One little boy's dream becomes a sister's determination in this beautiful historical romance. Listen in as Amanda Cabot talks about her Sweetwater Crossing Christmas Novella, One Special Christmas. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Readers couldn't get enough of Sweetwater Crossing, and Amanda didn't disappoint. Drawing new characters into familiar scenes, she gives us a beautiful look at new hope and joy at Christmastime. One ...
Nov 22, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 383
Christian fantasy takes a new twist in Trail to the Lonely Tree. I chatted with Kurt Mahler about his series recently--all the way from the other side of the world. Listen in and see what he did with a story about animals remembering the names that Adam gave them... and what that means! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. I love the idea of animals remembering the names Adam gave them--and how that would affect mankind. And takin...
Nov 19, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 382
Feel like kids need a picture of what Spiritual warfare looks like? R.M. Ruiz shows it in this family saga of missions from God to thwart evil beings and how He prepares them for it. Listen in to learn what's up in Iowa! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. The cornfields of Iowa may not seem like a place for battle, but don't tell the Chosen Kids that! Amid dealing with troublesome monsters, they also have to work through their o...
Nov 15, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 381
When I read about this anthology and the group that sponsored it, I couldn't contain my excitement. Jenny Gossell signed up for the dream school for aspiring young authors and this anthology shows just how brilliant the program is. Listen in to learn more about her, her book, and the school that helped produce it! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. I feel like this college alternative is a brilliant idea, and boy do I wish I cou...
Nov 12, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 380
I love a good dystopian novel, and New Heroes by E. H. Underhill sounds sooooo good! I am so excited to get my hands on this book! Listen in and see why. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. I love this idea of a dystopian series. The Solar Storm Chronicles : New Heroes by E. H. Underhill In the gripping dystopian thriller, "The Solar Storm Chronicles - New Heroes," author E.H. Underhill plunges readers into a world reshaped by so...
Nov 08, 2024•28 min
Welcome back to the charming community of Moonberry Lake. It's time to get to know the crazy antics taking place in the florist's shop and wow... let's just say I couldn't stop laughing. Listen in to hear what you'll find in The Blooming of Delphinium. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Moonberry Lake, Minnesota features such a unique and charming cast of characters in this fabulous series. This second book offers even more amus...
Nov 05, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 378
The Encounter series by D.M. Griffin looks at four women who each had a brief encounter with Jesus and its profound effect on their lives. The final book, Return of the Son just released. Listen in to see what you'll find in the covers of this Biblical fiction novel. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Have you ever wondered who the "Widow of Naim" might have been? Griffin takes a look at what could have led up to the heartbreaki...
Nov 01, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 377
After chatting with him about his Barabbas books in the past, readers might expect a new Biblical fiction series, but next up from M. D. House... Fantasy!!! EEEP! Listen in to see what you'll find in this exciting new series! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. The End Times Convergence series opens with Crossroads of Awakening Memory, a fantasy that deals with multiple worlds serving the same God with portals! The portals are "a...
Oct 29, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 376
The world could always use more fantasy novels, and after my chat with Steven A. Guglich, I'm sure Piercing the Veil is a great addition to the genre. Listen in to learn about how he wrote this series and what's to come. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. By nature, fantasy novels are about journeys--to places, to things, to ideas... but journeys. Steven Guglich has a new twist on it (well, it's new to me!) with fantasy that exp...
Oct 25, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 375
A chat with Liz Johnson is always a lot of fun, but a chat about another Red Door Inn book? Listen in to learn what you'll find in Meddling with Mistletoe note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Okay, so we talked about more than Meddling with Mistletoe. Yes, we learned what we'll find in that book, but... we also had to have a chat about Christmas at the Red Door Inn (a personal favorite) and about her new series coming next year! M...
Oct 22, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 375
I have a special place in my heart for debut novels, and I especially love ones that deal with broken people who find healing in Jesus and His people, so imagine how excited I was to hear about The Color of Home by Kit Tosello! Listen in to learn more about her, her books, and even how her home town inspired her fictional town! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Okay, so there's a lot to love about Kit Tosello, and not all of it...
Oct 18, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 373
Listen in and learn about how bell towers won out over clock towers and became a big part of each of the novellas in the Christmas in the Cascades collection. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. In this episode, I chatted with April Kidwell and Marline Williams about their collection set in the Cascades in Oregon. All centered around a bell tower and... Christmas of course. We talked about them getting to know each other, about h...
Oct 15, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 372
An heiress, a widow, and a fish-out-of water walk into a series... Listen in and see who you'll meet in the Stone Creek Brides series. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Kathleen Rouser's Stone Creek Brides series offers strong heroines, each with something they'd rather keep quiet. This latest novel, Scandals and Mercies, dives deep into the conflict between expectations and obligations and how the Lord handles those. Scandals ...
Oct 11, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 371
I've discovered a ridiculous love for castles that probably originated when author Cathe Swanson lived in one and I visited. But Ann Swindell has ramped it up a huge notch with her fictional kingdom of Lethersby, a historical secret, and of course, Christmas! Listen in and see why I can't wait for more from her! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Look, one book about castles and fictitious kingdoms, and hundred-year-old mysterie...
Oct 08, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 370
After listening to her Buried Secrets on Audible, I couldn't wait to chat with S.F. Baumgartner about her latest book in the Mirror Estate series, Hidden Secrets. Listen in and see what we'll see in this next thriller in the series! Note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. If you love suspense and thrillers without all the romance, this is the series for you! While there are romantic elements to some of the books, Baumgartner leaves i...
