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Today it’s my privilege to feature Jane Daly. She’s a fellow member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction novelists. Jane is addicted to coffee, purple pens, and her husband of 46 years—not necessarily in that order. She lives and travels full time in her motor home, Rigsby. When…

February 2024 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Finally Forever by Karin Beery -- Former competitive dancer Caroline Novak dreams of leaving the corporate world to work with special needs women at the Pathways nonprofit, but the…

Today it's my privilege to feature award-winning author Valerie Massey Goree. Valerie was born in South Africa and grew up in Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe. She attended university in the USA, and worked in the Texas public school system for twenty-five years, focusing on students with special needs. Valerie enjoys writing suspense.…

How do you give a five-star review to a story as sad as The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon? You do it because it’s true to life and beautifully told by a gifted writer. Eva is not the sweet old grandmother you go to visit at Thanksgiving. Cranky and suffering…

Dear Chevron Ross followers: I want to give you an update on the suicide website that inspired my new novel, The Samaritan's Patient. The website is still live, but adverse publicity has forced its creators to change their domain. They have also made it harder to create an account. But the…

For Henry Smith, the young protagonist of Gary D. Schmidt’s novel, trouble is synonymous with pain. Pain comes from the loss of a loved one, from a desire for revenge, and from the realization that there is more to Henry’s trouble than meets the eye. Henry is an adolescent schoolboy…

Today it’s my privilege to feature Edwina Kiernan, a fellow member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction novels. Edwina is the Christian author of seven novels, four of which are award-winning. An enthusiast of classic novels and history, Edwina combines her faith, imagination and research in hope-infused…

The Samaritan's Patient will go live on Amazon on January 25. It's the story of a teenage girl caught up in a website of disaster. This novel might never have been written had I not seen a PBS interview with two New York Times writers, Megan Twohey and Gabriel Dance, on…

January 2024 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: The Love Penalty by Carolyn Miller -- With her fondness for tattoos and spider jewelry Sylvie Miles is used to being pre-judged and misunderstood. She has friends and connections…

What if you were your own worst enemy? Kristen Seeley explores the darkness of mental illness through her character Beverly Bonnefinche, whose childhood experiences with rejection and ridicule have turned her into a bitter and reclusive adult. Beverly works in a bookstore—rather, she reads all day, annoyed when she has…