“Terri Blackstock is an American author. She was born in 1957 in Illinois and grew up in numerous communities, including starting school in The Netherlands. She is a New York Times and USA Today best-seller. Blackstock has had over thirty years of success as a novelist. She is the winner of two Carol Awards, a Romantic Times Book Reviews Career Achievement Award, and a Christian Retailers' Choice Award.”

          “Calvert is a native of northern California where she lives with her family. She is the mother of two and has eight grandchildren. When she is not writing, Candace considers herself to be a “foodie” and loves cooking. Candace was an ER nurse and earlier in her life she was in an equestrian accident that broke her neck.”

          “Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling, Christy and RITA award-winning novelist of over sixty-five novels. An eight-time Christy award finalist, a three-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award.

          A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: The Story Equation.”

          “Known for her realistic, likable characters and vivid writing, Victoria Bylin delights in tackling tough subjects with respect and compassion. The Two of Us was chosen as a “Target Recommends” selection, and Together With You won the Inspirational Readers Choice Award for Best Contemporary Romance. Her books, both contemporaries and western historicals,have been critically acclaimed in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist. A native of California, she and her husband now make their home in Lexington, Kentucky. They have two sons and are the proud grandparents of twin girls and a little boy.”

          “Richard Paul Evans is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty novels. There are currently more than thirty-five million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages. Richard has won the American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards, The Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, the German Leserpreis Gold Award for Romance and five-time recipient of the Religion Communicator’s Council’s Wilbur Awards. Seven of Richard’s books have been produced as television movies. In 2011 Richard began writing Michael Vey, a #1 New York Times bestselling Young Adult series which has won multiple awards. Richard founded The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency children’s shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected or homeless children, teens and young adults. For his humanitarian work, Richard has received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. Richard lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Keri, and their five children, Sam his grandson and Nora his granddaughter.”

          “Rachel’s taste for adventure and interest in people first led her to a career as an international worker with a faith-based aid organization, and her experiences living and traveling in more than fifty countries around the globe continue to provide excellent grist for her stories. She loves writing novels that combine so many of her favorite things – strong women facing big challenges, food, travel, and second chances at love. Rachel enjoys crafting bittersweet stories of struggles and triumphs infused with a touch of magical realism and with ultimately happy, or at least very hopeful, endings.

          Currently Rachel lives with her husband and children on a sweet little island near Seattle. When she’s not dreaming up a new story, she enjoys camping with her family in their pop top campervan, exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, eating sushi, and having grand adventures in far flung places.”

          “Ruth Reid is ECPA and CBA best-selling writer and a full-time pharmacist. She began her fascination for the Amish after skipping college classes to watch a barn raising. She wrote her debut novel, The Promise of an Angel, out of curiosity about the Amish barn raising. Ruth likes taking photos during her free time.”

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Chance of Loving You

          For Love of Money          Terri Blackstock                    January 2001

          The Recipe                     Candace Calvert                  May 2015

          Hook, Line & Sinker        Susan May Warren              September 2011

Together With You                     Victoria Bylin                        April 2015

Finding Noel                              Richard Paul Evans             October 2006

Ascension of Larks                   Rachel Linden                      June 2017

A Woodland Miracle                  Ruth Reid                             January 2015