Oct 04, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 369
No one does Christmas like Melody Carlson, and her latest Christmas release, The Christmas Tree Farm promises to be one of her best. Listen in and see why I was so excited to read it that I opened my mail while we chatted to get it! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Melody was such a trooper, fighting all kinds of technological glitches (that thankfully you can't hear!) and learning new things to get me recordings and such. I s...
Oct 01, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 368
Author of one of my top reads of the year, June Bug , Chris Fabry is also the novelist for the Kendrick Brothers' beloved movies including the most recent, The Forge . Listen in as we discuss the story and the process of writing from a screenplay! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Chis Fabry, author of so many beloved novels and the podcaster behind Moody's Chris Fabry Live , has teamed up with the Kendrick Brothers again to br...
Sep 27, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 367
No one does romantic comedy like Angela Ruth Strong--part hilarity, part depth, the stories always have that extra level of richness that we so love in her work. Listen in and see why I'm sure Fiance Finale will be no different. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Author of Husband Auditions , Hero Debut , and now, Fiance Finale (see what she did there?) Angela Ruth Strong has created a brilliant trilogy of romcoms that combine t...
Sep 24, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 366
I always love a chat with Suzanne Woods Fisher. She writes a lovely variety of genres, and her Amish is some of the best out there, so chatting about her new book, A Healing Touch was the highlight of this summer! Listen in to learn about "Dok" Soltzfus, Annie, and the baby! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Next up in the Stony Ridge community, Fisher tackles several serious topics--an ex-Amish doctor (if I recall correctly), ...
Sep 20, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 365
Author of brilliant Southern fiction, T.I. Lowe's latest release, Lowcountry Lost has such a super-cool premise. Listen in and learn about how Avalee totally renovates a ghost town! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Okay, so I love me a good home renovation show, but in a book? And a whole TOWN not just one building? YES, PLEASE! T.I. Lowe combines a second-chance romance with some hard-hitting topics AND... a lot of fun, whims...
Sep 17, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 364
I love it when authors tackle the hard things in life with hope and redemption, and Carrie Walker's Emma's Hero feels like exactly the sort of book I love most. Listen in while we learn about this book, the series, and more! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Carrie Walker talks about bad decisions, difficult consequences, and the joy and hope God can bring within these circumstances. I have to say I love her hook. "God won't gi...
Sep 13, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 363
One of my all time favorite authors has another book coming out in a couple of weeks, and I for one, am crazy excited to see what she's done with this new series! Listen in to find out what the Time's Lost Treasures series has in store and more about the first book! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Author of Dickens reimaginings, Regency stories from a different perspective, the Blackfriars Lane series, and the Monsters & ...
Sep 10, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 262
When I learned that Becca Wierwille was taking a trip to Guatemala in Road Trip Return , I knew I was going to like this book! Listen in to see why Guatemala and what's coming in this sequel to her debut novel! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Daniel from Road Trip Return is back in this international story of family, friendship, and finding peace with the things that happen in our lives. Becca shared her own history with Guat...
Sep 06, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 361
When Marline Williams told me about her book, All Men Are Liars, and explained it was about the Jesus Revolution time in the early seventies, I knew she had a winner. There's NOTHING out there yet (although I know of another series coming!). So listen in to see why Williams wrote this book and where the series is going! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. As a very young kid in the seventies (born in 1970) I was pretty clueless t...
Sep 03, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 360
I don't know about you, but nothing says "Christmas is coming!" like a good cozy mystery full of all the Christmas things AND... maybe some yummy-sounding treat. Listen in to see why Murder Goes Caroling did it for me! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Malissa and I had a great time chatting about her writing, how this book went, and even why she made some of the choices she did. We also got a tiny hint of future books and thin...
Aug 30, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 359
Buckle up your seatbelts (and maybe grab a 3-point harness, too), because we're about to go on a wild ride with DiAnn Mills as we talk about her upcoming release, Lethal Standoff. Listen in to learn how we came up with a book idea while chatting! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. I've always enjoyed DiAnn Mills' books, but boy, recently, they feel like they've kicked up an extra notch. Learn about her research, personal lessons...
Aug 27, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 358
Author of a lovely variety of historical romances, Sara R. Turnquist has something for everyone--including a cool split-time series that has me mesmerized. Listen in to learn more! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. I knew I'd be interested in Sara's books when I perused Amazon, but oh my gravy, I had no idea of the variety she offered. By the middle of our discussion, I'd already bought two of the audiobooks. This isn't uncommo...
Aug 23, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 357
Carrie Turansky is back with another fabulous split-time novel, A Token of Love . This time we're looking at a foundling home and a journalist out to uncover well-hidden secrets. Listen in as Carrie talks about her research and get a hint at what isn't coming next! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. A total aside here, but aren't bookstores really orphanages for books seeking shelfie families? History is riddled with the horrify...
Aug 20, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 356
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the microphone in an audiobook narrator's booth? Listen in and see what Christa DelSorbo gets up to while narrating and how you can listen to some of her work FREE. Because the only thing better than a great audiobook is a FREE great audiobook, right? note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Christa DelSorbo is a dear friend who happens also to be my primary audiobook narrator. She's done Sou...
Aug 16, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 355
Readers of mysteries and suspense tend to love that moment where justice is served, but Sarah Hamaker's Seeking Justice series picks up where justice failed her characters. Listen in and see why her newest release, Justice Delayed, zipped to the top of my TBR. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Author of the Cold War Legacy series (amazing series. Definitely check it out!), Sarah Hamaker picks up a new series and kicks it off wi...
Aug 13, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 354
