuits

Pumpkin Walnut Scones
Thanksgiving Menu Ideas

A Month of Concerts

This past month, our daughters have been busy performing at various concerts, including a trip to Texas for a Fine Arts Concert at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. 
Folk Alley Concert ~ Colonial Fox TheatreIt has kept us moving, but it has also been very enjoyable, full of wonderful family moments and lasting memories. 

The girls were also featured in the December issue of Southeast Kansas Living, a regional magazine in our area. The editor did a wonderful job with the article, and we were very pleased with the results. Read a preview of the article HERE.
Harvest of Talents, Galesburg Christian ChurchThis Friday, our daughters will perform their last concert of the year at Cutter's Smokehouse in Eudora, Kansas. The performance begins at 8:00 PM. If you live in the area, we'd love for you to join us. 
Thanks so much for your friendship and support here. May you enjoy a blessed Thanksgiving with your family and friends. 

Book Preview ~ The Governess of Highland Hall

The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky

Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall. Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help? 

Missionary Julia Foster loves working alongside her parents, ministering and caring for young girls in India. But when the family must return to England due to illness, she readily accepts the burden for her parents’ financial support. Taking on a job at Highland Hall as governess, she quickly finds that teaching her four privileged, ill-mannered charges at a grand estate is more challenging than expected, and she isn’t sure what to make of the estate’s preoccupied master, Sir William Ramsey.

Widowed and left to care for his two young children and his deceased cousin Randolph’s two teenage girls, William is consumed with saving the estate from the financial ruin. The last thing he needs is any distraction coming from the kindhearted-yet-determined governess who seems to be quietly transforming his household with her persuasive personality, vibrant prayer life, and strong faith.

While both are tending past wounds and guarding fragile secrets, Julia and William are determined to do what it takes to save their families—common ground that proves fertile for unexpected feelings. But will William choose Julia’s steadfast heart and faith over the wealth and power he needs to secure Highland Hall’s future? Buy the book HERE.

Carrie Turansky is the award-winning author of eleven inspirational romance novels and novellas. Her latest releases are Snowflake Sweethearts, A Man To Trust, and Surrendered Hearts. Her next book will be The Governess of Highland Hall, releasing 10/13. She has been a winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the Crystal Globe Award, and the International Digital Award. Carrie lives in central New Jersey with her husband, Scott, who is a pastor, author, speaker and counselor. They have five young adult children and three grandchildren. She and her family served in Kenya as missionaries, giving them a passion for what God is doing around the world. Carrie leads women's ministry at her church, and she enjoys gardening, reading, flower arranging, and cooking healthy meals for friends and Family. You may contact her through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and her website: www.carrieturansky.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Tonight our daughters will be performing at the Colonial Fox Theatre in Pittsburg, KS for their Folk Ally Backstage Concert Series. Performance begins at 7:30. Learn more HERE. 
Turkey Burgers

Pecan Sandies

Featured Author Carole Towriss shares her dessert recipe for Kazak Samsa

Book Preview ~ Whispers on the Prairie

 Whispers on the Prairie by Vickie McDonough


A City Girl Far from Home...Sarah Marshall just wants to go home. It wasn't her idea to leave Chicago and head west in search of gold, but her uncle's ambition left her no choice. Neither was her intention to settle in Kansas City with her ailing aunt, but being penniless and without possessions brings little bargaining power. Pretty soon, she resigns herself to her fate, however unfortunate. It isn't as if she has a home to go back to. A Country Boy Seeking to Right a Wrong...Ethan Harper, the youngest of three brothers, enjoys a peaceful existence helping run his family's stage shop along the Santa Fe Trail. Only one cloud continues to darken his horizon--guilt over the tragic death of his oldest brother's wife. The only acceptable penance Ethan can think of is finding another woman to marry his brother and help raise his motherless children. A Match so Incompatible, It Just Might Work...When a series of misfortunes strands Sarah Marshall and her aunt at the Harpers' Stage Stop, the status quo is overthrown as the presence of an attractive young woman, however unversed in the ways of prairie living, wreaks havoc on the lives of the Harper brothers, all three of them vying for her attention. But will any of them prove himself worth giving up the life Sarah always dreamed of? 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.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes. Have a great weekend! 
Lemon Balsamic Glazed Salmon
Chocolate Peanut Clusters
Apple Gingerbread Cake