Gumbo Weather: A Bijou Bayou Christmas Novella Colorado sports reporter, Noel Winters heads to Louisiana after finding love letters in her deceased mother’s belongings. When her car breaks down near Bijou Bayou, a handsome, struggling pitcher and part-time mechanic comes to her rescue by fixing her car, and offering to help her find her…
From Julie: This is an excerpt from Katheryn Maddox Haddad’s Star Song, Book 1 of her 8-book series “THEY MET JESUS”. Look for places where you can “talk” to the characters. “Mary…” Gabriel grows more serious. “Mary, you are a very favored lady, for the Lord is with you and has decided to wonderfully bless…
MICHEL: THE FOURTH WISE MAN That star! You know—the one over Bethlehem. We are so easily influences by what other people tell us, or sing to us. What do they tell us? The wise men (magi) were really kings, there were three of them, and they followed the star all the way from…
Expectations Many years ago, I was expecting our daughter and her family to arrive for Christmas. I’d taken the day off from work to enjoy spending time with them. Shortly after they arrived they left again to do some last minute shopping, and they didn’t ask me to join them. My heart sank. It…
December 2016 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Bella Natale! by Marianne Evans — An aspiring American artist and the widowed, Italian owner of a premier art gallery meet and fall in love in Florence when he champions her work, but there…
I’ve mentioned more than once that I have benefited from the people and resources at iBloom for years. Last year I bit the bullet and bought the planner. I was always unsure about it, because it cost a little bit more than others. Now I know why. It’s not only sturdy,…