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'''Judy Baer''' was born and grew up on a farm on the prairies of North Dakota, USA. An only child, she spent most of her days with imaginary people-either those she read about or those she made up in her head. Her most ambitious conjuring did not succeed, however. She kept a clean stall with hay and oats for the horse she imagined would come but unfortunately, it never did. As an adult, however, she managed to make that dream come true and raised foundation quarter horses and buffalo for some years. A voracious reader, Judy learned to read with comic books, anything from Little Lulu and Superman to the Rawhide Kid. She sold her first story for $10.00 to a farm magazine. She still has the $10.00.
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She graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota with a major in English and education and a minor in religion. At the time, she was simply studying what interested her, but now realizes that she was educating herself for her future career as an inspirational christian romance writer.
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Judy wanted to write for Harlequin even in high school but it wasn't until her youngest child learned to say "No" that she realized that she'd better consider a second career to fall back on when mothering was done. Her first book was written with her little girl on her lap. Judy would type a few words, say "Now, Jennifer," at which time her daughter would hit the space bar before Judy continued typing. It wasn't the fastest way to work, but it offered a lot of mother-daughter time together. An over-achiever, she's written 71 books for various publishers. The mother of two and step-mother of three, she now has lots of family to enjoy.
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In 2001, she went back to school and became a certified professional life coach. Currently she is working on her Master's in Human Development in the areas of writing, coaching and spirituality and writing inspirational Chick Lit which, she says, is the most fun she's ever had writing.
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==See Also==
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* [[Judy Kaye]]
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==Books==
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* ''[[Adrienne]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[The Baby Chronicles|Baby Chronicles, The]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[The Bachelor Boss|Bachelor Boss, The]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Be My Neat-Heart]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Bid For My Heart]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Blessings From Acorn Hill]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Broken Promises]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Camp Pinetree Pals]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[The Cinderella List|Cinderella List, The]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Country Bride]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Dakota Dream]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Dear Judy, What's It Like St Your House?]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[The Discovery|Discovery, The]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Double Danger]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Faded Dream]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Fill My Empty Heart]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Forever Friends]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Girl Inside]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Heartless Hero]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[The Intruder|Intruder, The]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Jennifer's Secret]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Jenny's Story]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Journey To Nowhere]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Libby's Story]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Lonely Girl]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Lost And Found]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Love Finds You In Frost, Minnesota]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Love's Perfect Image]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Mending Her Heart]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Million Dollar Dilemma]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Mirror, Mirror]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Moonglow]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[More Than Friends]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[My Perfect Valentine]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[My Mutant Stepbrothers]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Never Look Back]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Never Too Late]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[New Girl In Town]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[No Turning Back]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Norah's Ark]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Oh, Baby!]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Paige]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Pamela]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Price Of Silence]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Recipes & Wooden Spoons]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Riddles Of Love]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Risky Assignment]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Sarah's Dilemma]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Second Chance]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Shadows Along The Ice]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Silent Tears No More]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Silent Thief]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Slices Of Life]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Something Old, Something New]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[A Special Kind Of Love, Special Kind Of Love, A]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Surprising Grace]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[The Suspect|Suspect, The]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Tell Me No Lies]]'' - 998
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* ''[[Tempest In A Teapot]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Tender Adversary]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Three's a Crowd]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Tia's Story]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Tomorrow's Promise]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Trouble With A Capital "T"]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Undercover Artists]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Unheard Voices]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[An Unlikely Blessing|Unlikely Blessing, An]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Vanishing Star]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[The Way We Were|Way We Were, The]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[The Whitney Chronicles|Whitney Chronicles, The]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Working At Love]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Worlds Apart]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Yesterday's Dream]]'' - 1990
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==Series'Related Titles==
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'''Cedar River Daydreams'''
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# ''[[New Girl In Town]]''
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# ''[[Trouble With A Capital "T"]]''
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# ''[[Jennifer's Secret]]''
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# ''[[Journey To Nowhere]]''
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# ''[[Broken Promises]]''
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# ''[[The Intruder]]''
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# ''[[Silent Tears No More]]''
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# ''[[Fill My Empty Heart]]''
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# ''[[Yesterday's Dream]]''
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# ''[[Tomorrow's Promise]]''
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# ''[[Something Old, Something New]]''
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# ''[[Vanishing Star]]''
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# ''[[No Turning Back]]''
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# ''[[Second Chance]]''
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# ''[[Lost And Found]]''
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# ''[[Unheard Voices]]''
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# ''[[Lonely Girl]]''
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# ''[[More Than Friends]]''
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# ''[[Never Too Late]]''
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# ''[[The Discovery]]''
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# ''[[A Special Kind Of Love]]''
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# ''[[Three's A Crowd]]''
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# ''[[Silent Thief]]''
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# ''[[The Suspect]]''
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# ''[[Heartless Hero]]''
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# ''[[Worlds Apart]]''
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# ''[[Never Look Back]]''
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# ''[[Forever Friends]]''
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'''Fairy Tales'''
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# ''[[Mirror, Mirror]]''
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# ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''
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'''Forever Hilltop'''
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# ''[[An Unlikely Blessing]]''
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# ''[[Surprising Grace]]''
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'''Live from Brentwood High'''
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# ''[[Risky Assignment]]''
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# ''[[Price Of Silence]]''
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# ''[[Double Danger]]''
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# ''[[Sarah's Dilemma]]''
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# ''[[Undercover Artists]]''
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# ''[[Faded Dream]]''
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'''Springsong''' (multi-author series)
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*  ''[[Paige]]''
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*  ''[[Pamela]]''
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'''Steeple Hill Cafe''' (multi-author series)
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*  ''[[The Whitney Chronicles]]''
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*  ''[[Million Dollar Dilemma]]''
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*  ''[[Norah's Ark]]''
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*  ''[[The Baby Chronicles]]''
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*  ''[[Oh, Baby!]]''
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'''Tales From Grace Chapel Inn''' (multi-author series)
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*  ''[[Recipes & Wooden Spoons]]''
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*  ''[[Blessings From Acorn Hill]]''
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:  8. ''[[Slices Of Life]]''
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:  17. ''[[Tempest In A Teapot]]''
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:  42. ''[[The Way We Were]]''
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'''Three Friends' Stories'''
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# ''[[Jenny's Story]]''
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# ''[[Libby's Story]]''
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# ''[[Tia's Story]]''
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'''The Whitney Chronicles'''
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# ''[[The Whitney Chronicles]]''
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# ''[[The Baby Chronicles]]''
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# ''[[Oh, Baby!]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*1990  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Inspirational Romance, ''[[My Perfect Valentine]]''
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*1986  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|Golden Medallion]] Finalist - Inspirational Romance, ''[[Tender Adversary]]''
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*1985  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|Golden Medallion]] Finalist - Young Adult Romance, ''[[The Girl Inside]]''

