March 2014 On Sale: March 18, 2014 Featuring: Elle Butler; Logan Butler 304 pages ISBN: 1426733267 EAN: 9781426733260 Kindle: B00IBJP62Y Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish ListInspirational FictionBuy at Amazon.com #InspirationalFriday can this family be saved? A Test Of Faith by Christa Allan Will the revelation of a 16-year-old secret shatter—or mend—a fragile marriage? Elle Butler has managed to hold on to her politically-driven husband and her secrets until the unexpected happens. When one phone call rips her world apart, Elle will have to decide if the truth is worth the consequences. Especially when it threatens to destroy the world she’s so carefully built around her life and her marriage. Excerpt I wanted to kill my husband’s mistress. Of course, that was impossible. But Logan reassured me that the insufferable, insensitive and insistent creature that had consumed both him and our relationship would die a natural death. But, once again, she beckoned him away for the night to another hand-shaking, wide-smiling, campaign-promoting event. “It’ll be over soon. I promise.” Logan grabbed the back door handle and tossed his farewell over his shoulder like an old nubby sweater. The state of Louisiana was not to be denied. Just me. Well, at…

Some would argue that there is no wrong way to read a book. With one glance at my towering stack of TBR novels, you might argue I’m the wrong person to write about the perfect way to read a book because obviously I collect them rather than actually read them. One look at our overloaded calendar and you might determine that there is absolutely no way that I read a sentence let alone an entire novel. Fortunately, you would be sadly mistaken, because reading is like breathing to me. I. Must. Do. It. Reading isn’t optional. I long for an escape to another place, another time, another character. My life is wonderful and I love it. But I also adore learning about other places and times. What was it like to be a Pinkerton Agent? A Monuments Man? A bookstore owner? What a book requires is simple. A perfect setting. Some people would say that’s their favorite chair. A bath full of fragrant suds. A vacation with the beach at your feet or the mountains at your back. I’ve read on the treadmill – just today I was reading a Melody Carlson book at 6.5 mile an hour pace, my…

Sometimes I’m asked why so many of my books are set in small towns. Well, the answer is simple—it’s because I live in small towns. My husband and I divide our time between a very small “mountain” town (population less than 3,000) and a slightly larger (but still quite small) “beachy” town. Yeah, I know it’s rough. <g> But the truth is—it is not for everyone. For instance, there’s definitely limited shopping options and restaurant selections. Sometimes that gets old. And if you want to make a fast run to the grocery store (which is overpriced) plan on taking your time because you will run into someone you know. Also, you don’t want to go slumming unless you want someone to start spreading rumors that you’re having “difficulties.” Really, it’s surprising how many people can’t handle the whole small town thing. Oh, sure they think it’s “charming” at first, but it can wear thin for some folks. I know because we’ve been here almost twenty years and we’ve seen people come…and go. However, life in a small town is different in the fictional world. I’m able to create small towns that are similar to my town, but with my fictional…

Some love stories have to begin with a falling-out-of-love story. Mattie Carrigan’s been helping her rodeo cowboy husband Wes Bishop run his family’s Tennessee Walking Horse operation since they were married nineteen years ago. Blessed with twin daughters who’ve recently left for college, Mattie is looking forward to this new stage in her and Wes’s life. But when she finds a strange key in her husband’s jacket, she’s forced to admit that Wes has been quiet and distant lately. Turns out he has been keeping secrets. And he’s not the only one. Even the rancher next door, Nat Diamond–a friend Mattie could always count on in the past–seems to be holding something back from her. Good Together is for anyone who has ever pondered what it means to be married. Or had to reinvent her life when one breaks down. It’s about having your heart broken but being strong enough to survive and love again. Excerpt for GOOD TOGETHER “What’s going on, Wes?” she asked softly. “Why won’t you look at me?” He did raise his head then, but only briefly. Getting up from the stool, he went to the far window. The house had been designed open concept with…