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Inspirational Fiction - Good for the Soul!
Gail Gaymer Martin
Gail Gaymer Martin
About the author
Award-winning author, Gail Gaymer Martin, writes romance and romantic suspense for Steeple Hill and Barbour Publishing. One year after writing fiction, she sold her first novel in 1998 and now has signed forty fiction contracts with over two and a half million books in print! Gail's books have been honored with seven national awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice and recently the 2007 National Readers Choice for her novel, With Christmas In His Heart. She is the author of Writing the Christian Romance to be released by Writers Digest in December 2007. Gail is a keynote speaker and workshop presenter across the U.S. She has a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Before writing, she was a high school guidance counselor and previously a high school English and public speaking teacher. After retiring, she was an adjunct instructor of English and public speaking at Davenport University. Visit her web site at www.gailmartin.com and look at her For Writers pages on writing Christian romance. Read her blog at www.gailmartin.blogspot.com. Visit Gail’s newest blog on Fiction: Writing Right at www.writingright-martin.blogspot.com.
Upcoming Releases:
Garlic and Roses - Barbour Publishing - March 2008
Butterfly Trees - Barbour Publishing - August 2008
The Christmas Kite - Steeple Hill Mass Market (reissue) - October 2008
Gail's Books
BOOK: Family In His Heart
ISBN: 978-0373874637
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill Love Inspired
January 2008
Who Wasn't Trying To Fix Up Dr. Zack Hemingway?
Even his boss had handpicked two of his three daughters as perfect candidates for the position of Zack's wife. But it was the other daughter who'd caught Zack's no-longer roving eye.
A sweet Christian woman who worked with children in need, Chloe Kilgannon possessed everything he wanted in a wife. Except a willingness to say I do. Why? What was Chloe hiding—or hiding from? Zack had to find out before he lost Chloe for good. For when his own family dropped a life-changing bombshell on him, he knew that some secrets were truly meant to be shared.
BOOK: And Baby Makes Five
RELEASE DATE: October 2007
PUBLISHER: Barbour - Heartsong Presents
ISBN # 1-5978-9638-1
Monterey Peninsula Series #1
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Psalms 143:8
When a migrant goes into labor in a lettuce field, her horrendous life changes in a miracles when her boss provides her with medical care and a place to live. As she struggles to deal with her life of poverty in a new life filled with luxury, she learns a lesson of God’s abundant love and promises and the field owner learns that love has no bounds when God is in charge.
BOOK: Writing The Christian Romance
ISBN-13: 978-1582974774
PUBLISHER: Writer's Digest
December 2007
Writing the Christian Romance provides readers with detailed instruction for creating a storyline that is reflective of Christian values with authentic well constructed principled characters. This comprehensive book shows writers how to develop an engaging, passionate, conflict-driven romantic storyline without the use profanity, gratuitous violence, or sexually explicit content. Writers will learn to construct stories using the three threads around which Christian romance is centered: the characters' personal growth, the growth of the romance, and the characters' spiritual growth, which is as irrevocably tied to the storyline as the first two threads.
BOOK: In His Dreams
ISBN: 037387443X
DATE: August 2007
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill Love Inspired
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:11-12
Following her husband’s illness and death, Marsha Sullivan’s life as caregiver is gone, and she’s lost her sense of purpose. But on a trip to Beaver Island Marsha finds a new purpose when her husband’s widowed brother and his eleven-year-old emotionally impaired daughter reenter her life. Will Marsha see a future beyond her need as caregiver? Can Jeff Sullivan accept the love and faith God is offering him?
BOOK: With Christmas In His Heart
ISBN: 0373874057
DATE: November 2006
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill Love Inspired
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Book Two in the Michigan Islands Miniseries
While caring for her ailing grandmother on wintry Mackinac Island, Christine Powers is pulled from her prestigious, hectic life, to the quiet boredom of the island where she meets a stained glass artist and shop owner whose life style doesn’t seem to fit his ability. With God in charge, can Christine stop the snowballing of attraction and longing? With Christmas comes a gift beyond their expectation.
