Each year I share my thoughts as I celebrate another birthday. This year, 52. I don’t even remember much of 51. Turning 50 was anticlimactic because I really wanted to enter the decade with a bang. Instead, the country shut down and it was so new no one was doing the drive-by celebrations. So, what’s…
Finding Hope through Love’s Lost Star by guest blogger Caitlin M. Smith The past can be a pesky fly, relentlessly buzzing in our ears. It tries to define us, claiming that we can never escape the people we once were. We can’t start fresh, and we can never be free from mistakes we’ve made. This…
CLAIMING ANNIE’S HEART What was the spark for the story idea? Two things gave me the story idea. One, both my grandmothers trace their roots to Ireland. They didn’t talk much about Ireland. Two, I went there, and the magic of the Emerald Isle captured my heart. Traveling around the isle and talking to the…
The Story behind the Story Gold Rush Bride Tegan By Linda Shenton Matchett More than likely, you’ve heard of the California gold rush that began in 1848. Word spread around the world, and by the following year tens of thousands of people from around the world arrived to seek their fortune. But did you know…
Website Fig & Vine Blog: Life and Beauty in the South of France https://www.janetjoanouweiner.com Persecution of the Huguenots is intensifying in 17th century France. What will be the cost of her unbelief? Jeanne Tessier is not willing to die for a faith she doesn’t possess. Where was God when she desperately needed him? In her…
March 2022 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Hearts and Goals by Carolyn Miller –He’s a goalie with a big heart, while she’s afraid to trust again. After a series of tragedies, Maggie Joly’s dreams have been confined to her work at…