Fiction

	Wedded to War Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War series, Book 1 398 pages, softcover Double finalist for The Christy Award (First Novel and Historical Fiction) 2013 Gold Medal Winner, Military Writers Society of America (Historical Fiction) 2013 Inspirational Readers Choice Award (Women’s Fiction), Third Place Charlotte Waverly leaves a life of privilege, wealth--and confining expectations--to be one of the first female nurses for the Union Army. She quickly discovers that she's fighting more than just the Rebellion by working in the hospitals. Corruption, harassment, and opposition from Northern doctors threaten to push her out of her new role. At the same time, her sweetheart disapproves of her shocking strength and independence, forcing her to make an impossible decision: Will she choose love and marriage, or duty to a cause that seems to be losing? River North (Moody Publishers), 2012*
	Widow of Gettysburg Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War series, Book 2 396 pages, softcover * 4.5 Stars from RT Book Reviews! 2014 Silver Medal Winner, Military Writers Society of America (Historical Fiction) When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering--and a Rebel scout who awakens her long dormant heart. While Liberty's future crumbles as her home is destroyed, the past comes rushing back to Bella, a former slave and Liberty's hired help, when she finds herself surrounded by Southern soldiers, one of whom knows the secret that would place Liberty in danger if revealed. In the wake of shattered homes and bodies, Liberty and Bella struggle to pick up the pieces the battle has left behind. Will Liberty be defined by the tragedy in her life, or will she find a way to triumph over it? River North (Moody Publishers), 2013*
	Yankee in Atlanta Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War series, Book 3 412 pages, softcover* 4.5 Stars from RT Book Reviews! 2015 Silver Medal Winner, Military Writers Society of America (Historical Fiction) She hid from her past to find a future—and landed on enemy soil. When soldier Caitlin McKae wakes up in Atlanta, the Georgian doctor who treats her believes Caitlin’s only secret is that she had been fighting for the South disguised as a man. In order to avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity and makes a new life for herself in Atlanta as a governess for the daughter of Noah Becker—on the brink of his enlistment with the Rebel army. Though starvation rules, and Sherman rages, she will not run again. In a land shattered by strife and suffering, a Union veteran and a Rebel soldier test the limits of loyalty and discover the courage to survive. River North (Moody Publishers), 2014*
	Spy of Richmond Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War series, Book 4 432 pages, softcover* Is living a lie ever the right thing to do? The Confederate capital in the height of the Civil War: no place for a Union loyalist. But just the place for a spy. Her father a slaveholder, her suitor a Confederate officer, and herself an abolitionist, Sophie Kent must walk a tightrope of deception in her efforts to end slavery. As suspicion in Richmond rises, Sophie’s espionage becomes more and more dangerous. If her courage will carry her through, what will be lost along the way—her true love, her father, her life? River North (Moody Publishers), 2015
	The Mark of the King 400 pages, softcover* 2017 Christy Award Winner* After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her brother, serving there as a soldier. To make the journey, though, women must be married, and Julianne is forced to wed a fellow convict. In New Orleans, tragedy strikes, and Julianne must find her way in this dangerous, rugged land, despite never being able to escape the king's mark on her shoulder that brands her a criminal beyond redemption. Bethany House Publishers, 2017
	The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection 448 pages, softcover. Join the journey as one word etched in Latin on an ancient bronze bottle travels through the centuries to reach five young women who are struggling to maintain their faith in God and love. An Irish princess, a Scottish story weaver, a Post-Colonial nurse, a cotton mill worker, and a maid who nearly drowned each receive a message from the bottle just when they need their hope restored. But will the bottle also bring them each to a man whose love will endure? Novella collection co-authored by Joanne Bischof, Amanday Dykes, Heather Day Gilbert, Jocelyn Green, and Maureen Lang Barbour, 2017
	A Refuge Assured 416 pages, softcover* RT Book Reviews 4.5 stars, Top Pick* Booklist Starred Review* Lacemaker Vivienne Rivard never imagined her craft could threaten her life. Yet in revolutionary France, it is a death sentence when the nobility, and those associated with them, are forced to the guillotine. Vivienne flees to Philadelphia, but danger lurks in the French Quarter, as revolutionary sympathizers begin to suspect a young boy left in her care might be the Dauphin. Can the French settlement Asylum offer permanent refuge? Bethany House Publishers, 2018
	Between Two Shores 2020 Golden Scroll Award, 2nd Place for Historical Fiction, Advanced Writers & Speakers Association The daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval would rather remain neutral in a world tearing itself apart. Content to trade with both the French and the British, Catherine is pulled into the Seven Years' War against her wishes when her British ex-fiancé, Samuel Crane, is taken prisoner by her father. Samuel claims he has information that could help end the war, and he asks Catherine to help him escape. Peace appeals to Catherine, even if helping the man who broke her heart does not. But New France is starving, and she and her loved ones may not survive another winter of conflict-induced famine. When the dangers of war arrive on her doorstep, Catherine and Samuel flee by river toward the epicenter of the battle between England and France. She and Samuel may impact history, but she fears the ultimate cost will be higher than she can bear. Bethany House Publishers, 2019*
	Veiled in Smoke The Windy City Saga, Book 1 2020 Golden Scroll Award, Historical Novel of the Year, Advanced Writers & Speakers Association 2020 Kipp Book Award Winner (historical), Fiction Readers Summit Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago's business district, they lose much more than just their store. Bethany House Publishers, 2020
	Shadows of the White City The Windy City Saga, Book 2 2021 Golden Scroll Award (2nd Place, Historical Novel of the Year), Advanced Writers & Speakers Association The one thing Sylvie Townsend wants most is what she feared she was destined never to have--a family of her own. But taking in Polish immigrant Rose Dabrowski to raise and love quells those fears--until seventeen-year-old Rose goes missing at the World's Fair, and Sylvie's world unravels. Bethany House Publishers, 2021*
	Drawn by the Current The Windy City Saga, Book 3 2022 Christy Award Winner (Historical) 2022 Golden Scroll Award (2nd Place, Historical Novel of the Year), Advanced Writers & Speakers Association A birthday excursion turns deadly when the SS Eastland capsizes with insurance agent Olive Pierce and her best friend on board. After her escape, Olive discovers her friend is among the missing victims. When she begins investigating the accident, more setbacks arise. Finding the truth will take all she's got to beat those who want to sabotage her progress. Bethany House Publishers, 2022
	The Metropolitan Affair On Central Park, Book 1 2023 Booklist Top 10 Romance Novel With a notorious forger preying on New York's high society, Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Lauren Westlake is just the expert needed to track down the criminal. As she and Detective Joe Caravello search for the truth, the closer they get to discovering the forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception and crime. Bethany House Publishers, 2023*
	A River Between Us Cora Mae Stewart’s world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must to keep a little girl safe in an unhospitable land.
	The Hudson Collection An ornithologist at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History, Elsa Reisner is tasked with cataloging a country Gothic estate. Once there, she bonds with the house's other occupants, including an architectural salvage dealer who still bears scars from the Great War, and is swept up in a treasure hunt for a priceless heirloom.

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