BOOK: In His Eyes
ISBN: 0373873875
DATE: August 2006
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill Love Inspired
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22-23 NIV
Book One in the Michigan Islands Miniseries
When Ellene Bordini arrives on Harsens Island, the early March wind’s bitter chill has less impact than the look in Connor Faraday’s eyes. Years had passed, but the emotions have not, and when Ellene comes face to face with her old flame, emotions heat up in more ways than one.
BOOK: Mackinac Island Anthology
ISBN: 1597890324
DATE: May 2006
PUBLISHER: Barbour Publishing
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17 NIV
A chance meeting on romantic Mackinac Island bring together a young woman working at the Grand Hotel on a college internship as she struggles to get through college and a helpful young man, the son of a wealthy physician who has a summer home on the island. Alison feels unworthy to pursue a friendship with someone who’s life is so different from her own simple one, but Jacob doesn’t let her resists stand in his way. Will Alison follow God’s leading and learn that being worthy has nothing to do with money or stature?
BOOK: Michigan
ISBN: 1593104340
DATE: August 2004
Four reprinted novels set in Michigan from the Heartsong Presents Book Club
Stories of love and faith: Out On A Limb, Over Her Head, Seasons, Secrets Within
OUT ON A LIMB
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great. Luke 6:35 KJV
When Karen Chapman visits her newly widowed grandfather’s farm, she is trapped in a tree and aided by a cajoling, handsome stranger. In minutes she realizes he is the grandson of Lionel Kendal. Like the infamous Martins and McCoys, the Chapman-Kendal grandfathers have feuded for years. Now she must decide if she will join the family feud, or do what the Lord says and love her enemy.
OVER HER HEAD
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10
Lana West’s life changed the day her sister brought home a man to spring clean their yard, but, mortified, she learns the man is actually the church’s new youth director, Mark Branson. A high school teacher who doesn’t particular like teenagers, Lana becomes Mark’s favorite youth activity chaperone. But as Linda finds herself knee deep in Christian teen activities, she learns something new about young people, about herself and begins to see God working in her life.
Mark, too, wonders why he continues to find the spirited, humorous, yet bull-headed, woman so appealing until he realizes God has provided him a challenge that leads him to understand his own life decisions. He realizes Lana is the woman God has meant for him.
At summer youth camp, Lana faces God head-on and finds herself elbow-deep in soap suds, up to her neck in poison ivy and over her head in love.
SEASONS
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
Coping with widowhood, Sally Newgate joins a Christian support group, unaware that her life would take a dramatic turn. Sally finds herself drawn to Brad Mathews, a widower with two small children. Though family and friends warn her not to ‘lose her head,’ Sally struggles, knowing it’s her ‘heart,’ not her head that’s causing her problems.
Brad aches for his motherless children and finds a compassionate friend in Sally. Within months, Brad believes God’s will has brought Sally into his life. But when his young daughter, Kelly, openly resents her, Brad is caught between his daughter and the woman he loves. He invites Sally to his mother’s lovely home on Cape Cod with an ulterior motive — a secret that will solve their problems. But what he thinks will bind them together, instead, tears them apart.
Will Brad endure the struggles of his daughter and the woman he loves? Will Sally learn to listen to her heart and to God’s gentle guidance?
SECRETS WITHIN
And a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6
Returning to Michigan to be near her young niece and estranged sister, dying of cancer, Laine Sibley was not prepared for her sister’s dying words. "Promise you’ll take care of Becca." Struggling with faith issues and needing forgiveness, Laine finds companionship and support from her neighbor, Jeff Rice following her sister’s death. But while Laine and Jeff’s friendship grows into love, Laine’s life unravels when she realizes she is tangled in a con man’s plot.
Jeff realizes as Laine seeks answers, she has begun to suspect him of involvement in the con man’s game. Caught in his own web of intrigue, Jeff cannot tell her the truth about himself. If he does, she could be in more serious danger.
With Becca’s prodding, Laine finds herself turning to the Lord. When she finally seeks God’s help, the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place. Will Jeff’s final piece of the puzzle make Laine’s world complete?