Latest revision as of 03:20, 14 January 2025


Judy Baer was born and grew up on a farm on the prairies of North Dakota, USA. An only child, she spent most of her days with imaginary people-either those she read about or those she made up in her head. Her most ambitious conjuring did not succeed, however. She kept a clean stall with hay and oats for the horse she imagined would come but unfortunately, it never did. As an adult, however, she managed to make that dream come true and raised foundation quarter horses and buffalo for some years. A voracious reader, Judy learned to read with comic books, anything from Little Lulu and Superman to the Rawhide Kid. She sold her first story for $10.00 to a farm magazine. She still has the $10.00.

She graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota with a major in English and education and a minor in religion. At the time, she was simply studying what interested her, but now realizes that she was educating herself for her future career as an inspirational christian romance writer.

Judy wanted to write for Harlequin even in high school but it wasn't until her youngest child learned to say "No" that she realized that she'd better consider a second career to fall back on when mothering was done. Her first book was written with her little girl on her lap. Judy would type a few words, say "Now, Jennifer," at which time her daughter would hit the space bar before Judy continued typing. It wasn't the fastest way to work, but it offered a lot of mother-daughter time together. An over-achiever, she's written 71 books for various publishers. The mother of two and step-mother of three, she now has lots of family to enjoy.

In 2001, she went back to school and became a certified professional life coach. Currently she is working on her Master's in Human Development in the areas of writing, coaching and spirituality and writing inspirational Chick Lit which, she says, is the most fun she's ever had writing.

See Also

Books

Series'Related Titles

Cedar River Daydreams

  1. New Girl In Town
  2. Trouble With A Capital "T"
  3. Jennifer's Secret
  4. Journey To Nowhere
  5. Broken Promises
  6. The Intruder
  7. Silent Tears No More
  8. Fill My Empty Heart
  9. Yesterday's Dream
  10. Tomorrow's Promise
  11. Something Old, Something New
  12. Vanishing Star
  13. No Turning Back
  14. Second Chance
  15. Lost And Found
  16. Unheard Voices
  17. Lonely Girl
  18. More Than Friends
  19. Never Too Late
  20. The Discovery
  21. A Special Kind Of Love
  22. Three's A Crowd
  23. Silent Thief
  24. The Suspect
  25. Heartless Hero
  26. Worlds Apart
  27. Never Look Back
  28. Forever Friends

Fairy Tales

  1. Mirror, Mirror
  2. Sleeping Beauty

Forever Hilltop

  1. An Unlikely Blessing
  2. Surprising Grace

Live from Brentwood High

  1. Risky Assignment
  2. Price Of Silence
  3. Double Danger
  4. Sarah's Dilemma
  5. Undercover Artists
  6. Faded Dream

Springsong (multi-author series)

Steeple Hill Cafe (multi-author series)

Tales From Grace Chapel Inn (multi-author series)

8. Slices Of Life
17. Tempest In A Teapot
42. The Way We Were

Three Friends' Stories

  1. Jenny's Story
  2. Libby's Story
  3. Tia's Story

The Whitney Chronicles

  1. The Whitney Chronicles
  2. The Baby Chronicles
  3. Oh, Baby!


Recognitions

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