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J.M. Kirkley

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J.M. Kirkley is an award winning author of the Christian Historical Romance novel, A Writing Upon the Sand. She received the Artisan Book Reviews Book Excellence Award for this debut novel.

By trade, she’s a storykeeper. She's a faith-based counselor who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. By night, she researches and writes grace-filled Christian historical fiction.

She calls East Texas home. Her favorite pastimes include visiting museums and art festivals, refinishing furniture, touring coastal offices of the National Weather Service with her meteorologist son-in-law, and making memories with family and friends.

Iris Fuller for Artisan Book Reviews shares, “Draped in southern charm, cloaked in mystery and belted in real tragic histo
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This is a second-chance story about the power of a life redeemed and impact of lingering, devastating consequences. Well written and inspirational. I can see why it won multiple awards.
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Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate
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First of all, the characters from the small town of Daily, Texas, provided some laugh-out-loud moments. I suspect you'd have to live in Texas or the south to truly appreciate some of its humor.
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To Love a Beast by Karen Witemeyer
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What a delightful retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Texas style with a bookish theme. I thoroughly enjoyed this read.
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Beautifully written historical tale by Katherine Reay. She portrays a world during the Cold War that is chlling, eye-opening, and tragic. This gripping spy novel is filled with intrigue and plot twists, merging the dual timelines with themes of coura ...more
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