BOOK: Finding Christmas
ISBN: 0373811233
DATE: October 2005
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill Readers Choice
What is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Matthew 10:27b-28 NIV
Before Christmas when an anonymous telephone caller’s whisper arouses a woman’s belief that her dead child is still alive, the woman travels a frightening journey of kidnap and murder while aided by her deceased-husband’s law associate who has secretly loved her for years.
BOOK: That Christmas Feeling
ISBN: 0373785283
DATE: November 2004
PUBLISHER: Steeple Hill
with Catherine Palmer
Martin's tale features a nanny, Rose Danby, who has become almost a mother to her charges. When her widower employer is forced to transfer his job to Minnesota, he proposes, but this seems rather mercenary to Rose. Still, such a story can have only one ending, and you can bet it will happen at Christmas. John Mort Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Other books by Gail
The Christmas Kite
Steeple Hill Mass Market (reissue)
October 2008
ISBN: 0373785089
Holt Medallion Finalist"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Cor 12:9 NIV
The life of a single mom with a Down Syndrome child is turned around by a mysterious kite-flying stranger. Reclusive, Jordan Baird is drawn back into the world by a happy-go-lucky eight year old, Mac Hayden. His mother, Meara, is determined to make a life for her son and finds a niche in the Michigan town of Mackinaw City where her life becomes as colorful and exciting as the kites flying over the water. With her abundant faith, Meara comes to grips with her past and Jordan learns that forgiveness is possible with love and faith in God.
Upon a Midnight Clear/Secrets of the Heart
Steeple Hill Classic (A reissue duet )
October 2006
ISBN: 0373871236
And the secrets of his heart will be laid bare. 1 Corinthians 14:25
When social worker Kate Davis agreed to share a house with her co-worker, she didn't know she would also share it with the woman's brother, Doctor Scott Ryan. Kate is captivated by his friendly warmth, sensitivity, and good humor. Though Scott is bound to his career, he delights in the young energetic woman who thinks of others before herself. Yet as their lives intertwine, a secret stands in her way of a long term relationship. And the stronger their love grows, the darker Kate's secret looms.
Gail Gaymer Martin writes with compassion and understanding, gently guiding readers through a tender and emotional romance. Don't miss this" happy ever after" story. - 4 Stars - Romantic Times
Secrets of the Heart shines brightly with the wonderful message of hope and redemption. A platinum read - 5 stars - Bridges Magazine
Martin of Lathrup Village writes a gentle story about two devout people who are a perfect match. The gentle development of the love between them is heartwarming. The challenge for Kate comes from within. She needs to understand that forgiveness is a necessary part of life—particularly when it comes to forgiving herself. - 4 hearts - Oakland Press
Loving Promises
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
March 2005
ISBN 0-373-87301-8
(also in large print)
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:23-24 NIV
Four lives change when Bev Miller’s mother, Millie, moves to back Loving and cares for Dotty, the terminally ill wife of her old friend and pharmacist, Al Levin. Millie renews the friendship, and her widowed daughter, Bev is drawn to Al’s son, Dale, a bachelor who plans to stay that way. As Dotty nears death, she guides her family onto a course they’d never dreamed possible, and four people are bound together by compassion and love.
Adam’s Promise
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
July 2004
ISBN 0-373-87269-0
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
The Front Line Series Book
Nurse Kate Darling and Dr. Adam Montgomery don’t see eye to eye, but when Adam is wounded, Kate leave Doctor’s Without Borders in Venezuela and returns to Colorado Springs to nurses Adam back to health. Soon they learn the plot is as thick as the Venezuelan jungle, and Adam is still not out of danger. Tangled in the mystery, Kate finds her heart tangled around the arrogant doctor. Can Kate save Adam from the evil that stalks him, and can she save herself from being hurt? Will they let God open the doors to their love and protect them from the evil one?
"Then Came Darkness" in Hidden Motives
Barbour Anthology
ISBN 1-59310-257-7
October 2004
with Carol Cox, Diana Mills and Jill Stenglby
HIDDEN MOTIVES: Four Romances Emerge From Mysterious Shadows
Then Came Darkness by Gail Gaymer MartinEveryone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly.
