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Kit Tosello

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Kit Tosello writes contemporary fiction that feels like coming home. An award-winning writer, she laces her stories with humor and faith, stories of women discovering their true strength and the things that matter most. About her debut novel, The Color of Home (September 2024, Revell), bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn said, “Kit has a winsome way of using words to paint heart-touching images." Kit's inspirational essays and devotionals appear in a number of anthologies, including Publishers Weekly and Wall Street Journal bestseller So God Made a Mother and Guideposts' Inspiration from the Garden. When not writing, Kit can be found in the loose-tea shop she operates with her husband, exploring the great PNW, or enjoying the "great indoors ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 429 ratings · 180 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Color of Home 4.03 avg rating — 425 ratings — 5 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
	In a Word, Yes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 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
	Fifty Shades of Loved by Rachel Starr Thomson (Goodreads Author), Mercy Hope, Kit Tosello (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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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The Mysterious Bouquet

image of daisies and delphiniums in a glass vase

I wish you could meet Ruth.

Our florist for the past twenty-something years, she really deserves to be a character in one of my future novels. Ruth hums across the weathered floor boards of her shop like the Energizer bunny, all business, spewing recommendations. One doesn't argue with a spitfire like Ruth.

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Whistler

by Ann Patchett

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Shortbread in the Highlands (Suitcase Sisters, #3)

by Robin Jones Gunn (Goodreads Author)

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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This book was a delight, and I’m remembering it even more fondly having now watched the miniseries. While the TV adaptation is enjoyable and well-acted, we get many more layers with the novel—insight into Mary’s thoughts and emotional growth and such ...more
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Another enjoyable middle-grade story from Anna Rose Johnson! Once again the storytelling is warm, informative, empathetic, and entertaining. The kids make the wrong choices but for the right reasons, learning about the necessity for honesty the most ...more
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All I can say is, oh boy, the plot thickens and my curiosity is piqued. Is there no end to Brower’s imagination and wit? “She blinked her eyes and pursed her lips in a way that drove most men to distraction. No response. Arabella could not move Pierce ...more
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Another enjoyable middle-grade story from Anna Rose Johnson! Once again the storytelling is warm, informative, empathetic, and entertaining. The kids make the wrong choices but for the right reasons, learning about the necessity for honesty the most ...more
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