Dear Readers and Friends,
Thanks for stopping in.

Here's what's new with me.

Once again, Steeple Hill has asked me to participate in one of their Love Inspired continuities. This was an offer I couldn’t refuse.
The series, called After The Storm, is set in a fictitious Kansas town recovering from a devastating tornado. A few weeks after I accepted the offer, a twister heavily damaged the town where I went to high school. Chapman, Kansas.
The similarity between the story I was asked to write and the damage to a place I knew so well almost made me resign from the project. I didn't want to benefit from such a sad event.
After talking to some of the people affected by this disaster I decided I needed to be one of the authors in this continuity. I needed to tell the whole world about the strength, faith and determination of Kansans. This is a great state filled with great people. Our state motto says it all. "Ad Astra Per Aspera" (To the Stars Through Difficulties)
My book, A FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING, will be out in November 2009.

Coming Soon
A MATTER OF THE HEART

Read an Excerpt

Book # 4 in the HOMECOMING HEROES series.

Look for it in stores Sept 25th.

A MILITARY MATCH

Book # 3 in the MOUNTED COLOR GUARD series.

Look for it in stores OCT 23rd.

Books in Series
More and more I've been asked about how readers can find other books in the series I participate in. I've now added a list of all the titles and how they fall in the series I've written. Click on my Books to see them.

I recently found out that my book, The Color of Courage has been translated into French as part of Harlequin's Collection Blanche. The title has been changed to Une surprenante rencontre. What a treat for me. I wonder if I'll get reader mail written in French?

As always, I'm pleased when you share your comments about my books. Click on Contact link to e-mail me or you can reach me by regular mail at P.O. Box 16714 Wichita, KS. 67216

 

 

On Sale Now
Military Daddy

April 2008 from

Steeple Hill Love Inspired

Corporal Shane Ross of Fort Riley’s mounted color guard is stunned when a women he met only once shows up to tell him she's pregnant with his child. Annie Delmar is a recovering alcoholic struggling to find her way and relying on her new faith to guide her. She doesn't expect or want Shane's help. She’s ready to face life on her own two feet.
Coming from a broken home, Shane knows the pain of an absent and uncaring father and he isn’t willing to see his baby grow up that way. Can he convince Annie that a military daddy is exactly what her child needs? As these two people each try to do what is best for their unexpected blessing a fragile love begins to grow between them. But can that love survive a painful discovery about the health of their unborn child?

 

THE COLOR OF COURAGE

On sale August, 2007

Steeple Hill Love Inspired

Sergeant Lindsey Mandel of the Fort Riley’s mounted color guard is struggling to accept her brother’s devastating injury as God’s will. Knowing that he will never ride again, the former soldier has donated his beloved horse, Dakota, to Lindsey’s unit. When Lindsey tells her brother that her unit has been invited to participate in the upcoming inaugural parade, she is delighted at his new determination to get out of the hospital in time to watch the parade in person. But when a freak riding accident leaves Lindsey with a broken arm and Dakota with a broken leg, her faith is tested once again. Veterinarian Brian Cutter has a plan that may save Dakota’s life, but that plan doesn’t include falling in love with a stubborn, determined, redheaded, career military woman. Together, these two people will discover that while they think they are following their own paths, God is really directing their steps...toward each other.

If you noticed an error on the back cover of The Color of Courage
click here to find out what happened.