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My heart is filled with romantic stories, my shelves are loaded with chocolate and my lips are always longing for one more cup of Starbucks. Besides that, I write for Love Inspired Historical and am a happy mom to a bunch of little boys. I love connecting with readers and writers.

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	Remember Love (The Women of Manatee Bay, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love on the Range 4.05 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hasty Betrothal 3.63 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Matchmaker's Match 3.80 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unconventional Governess 3.75 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family on the Range 3.73 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover Love (The Women of Manatee Bay, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Love (The Women of Manatee Bay #3) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Inspired Historical April 2018 Box Set: The Rancher Inherits a Family\Montana Lawman Rescuer\Mail-Order Bride Switch\The Unconventional Governess by Cheryl St. John (Goodreads Author), Linda Ford (Goodreads Author), Dorothy Clark (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Inspired Historical September 2015 Box Set: Wolf Creek Widow\His Precious Inheritance\A Home for His Family\The Matchmaker's Match by Penny Richards, Dorothy Clark (Goodreads Author), Jan Drexler (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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#Freebook! And a contest (BookSweeps)

Happy Saturday!

Just throwing out a blog post about #freebies so that my GoodReads and Amazon readers will have the info.

I've got a book free on Amazon right now until March 02, 2021. Forever Love is the third book in the Women of Manatee Bay series. :-) The cover and blurb are below and you can buy it HERE.

I'm also participating in a BookSweeps #giveaway. Contest details can be found HERE and t

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Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe

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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

by Karen Armstrong

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“Life is a series of checks and balances, sowing and reaping.”
― Jessica Nelson, Remember Love

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“It is a rare and precious thing in life to know what you want. Even more, to pursue it. ~Lord Dominic St. Raven”
― Jessica Nelson, The Unconventional Governess

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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
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“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
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“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”
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“That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.”
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“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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