Gerri Ward poses as a housekeeper at Emory Estates, hoping to vindicate her grandfather who died in prison for a murder he did not commit. In the gloomy mansion, searches for the truth, and her only bright moments in when she’s helped by the estate’s groundskeeper and handyman, Rich Drake. The closer she comes to her purpose, the deeper her relationship grows with Rich and with the Lord. But can love be found in the evil surroundings? Will they let God lead them for the darkness into the light of their growing love?
Loving Hearts
Steeple Hill
Feb 2003
ISBN 0-373-87206-2
Laban replied: "It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one." Genesis 29:26
My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love. Colossians 2:2
2nd romance in the Loving series
The Harvest
Two-in-one Steeple Hill
October 2003
ISBN 0-373-87230-5
with Cynthia Rutledge
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:4-5 NIV
When Tess Britton goes to the northern Michigan woods to close her cabin, she is startled by a hulking figure who skulks out of the woods and changes her empty life. Ryan Walsh, too, has come north to close his sister's cabin for the winter and to contemplate how to gracefully break off a go-nowhere relationship, but just as trust and confidence blossoms, an unexpected visitor throws water on the fresh flames of romance. In the autumn setting with a Thanksgiving theme, Tess and Ryan learn they have the keys to open the doors to their hearts and to the good gifts that come from God and from a deep committed love.
Loving Ways
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
December 2003
ISBN 0-373-87241-0
Finalist for the 2004 Golden Quill Award
We have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Corinthians 4:2
3rd in the Loving SeriesAnnie O'Keefe spent her life caring for her adult parents and thought love had passed her by, but when her landscaper, Ken DeWitt comes to her rescue more than once, he opens the door to her heart and she opens the door to his secret that allows God to step in and giving them gifts they never dreamed possible.
Over Her Head
Barbour Heartsong Presents
June 2002
ISBN 1-58660-603-4
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10
When Lana West’s sister brings a stray man home, Lana gapes in disbelief, but she has no idea who the man is or how he’ll change her life. After being knee deep in mud and chin deep in poison ivy, Lana finally realizes she’s over her head in love.
"Once A Stranger" in GERMAN ENCHANTMENT
ISBN 1-58660-396-5
February 2002 - Barbour - Once A Stranger
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land. (Deuteronomy 10:19 KJ)
Also including stories by Irene Brand, Dianne Christner and Pamela Griffin
When wealthy Maddy Johns celebrates her college graduation in following Germany’s romantic road, her life takes a strange turn. In Dinkelsbühl, she meets an American, Jacob Bruckner, who has roots there, and Maddy becomes tangled with concern for a German orphanage and for Jacob’s relatives living in the Black Forest. As Maddy tries to save the orphanage from closing and the Black Forest castle from being sold, her life becomes tied to Jacob’s, but will their different life styles stand in their way of a long lasting love?
Secrets Within
Barbour Heartsong Presents
December 2001
ISBN: 1586604805
The secrets of his heart will be laid bare, so he will fall down and worship God. 1 Cor 14:24-25
Laine Sibley returns to Michigan for a new job, but most of all, to be near her five-year old niece and her estranged sister, dying of cancer. Struggling with faith issues and forgiveness, following her sister’s death, Laine finds companionship and support from her neighbor, Jeffrey Rice. As Laine and Jeff’s feelings blossom into a romance, Laine’s life unravels. As she seeks solutions to her problems, she even doubts Jeff’s honesty until the pieces of the puzzle fall into place and their love and faith shine through the darkness.
"To Keep Me Warm" in Home For Christmas
Barbour
August 2001
ISBN 1-58660-242-X
With Colleen Coble, Carol Cox and Terry Fowler
Memory-or the lack thereof-is a powerful thing.
In To Keep Me Warm, Tim Richmond is also alone, with a son to raise. Dealing with the boy's handicap has been less intimidating than facing the emotional turmoil of dating. When he finally meets the "perfect" young woman, he doubts that an orphaned factory worker like himself can ever meet her needs. Who can convince him otherwise?
See how faith, love, and romance combine to bring Eden, Crista, Angelina, and Tim together again-to begin a whole new collection of special memories.
