Greetings from Sarah Sundin in rainy California! Today I have the joy of chatting with multi-published, award-winning devotional writer Grace Fox, coming to us from her sailboat in British Columbia! Welcome, Grace! Please tell us about your book Fresh Hope for Today: Devotions for Joy on the Journey. Sooner or later, we travel a difficult road in life. This book’s 90 devotions lead readers to a place of joy on their journey. Each devotion features a key verse, story and application, sentence prayer, and a quote from someone who has discovered joy on a wearisome road. That sounds lovely! What…
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A Chat with Author Jayme H. Mansfield
Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing author, artist, and teacher Jayme H. Mansfield. Jayme’s here to tell us about her latest novel! Welcome, Jayme! Please tell us about your book, Portrait of Deceit. When an anonymous collector approaches the Richard Museum in Washington, DC, with a possible Modigliani portrait, art authentication expert Olivia Danford is called in. Her talents investigating pieces for museums, universities, and private collectors provide a retreat from a past she’d rather forget. But the chemical analysis and mysterious provenance of The Girl in White reveal much more than what lies beneath…
The History of Recipes
One of my weaknesses is cookbooks, particularly older editions passed down through the
generations of my family.
A Chat with Author Sarah Hamaker
Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing versatile, multi-published author Sarah Hamaker. I met Sarah a few years ago at the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference and liked her instantly—and not just because she’s a fellow Sarah-with-an-H—and I think you’ll like her too. Sarah’s here to share about her latest romantic suspense novel. Welcome, Sarah! Please tell us about your book The Dark Reckoning. A mysterious list of names links a dangerous past to the present. Great hook! What is the primary focus of your story? The third book in my Cold War Legacy series (but…
Book Review: Save the Date, by Ellen Fannon
Save the Date, by Ellen Fannon, is a humorous, contemporary novel, and won 3rd place in the 2022 Christian Indie Awards: What if you were given the chance to rekindle the flame with your first love? What happened to all those girls who were mean to you in school? Should Hannah Jensen take the chance of attending her high school reunion to find out? Hannah hasn’t been back to her hometown in twenty-five years. Now a widow raising a teenaged daughter, she has the opportunity to go home for her twenty-fifth high school reunion. The invitation to the reunion stirs up…
A Chat with Author Diane Stortz
Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing Diane Stortz, a bestselling author of devotionals, Bible study guides, and numerous books for children! Welcome, Diane! Please tell us about your book, Say & Pray Easter Sticker and Activity Book. For ages 3-6, this 32-page activity book incorporates mazes, matching, finish-the-picture, tracing, coloring, counting, and more—40 activities in all—PLUS over 100 stickers! Children help to tell the Easter story—from Jesus’ teaching and healing ministry through His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and His reign today—as they complete the activities page by page. It looks absolutely darling! Why did you…
A Chat with Author Donna Arlynn Frisinger
Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing one of our newer CAN members, Donna Arlynn Frisinger, whose children’s books have won the AWSA Golden Scroll Award among other awards. Welcome, Donna! Please tell us about your book, Bye-Bye Earthsuit–Hello Heavensuit.
Book Review: And Then Blooms Love by Sally Jo Pitts
Christian Contemporary Romance: And Then Blooms Love Shocking news forces flower shop owner Emme Matthews and plantation manager Clifton Davenport to face not only their past, but the love they left behind. (First book in the Hamilton Harbor Legacy series.) * * * Book Review: I loved this story! If ever there was a tender romance that uses an unpredictable series of events to bring two former lovers back into each other’s lives, this is it! The beauty of God’s restoration in relationships is seen throughout the book. It offers plenty of well-paced tension as the hero’s wedding day approaches –…
A Chat with Author Lane Jordan
Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing Lane Jordan, author of both fiction and nonfiction books. Today she’s sharing about her novel Evangeline, which won the 2022 AWSA Golden Scroll Award! Congratulations, Lane, and welcome! Please tell us about Evangeline. Take the beautiful, biblical story of Esther, change the lead character’s race from Jewish to biracial, place the location in New York City during the 1960s era of turmoil at the time of the civil rights movement, and you have a modern-day parallel to the story of Esther. King and Evie, the main characters, beautifully portray…
Book Review: Don’t Bite the Doctor by Ellen Fannon
Don’t Bite the Doctor is contemporary, humorous Christian fiction. Real doctors treat more than one species. That’s what veterinarian, Jill Bennet believes. On any given day, she may doctor dogs, cats, bunnies, birds, horses, pigs, or any other furry/feathered patient who crosses her path—striving to deliver compassion and competence to all God’s creatures. Now, after forty years, Jill reflects back to when she was a new, young veterinarian, when women were just beginning to become a presence among the previously male-dominated profession. Out in the real world, Jill finds herself in situations never covered in veterinary school. It is a…
