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Thanks for asking, Dream. I enjoyed it.

I hope you enjoy HEART'S HAVEN and A COWBOY'S HONOR.

 Best wishes,

Lois

Oops, also meant to say thank you, Dream. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Lois 

Well, it was a great way to spend a few hours and I had some fantastic reads.

 Irene, I can just imagine you as a vet! You'd be great. HOrses really intrigue me. We never had them as kids but a lot of friends did--back then 4H was really big. My cousin rode in the Olympic Equestrian team so I feel a certain kinship.

 I hope you both enjoy the story. It was a learning experience trying to get info on the ranch. There is just such a place in Texas where kids can learn in such a fun environment. I'd love to go there and actually witness them working their way around it.

A very gorgeous day here today. Time to think of colts and fresh grass and spring crocuses.

 Lois

I promised I'd tell about the third book in the Pennies From Heaven series so here goes.

A COWBOY'S HONOR is set in Texas where Gracie, the heroine who is a vet, is working on a ranch specially designed to teach disabled children independence and coping skills. Gracie's there because Elizabeth Wisdom helped her through vet school after Gracie's husband Dallas disappeared six years ago, leaving his newly wed wife pregnant.  

Gracie has no idea what happened to Dallas until she sees  him in the park in the city of Dallas and confronts him. Not only does Dallas not recognize her, he doesn't even know he has a wife, or a child! Gracie's intent on protecting her precious disabled daughter, but she can't walk away from the man who still holds her heart. It comes down to trusting God to help her become the woman He meant her to be.

 I hope readers will enjoy it.

Lois 

Thanks Dream, and all of you. You're so encouraging.

I really like series--reading and writing them. It makes the characters more lifelike and the story seems bigger, more satisfying.

For Valentine's I specifically asked my hubby for books, though he also bought flowers. I've kept those books tucked away because we're going to a hot springs tomorrow and after I've soaked away my cares, there's nothing better than curling up with a good book.

Don'tcha think? 

Lois

Thanks for dropping in, ladies.

Yes, the three books are connected because of Elizabeth Wisdom, but they certainly can be read independently. The second book, HEART'S HAVEN, is set in Chicago in a place called The Haven, which is a shelter/soup kitchen. It's about a chef who thought her dream was to open her own restaurant. She's anxious to repay Elizabeth with her six months of service and then move on. Instead she finds herself draw to the hero, a psychiatrist who's suffering from Post traumatic stress disorder after service in Iraq. He's forcing himself to counsel The Haven's clients to fulfill his sister's dream, while he raises his teenage nephew.

 I'll tell you about the third story, A COWBOY'S HONOR, tomorrow.

I'm hoping to do three more stories,sequels to this series, in 2009. It's been a pleasure to research the locales and now I have three other places itching to debut. I really like exploring how the setting affects the characters.

 Dream, how was the dentist? Are you hurting?

 Lois

Oh, poor you! I'm a wimp when it comes to dentists. I think you were going the last time I talked to you.

 Hope all goes well.

Lois

I hope you enjoy it.

Loved the comment about hockey! 

Lois

Thanks, Dream! I'm very happy to be here to talk about my new series. The first book, Healing Tides, is set in my fave spot--Hawaii. And given the frigid weather we've been having, I'd like to go back there now!

 Pennies from Heaven started with wondering what a wealthy woman who had no family would do with money she doesn't need. Elizabeth Wisdom  inherited her Texas oil fortune from her father and developed worthy projects all over the world, but it wasn't enough. So she decided to go one step further and create her own family of daughters. She selects deserving women who need a boost and offers to help them reach their goal if, in return, they will give her six months.

HEALING TIDES is about Glory, a pediatrician from the Arctic who goes to Hawaii to help out in Elizabeth's burn clinic for six months. Glory is determined to leave at the end of her term and return to the Arctic to keep a promise she made to her dying mother. But Glory falls in love with her boss and is torn between her love for him and her love for the Inuit and her promise to God to return north. 

The contrasts in the story made this a fun one to write. I hope readers enjoy it, too.

Lois