Posts by Kaylisa Montijo
Jan Karon returns to Mitford with ‘My Beloved’, released October 7, 2025
Did you know that in 1988, Jan Karon left a successful career in advertising, moved to tiny Blowing Rock, NC, and started writing stories for the local Blowing Rocket about a man named Father Tim? Those stories eventually became At Home in Mitford, Jan’s first Mitford novel, and the rest is history. Tens of millions…
Read MoreHistorical Romance Q&A: Mary Connealy (Legends of Gold)
Bestselling author Mary Connealy returns with the second installment in the Golden State Treasure series. In Legends of Gold, a teacher at an orphanage must educate two mischievous brothers who are set on finding treasure. When a suspicious man arrives and claims to be her long-lost brother, she must join the quest for treasure to…
Read MoreFantasy Q&A: Bryan Davis (The Sacred Scales)
Bryan Davis is the author of fantasy/science fiction novels for youth and adults, including the bestselling Dragons in Our Midst series. Other series include The Oculus Gate, The Reapers Trilogy, Dragons of Starlight, Tales of Starlight, Astral Alliance, Time Echoes Trilogy, and Wanted: Superheroes, several of which have been bestsellers. In this interview, Bryan talks…
Read More“Wow. What A Story!”
Do you ever finish a book and just sit there, sort of shell shocked by the way the author built the intricate world, developed an unpredictable plot, and made that tiny, seemingly insignificant detail from chapter one somehow the answer to everything? I like to joke that if a book leaves you pondering your entire…
Read MoreHistorical Romance Q&A: Tracie Peterson (Designed With Love)
Tracie Peterson is the bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, both historical and contemporary, with more than six million copies sold. She has won the ACFW Lifetime Achievement Award and the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her avid research resonates in her many bestselling series. Tracie and her family make their home in…
Read More‘Vanished’ Book Review
On July 1, 2025, Vanished will join the shelves of rapture literature, with Dr. David Jeremiah’s ideas of what the end of the world might be like. This is a book about choices. The consequences of choices. The tremendous effort it takes to make the choice to confront the pain of the past and find…
Read MoreKaren Kingsbury’s New Holiday Novel to Release on October 21, With Major Motion Picture Following
Nashville, Tenn. – Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury returns to bookshelves this fall with The Christmas Ring, a heartwarming new fiction novel releasing October 21 from Thomas Nelson. Timed for the holiday season, the book will also arrive alongside a theatrical film adaptation from Fathom Entertainment, debuting in theaters nationwide starting…
Read MoreRomantic Suspense Q&A: Angela Carlisle (Shadowed Witness)
Angela Carlisle resides in the hills of northern Kentucky and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and The Christian PEN. Angela’s debut novel, Secondary Target, was a Parable Weekly top seller and was included in the Library Journal Stars So Far listing. Angela is an editor by day and prefers to spend her…
Read More‘Fire Mountain’ Book Review
A crashed big rig, a mysterious baby, armed pursuers, and an active volcano create the perfect storm in Fire Mountain, the explosive first installment in USA Today bestselling author Dana Mentink’s new Elements of Danger series. Reading Fire Mountain made me late to family dinner – I couldn’t put it down! This gripping story has…
Read MoreRomantic Suspense Q&A: Dana Mentink (Fire Mountain)
Dana Mentink is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. She’s written more than 50 mystery and suspense novels for Love Inspired Suspense, Harvest House, and Poisoned Pen Press. Winner of two ACFW Carol Awards, a HOLT Medallion Award, and a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, Dana lives in Northern California with her husband.…
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