July 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the Her Brother’s Keeper by The Cowboy’s Surprise Baby by A Father’s Second Chance by Among the Fair Magnolias by Shelley Shepard Gray, Elizabeth Musser — In the most turbulent decade of our nation’s history, four Southern women–destinies forged by birth, hearts steeled by war–face near …
ACFW New Releases: June 2015
June 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Beth K. Vogt — A couple who eloped during spring break during their senior year of high school — and then divorced — have to decide whether they should take a second chance …
ACFW New Releases: May 2015
May 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Seaside Proposal by Narelle Atkins — Billie Radcliffe is only staying in the close-knit beach community until she finds the man who is the key to her rejection-riddled history. Her growing relationship with good-looking banker and youth leader Zach …
ACFW New Releases: April 2015
April 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: The Postcard by Laura V. Hilton — David Lapp moves to Jamesport for a fresh start after surviving a “code blue” when he was in a buggy/semi truck accident. His new call to the ministry is complicated by his …
ACFW New Releases: March 2014
March 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: 8 Weddings and a Miracle Romance Collection by Janet Lee Barton, Lena Nelson Dooley, Nancy J. Farrier, Pamela Griffin, Diann Hunt, Loree Lough, Tracie J. Peterson, Sandra Petit and Gail Sattler — Weather the storms of life alongside nine …
ACFW New Releases: February 2015
February 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: Keys of Heaven: A Healing Grace Novel by Adina Senft — Apprentice Dokterfraa Sarah Yoder grows herbs for her tinctures and tries to ignore her matchmaking relatives, but she can’t ignore her budding friendship with her neighbor, Henry Byler. …
ACFW New Releases: January 2015
January 2015 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: The Beekeeper’s Son by Kelly Irvin When Deborah Lantz arrives in drought-stricken Bee County, she longs for her lush, green Tennessee home. But more than that, she wants her mother, a widow with six children, to be happy again. …
Publishing Decisions and Changing Times
By Robin Johns Grant I just ran across a Publishers Weekly article titled, “Is Amazon Really the Devil?” I had to laugh. When I talk to writer friends these days and the subject of Amazon comes up, either we speak in tones of awe and reverence-or else someone shudders and winces, as though we are indeed speaking of the devil. …
ACFW New Releases: December 2014
December 2014 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: Murder Tightly Knit (An Amish Village Mystery) by Vannetta Chapman — As fall blankets the Pumpkinvine Trail with colorful leaves, a local Amish man is found dead on the path. For the federal investigator called in on the case, …
Reading Outside Your Genre
By Lisa Jordan Recently I had a conversation with my sister, who is a language arts teacher at our local middle school, about the importance of reading outside our favorite genres. She reads a lot of non-fiction, particularly biographies. I read a lot of contemporary romance novels. As a happily ever after girl who writes contemporary Christian romances that promise …