Upon A Midnight Clear
Steeple Hill
October 2000
ISBN: 0373871236
A Holt Medallion 2001 Winner
2000 National Readers' Choice Award Finalist
Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek me and find me, When you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29: 12-13
When Callie Randolph and David Hamilton meet, their worlds have all but fallen apart. Callie had dreamed that her first intimate moments with a man would be a beautiful, loving experience, and David had dreamed that love could conquer the direst of situations. Both were disillusioned. Yet as their lives become intertwined, they find strength and healing in each other and in their relationship with God. The only thing that keeps them apart is a secret they hold deep within themselves. But on Christmas Eve as the clock strikes midnight, their dark secrets surface, lit by a bright, new day and a Christmas blessing.
Dreaming Of Castles
Heartsong Presents
May 1999
ISBN 1-57748-555-6
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalms 90:14
When Spring Dalton’s best friend excludes her as a bridesmaid because of her 'less than perfect’ figure, she faces her life head-on. Thinking God may never answer her prayers, she accepts her cousin's offer and travels to Heidelberg, Germany with dreams of a becoming an artist, becoming thinner, and being swept away by Prince Charming.
On the train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Matt Sherman literally falls into her lap and the two strangers embark on a floundering adventure falling in love. From the first day, Matt is drawn to Spring, but guilt and anger from his past makes him feel unworthy to be loved.
Will Spring learn patience as she realizes prayer is answered in God's time? Will Matt learn to forgive and accept God’s forgiveness so he can follow his heart and ask Spring to be his wife?
Loving Tenderness
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
November 2005
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Heb 13:1-2 NRSV
Two people from different worlds search for answers of atonement and forgiveness. Two children, a four-year-old and one yet to be born become the catalyst that brings the two together to find respite and love in God’s loving arms.
Loving Feelings
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
June 2005
ISBN: 0373873131
A homemade candy enterprise brings two people together who can open the doors for love and healing. While opposing business ideas push them apart, they are brought together by an eight year old who’s heading for trouble. Though their focus is on the boy, their attention takes a detour to each other, but secrets from their past kept them from facing the truth as they realize that it will take more than kisses, chocolate or real, to heal their wounds. Only God can offer them a sweet, loving ending.
Loving Care
Steeple Hill Love Inspired
February 2004
ISBN 0-373-87249-6
4th in the Loving Series
When Christie Hanuman bumps into her ex-husband in a Loving pharmacy, her life turns upside down. A changed man, Patrick Hanuman, now widowed with a three year old son, begins a difficult journey of renewing the love he lost years earlier. Can Christie forget the past and learn to trust again? Can Patrick learn to laugh and love without regret? Can love happen the second time around?
Out On A Limb
Barbour Heartsong Presents
May 2004
ISBN 1-59310-117-1
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great. Luke 6:35 KJV
When Karen Chapman visits her newly widowed grandfather’s farm, she is trapped in a tree and aided by a cajoling, handsome stranger. In minutes she realizes he is the grandson of Lionel Kendal. Like the infamous Martins and McCoys, the Chapman-Kendal grandfathers have feuded for years. Now she must decide if she will join the family feud, or do what the Lord says and love her enemy.
"The Butterfly Garden" in EASTER BLESSINGS
Steeple Hill Two-in-One
March 2003
ISBN 0-373-87209-7
with Lenora Worth
If you have the faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move. Matthew 17:20
Two people, scarred by the past, meet at church on Easter Sunday. Viewing the butterfly banners, symbols of Jesus’ death and resurrection, they do not see the connection between the symbol and their own lives until God heals their wounds and love touches their hearts.
