The Healer’s Touch: Tikva’s Story

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Book #2 is here! Carol Award and Christy Award-winning author Connilyn Cossette has penned the story of the woman with the issue of blood, whom she has named Tikvva. Tikva’s world is turned upside down when in one horrific day both her husband and unborn babe are ripped from her life. Now after nearly twelve years of bleeding as a …

What’s In Your Basket?

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A well-known credit card company advertises its product with the tag-line “What’s in your wallet?” Today I’m asking, “What’s in your basket?” The banks of the Nile used to be lined with reeds, and papyrus marshes occupied large areas of the Delta in the north. The ancient Egyptians used these reeds to make paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blankets, tables, …

It’s almost here!

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Jochebed releases next Wednesday! I’m so excited about this first book in the “Ordinary Women of the Bible” series, and all the amazing books to come! While it doesn’t release for a week, there is a fantastic opportunity you’ll want to take advantage of now. In order to guarantee delivery by Christmas, you need to order by November 28 – …

A Mother’s Sacrifice, Part 3

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The final installment of chapter 1. Let me know what you think in the comments, and be sure to enter the giveaway! Through the open roof of the main room’s middle section, Kebi fixed her gaze on the unmoving clouds. This birth had not been as easy as Aaron’s, and the sun had traveled more than three-quarters of its way …

A Mother’s Sacrifice, Part 2

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As promised, here is the second portion of chapter one. Final installment next week! “Shhh, little one.” Kebi called Miriam over with open arms. “It’s all right. Abba can find them—”“No!” she shouted, pulling away. “Shifra’s husband said the king’s guards took them as the sun rose. Carried them to the villa in chariots.”Another contraction stole Kebi’s voice, but her …

Meet Jochebed

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So I went AWOL last month. I didn’t intend to; real life interfered. My last two kids are graduating in two weeks. One turned 18 in April and the other one hits legal adulthood tomorrow. There was prom, with dresses and hemming and shoes and matching bow ties. My mom’s memory is getting much worse and she frequently thinks I …

March Giveaway

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I’m going to be hosting a giveaway each month this year. They will start on a Monday at 10 am EST and end the following Friday at 10 am. Winner will be announced the next Monday at 10 am. This month I’m giving away an paperback set of the “Journey to Canaan” trilogy: In the Shadow of Sinai, By the …

In the Shadow of Sinai on Audiobook!

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In the Shadow of Sinai is now available as an audiobook!  It’s on audible.com for $24.95, Amazon for $21,83, and iTunes for $21.95. Unfortunately, I have no control over the prices (neither does the publisher), and I have no free copies to give away. Daniel Koehn narrated for us. He is a voice instructor at Asbury University in Kentucky. He …

By the Waters of Kadesh in Kindle

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  By the Waters of Kadesh is now in Kindle! In celebration, I’ve uploaded the first three chapters on my website. Read without risk! Kadesh is the sequel to In the Shadow of Sinai, but you don’t have to have read Sinai to enjoy Kadesh. It starts just after the Israelites have escaped Egypt and spent the first year of …

What Would the Captain Do?

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An excerpt from chapter 2 of By the Waters of Kadesh, due next month:   Kamose slid his dagger down the length of the willow branch a final time, removing the last of the twigs and knots, making it as smooth as possible. He ran his fingers down the branch, then took an end in each hand and flexed it. …