Do you have a scar that you consider unsightly, something you would hide from the world? A physical scar, perhaps? An emotional scar? Both? In one of my Savannah Sweethearts books, Sabine Hu has both physical and emotional scars. Three years ago, she was in a car wreck that killed another passenger, crushed her legs, […]
The Storms of Life Make the Sunshiny Days Brighter
We all go through seasons when pretty much everything is going right. Then there are seasons when everything seems to be going wrong. A couple of years ago I felt the Lord tell me that there would be good along with the bad, and I needed to be prepared for it and accept it. That’s […]
My “pineapple” book, and what it taught me! Plus a giveaway.
The book I just published (a month late!), La Risposta, the final book in the A Tuscan Legacy multi-author series, was the hardest story I’ve written so far. A pineapple book. Spiky and tough and messy to get into, but worth it once you do! Getting to The End took a lot of prayer and […]
Open Windows
I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “When God closes a door, he opens a window.” That statement has resonated quite deeply with me lately both in my life and as an author. In truth, when my husband had his double stroke, practically every door in my figurative house slammed shut on me. I’ve […]
Submerged
Yesterday heralded the start of the winter school holidays in South Africa, and along with that, Holiday Club or Vacation Bible School or VBS—dependent on what your preference is—at churches across our nation. This past Sunday, we walked into our church…a church that had cellophane jelly fish and octopuses hanging from the roof. The windows […]
Abide in Me
by: Staci Stallings “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.” –John 15:7 “Abide in Me.” The three words with which Jesus invited his disciples to place their faith in His love as they walked to the Garden of Gethsemane that […]
Made in the Image by Deb Kastner
I’m excited to introduce you to Toby Carmichael, the sweet baby in And Cowboy Makes Three, my current release. My heroine Angelica, once considered the bad-girl of Serendipity who had run out on good-guy hero Rowdy Masterson on the eve of their wedding, has returned to town with a baby and no ring. It’s a […]
Another Summer, Another Year!
It’s Finally Summer! In the Northern Hemisphere, that is. For me, this is a bittersweet summer. I’m happy that the school year is over, but I’m sad that this is our final school year with our son staying at home with us. After fifteen years of homeschooling, I have finally graduated out of high school […]
Finding your way out of a funk.
What is love? Romance? With Jennifer Rodewald plus #giveaway
I’m happy to have my friend author Jennifer Rodewald back with us today at Inspy Romance. She has a new novel that will really leave you wrecked…but in a good way. It’s an honest and beautiful story that digs into when romance and marriage don’t go exactly the way we expect. That said, I’ll turn […]