A Love For Safekeeping
Steeple Hill
January 2002
ISBN: 0373871686
ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewers Choice Award
Best Love Inspired for 2002
REVIEWS:
4-1/2 Stars - Perhaps Gail Gaymer Martin's best. This story will keep you riveted. - Romantic Times
4-1/2 Plugs - A LOVE FOR SAFEKEEPING is a powerful blend of passion and suspense...one of the finest romantic suspense stories I have read. - Tracy Farnsworth, The Romance Reader Connection
4-1/2 Stars - Ms. Martin writes her faith. - Karen Larsen, Scribes World
Loving Treasures
Steeple Hill, Love Inspired
June 2002
ISBN 0-373-87184-8
"Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." Ruth 1:16
1st in the Loving Series
Following her flamboyant mother-in-law, to the town of Loving, young widow, Jemma Dupre is introduced to Claire’s wealthy cousin Philip Somerville, owner of Bay Breeze Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan. Though Jemma sees his prosperity a barrier against a relationship and Philip believes his age makes him an unlikely candidate for romance, God has other plans.
Let's Pretend
Silhouette Romance
July 2002
When Jessamy Cosette returns for her high school’s Centennial celebration, she finds herself entangled with her high school nemesis, her best friend’s kid brother, Derek Randolph. The paunchy obnoxious teenager is now a charming, charismatic television reporter who realizes Jess had been his high school dream girl. Can Jess forget the pesky boy beneath the man when Derek decides to make his dream come true?
Her Secret Longing
Silhouette Romance
September 2001
ISBN: B000OWDFHE
When uptight Kathryn Palmer hires laid-back Lucas Tanner to remodel the back rooms of her farmhouse in a rural town in the Detroit suburbs, she has no idea that he would also remodel her life. As a marketing research director, Kathryn focuses on her executive business career. Marriage and children have no place in her plans, that is, until Lucas Tanner hammers his way into her heart.
"Apple Of His Eye" in The English Garden
Barbour
December 2001
ISBN 1-58660-389-2
"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
Setting: Victorian England 1851-52
Occasionally, I read a story that I feel a part of—as if I know the characters personally. Gail Martin has created one of those delightful stories. Sarah Hampton’s devotion to Christ is heartening...but never before have I experienced such empathy with a male character as I did with John Banning. What a wonderful tool of ministry this precious story is. Not only was it entertaining, it encouraged me to not give up on my dreams, to continue to believe that with God all things are possible. - L. Bouton for CWWC
Yuletide Treasures in CHRISTMAS THREAD
Barbour historical anthology
ISBN 1-57748-811-3
September 2000
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Prov 31:30 NIV
Setting: Michigan, December 1875
Livy Schuler and Andrew Mandalay seek love in the wrong places. Livy, having prayed unceasingly, decides God wishes her to remain a spinster and takes matters into her own hands. Facing a secluded life at the lumber camp, Andrew, though encouraged by his mother to court a woman from the church, prefers more earthly women. He knows his desire is sinful. While Livy and Andrew attempt to oppose God's will, God leads them "on a path they had not planned to travel." A keepsake provides mystery and serves as the focus of the spiritual message.
Better To See You in Once Upon A Time
Barbour contemporary fairytale anthology
December 2000
ISBN 1-57748-975-6
A hireling, and not the shepherd, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. John 10:12, 14 KJV
Setting - Oberammergau, Germany
Visiting her grandmother in the fairytale-like German town, redheaded Lucy Blair plans to attend the world-renowned Passion of Christ. What she did not plan to do was to meet Ron Woodson, her old college boyfriend. Will their meeting rekindle the old flame or will the past smother the new spark?
Also available as Fairy-Tale Brides
Wal-Mart release
January 2005
Seasons
Heartsong Presents
Nov. 1998
ISBN: 1577484770
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
Coping with widowhood, Sally Newgate joins a Christian support group, unaware that her life would take a dramatic turn. Sally finds herself drawn to Brad Mathews, a widower with two small children. Though family and friends warn her not to 'lose her head,' Sally struggles, knowing it's her 'heart,' not her head that's causing her problems.
Brad aches for his motherless children and finds a compassionate friend in Sally. Within months, Brad believes God's will has brought Sally into his life. But when his young daughter, Kelly, openly resents her, Brad is caught between his daughter and the woman he loves. He invites Sally to his mother's lovely home on Cape Cod with an ulterior motive - a secret that will solve their problems. But what he thinks will bind them together, instead, tears them apart.
Will Brad endure the struggles of his daughter and the woman he loves? Will Sally learn to listen to her heart and to God's gentle guidance?
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