A Rare Snowfall Leads to a Christmas to Remember Three heartwarming, interconnected stories of faith, love, and restoration, brought to you by three Louisiana-native authors. Will a rare snowy Louisiana Christmas bring restoration and hope to the hometown and hearts of three women from the town’s founding family? In A Louisiana Snow by Morgan Tarpley Smith, meet Mattie: A passionate visionary who learns to forgive and finds love in unexpected places… In Restoring Christmas by Betsy St. Amant, meet Jolene: An artist and prodigal daughter who discovers love exists in the very place she once called home… In A Christmas Reunion by Lenora Worth, meet Adale: A beautiful widow who finally dares to love again… And don’t forget Granny, whose feisty spirit, blunt dialogue, and quirky ways play an important and endearing role.
Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain’s World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family’s reputation. Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian, but Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover. Determined to find answers and save her family’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family’s ancestral home in London. She and Mat discover diaries and letters that reveal her grandmother and great-aunt were known as the “Waite sisters.” Popular and witty, they came of age during the interwar years, a time of peace and luxury filled with dances, jazz clubs, and romance. The buoyant tone of the correspondence soon yields to sadder revelations as the sisters grow apart, and one leaves home for the glittering fashion scene of Paris, despite rumblings of a coming world war. Each letter brings more questions. Was Caroline’s great-aunt actually a traitor and Nazi collaborator, or is there a more complex truth buried in the past? Together, Caroline and Mat uncover stories of spies and secrets, love and heartbreak, and the events of one fateful evening in 1941 that changed everything. In this rich historical novel from award-winning author Katherine Reay, a young woman is tasked with writing the next chapter of her family’s story. But Caroline must choose whether to embrace a love of her own and proceed with caution if her family’s decades-old wounds are to heal without tearing them even further apart. Praise for The London House: “Carefully researched, emotionally hewn, and written with a sure hand, The London House is a tantalizing tale of deeply held secrets, heartbreak, redemption, and the enduring way that family can both hurt and heal us. I enjoyed it thoroughly.” —Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names A stand-alone split-time novel Partially epistolary: the historical storyline is told through letters and journals Book length: approximately 102,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs
What are the key elements to writing a time-slip novel? Where do you start in your plot? How do you weave together multiple storylines?In A Split in Time, time-slip authors Melanie Dobson and Morgan Tarpley Smith help fellow writers navigate and then master the challenges of writing a novel with two or more storylines. Within these pages you'll find:· Thirteen key components for split time fiction· Practical tips on building the time-slip structure· Interviews with bestselling novelists like Lisa Wingate and Susan Meissner· Analyses of multi-storyline techniques· Resources to build compelling split time characters, craft your ideas, and weave together multiple timelinesWhether you are a seasoned writer ready for a new journey or a first-time novelist wanting to learn the split timeline format, this workshop-in-a-book provides the necessary skills to weave two or more compelling stories into one time-slip novel!ENDORSEMENTS"A Split in Time is the only craft book I know devoted completely to writers who want to write in the time-slip genre. . .It's an absolute must for anyone writing split time novels." - Heidi Chiavaroli, award-winning author of The Tea Chest"This book is a gold mine of information for those looking to write split time fiction. Highly recommend!" - Lindsay Harrel, best-selling author of The Secrets of Paper and Ink
Covers the story of how Mr. Bingle came to be created as a New Orleans Christmas character for a local department store and evetually as a familiar New Orleans advertising character.
Through a series of adventures, a unicorn with a broken horn discovers the truth about herself and what it means to be enough... or a NUFF. The mission of the book is to inspire girls everywhere to know that they are enough. Ultimately, The Nuff learns that her confidence is not derived from what she does, but from who she already is.
