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Liz Tolsma is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a U.S. Marine, and her oldest daughter is a recent college graduate. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping. Please visit her website at www.liztolsma.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter (@LizTolsma), Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. She is also the host of the Christian Historical Fiction Talk podcast. ...more

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	Snow on the Tulips (Women of Courage #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,702 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Daisies Are Forever (Women of Courage #2) 3.85 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Pink Bonnet 3.95 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	A Picture of Hope 4.17 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Green Dress 4.08 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	What I Would Tell You (Echoes of the Past, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Merciful Scar 4.09 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Gold Digger 4.24 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Remember the Lilies (Women of Courage #3) 3.87 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Silver Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2021 — 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

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Hi, everyone! It's been a long time in coming, but we are just two weeks away from the release of The Refrain Within. I'm so excited to share this book with you. It's about a clarinetist in Budapest in 1944 when the Nazis invade. She's happily planning her wedding to a composer and conductor when her Jewish sister-in-law goes missing. But it might not be the Gestapo that has her. When things go wr Read more of this blog post »

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Music of Hope (3 books)
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Midnight on the Scottish Shore (Allegiance Under Pressure, #2)

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Darkness Calls the Tiger: A Novel of World War II Burma

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Scattered: The Forced Relocation of Poland’s Ukrainians after World War II

by Diana Howansky Reilly

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“Courage is not a feeling. Courage is an action.”
― Liz Tolsma, Snow on the Tulips

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“No what-might-have-beens. If God says not to worry about tomorrow, I would think the same applies to yesterday. There's enough trouble in the here and now to worry about how differently things could have turned out.”
― Liz Tolsma, Daisies Are Forever

tags: daisies, do-not-worry, tomorrows, yesterday

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“None of us deserve God's forgiveness. The Bible says to forgive because God forgave us. It doesn't say anything about deserving it or even asking for it.”
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This is the poll for April's Books of the Month. Pick the one you'd like to read most & the two with the most votes will be our reads.

The Wood's Edge (The Pathfinders, #1) by Lori Benton

The Wood's Edge by Lori Benton

7 votes 17.1%

The Colonel's Lady by Laura Frantz

7 votes 17.1%

The Pharaoh's Daughter (Treasures of the Nile, #1) by Mesu Andrews

The Pharaoh's Daughter by Mesu Andrews

6 votes 14.6%

The Butterfly and the Violin (Hidden Masterpiece, #1) by Kristy Cambron

The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron

6 votes 14.6%

Circle of Spies (The Culper Ring, #3) by Roseanna M. White

Circle of Spies by Roseanna M. White

5 votes 12.2%

Prelude for a Lord (The Gentlemen Quartet, #1) by Camille Elliot

Prelude for a Lord by Camille Elliot

4 votes 9.8%

Snow on the Tulips (Women of Courage #1) by Liz Tolsma

Snow on Tulips by Liz Tolsma

2 votes 4.9%

Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer

2 votes 4.9%

They Met at Shiloh (Shiloh #1) by Phillip Bryant

They Met at Shiloh by Phillip Bryant

1 vote 2.4%

The Crimson Cord Rahab's Story (Daughters of the Promised Land, #1) by Jill Eileen Smith

The Crimson Cord: Rahab's Story by Jill Eileen Smith

1 vote 2.4%

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