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Brand New Book! Abby’s Cowboy: The Inheritance (Texas Two-Step series) is available. Get your copy now! What could be more exciting than writing about a billionaire who gives back by leaving life-altering bequests to people he met and wanted to help? In The Inheritance Series, all of the stories start with bequests by Mr. Harold Hopewell. Billionaire Harold Hopewell traveled the world, encountering people and letting their stories touch him. In death, he is giving back, leaving an unusual will filled with life-altering bequests to the people he met along the way. Read the Inheritance Series, and let their stories touch you. A little demolition, some major chaos and a life-changing romance In Abby’s Cowboy, Rancher Josh Callahan is astonished when he...

Dumpster Dicing- new cozy mystery by award-winning author Julie B Cosgrove. http://amzn.to/21aW5Pa The newest resident of Sunset Acres Plus 55 Community is found in the dumpster-diced. Can Janie and the Bunco Biddies solve the crime so her son-in-law, Chief Detective Johnson can go on vacation with his family? Chief Detective Blake Johnson has no time for his family. His M-I-L, Janie, rallies the Bunco Biddies to solve the crime for him, whether he likes it or not. Excerpt 1: The community’s trash receptacle dangled at a precarious angle. The senior citizens sputtered in unison. “Stop. There’s a body.” The man shook his head in confusion. Betsy Ann motioned to the back. “A body. Get it? Dead person.” The man shut down the engine. “¿Muerto?” “Yes. Uh, sí.” She...

Exploring the fascinating culture of the Romany. (Gypsies) “Gadje Gadjensa, Rom Romensa.” This is a Romany (Gypsy) saying that means “Gadje with Gadje, Rom with Rom.” So what is a gadje? A gadje in the Romany language means “not one of us.” Many Rom prefer to not allow outsiders (us) into their lives. It’s no coincidence that in my hours, days, and months of researching the Romany for Seeking Patience, little information was available. Odd, because the Rom have lived in many places throughout the world for centuries. They’re a widely-traveled people. Yet there is little written history regarding their origins, although recent evidence points to an emigration from India 1500 years ago. I believe the reason there is little information available is because the Rom...

Character Interview with Stacy Broussard from Deadly Encounter by DiAnn Mills I’m thrilled to announce my August 1 release of Deadly Encounter, the first book in the new FBI Task Force series, set in Houston, Texas. This is my home and the setting for many of my romantic suspense novels. Airport Ranger volunteer Stacy Broussard expected a peaceful Saturday morning ride around the perimeter of Houston’s airport. What she encounters instead is a brutal homicide and a baffling mystery. Next to the body is an injured dog, the dead man’s motorcycle, and a drone armed with a laser capable of taking down a 747. Though FBI Special Agent Alex LeBlanc sees a clear-cut case of terrorism, his past has taught him to be suspicious of everyone, even witnesses. Even...

Deadly Legacy is the July book in The Inheritance Collection. In this story Lacey St. John inherits from Harold Hopewell a bed and breakfast, once her family’s home. When her father lost his money and had to sell the Victorian house that had been in the family for over a hundred years, it was devastating. When Mr. Hopewell died, he wanted the place returned to a member of the original family. The inheritance came at a time that Lacey desperately needed it. Blurb for Deadly Legacy: Legacy of Secrets. Threats and Danger. Second Chances. Down on her luck, single mom, Lacey St. John, believes her life has finally changed for the better when she receives an inheritance from a wealthy stranger. Her ancestral home she’d thought forever lost has been transformed...

July 2016 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: The Courtship Basket by Amy Clipston — Devastated by a broken courtship, Rachel Fisher takes a position at a special Amish school for children with learning disabilities to keep her mind off of her pain. A new student joins the class, and when Rachel has problems getting him to pay attention, she reaches out to his older brother and guardian, Mike. She learns they are grieving their mother’s death and begins sending food to them in a special basket she found in her parents’ attic, a basket Rachel’s father gave to her mother long ago. Rachel and Mike grow close, but he doubts whether he can be a good...