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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

Using story to connect YOU to the Master Storyteller

Be My Inspiration

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Be My Inspiration

What do you do when your secret to success fails you?

About the Book

What do you do when your secret to success fails you?

Linus: It started with writer’s block and devolved from there. I just wanted past it, but when Dana Lyles discovered I’d asked her out as a “block buster,” I knew I had to work fast. Because here’s the thing. I’d kind of fallen for her by that point (not that I’d admit it then). Maybe the whole “fourteen days of Valentine’s” was a bit much. How was I to know I couldn’t give a gift without botching it? Every time.

Dana: Yeah, I thought Linus was cute. And sweet. And awkwardly adorable. Right up to the point where I overheard him tell his mom it was all a fake. It’ll take more than a bunch of messed up gift attempts to make me believe he didn’t mean it.

Myla: Linus likes Mama. Mama likes Linus. What’s the problem? I’ll just have to tell Jesus to fix it. He’s good at that.

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: The Rockland Chronicles
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tag: Romance
Publisher: Havilah Press Publications
Publication Year: 2025
List Price: 12.99
eBook Price: 4.99
Other Books in the "The Rockland Chronicles"
Volition
New Year's Revolutions
The Vintage Wren
Corner Booth
Speak Now
Argosy Junction
Discovering Hope
The Innkeeper
Confessions of a De-cluttering Junkie
Not a Word
A Bird Died
Thirty Days Hath
Webster's Bakery
Past Forward
Hearthland
Carol and the Belles
Christmas Stalkings: a Christmas Noella
The Second Noel: A Christmas Noella
Merri's Christmas Mission
Premeditated Serendipity
{Operation Posthaste}
Tangoed in Tinsel
Random Acts of Shyness
Adoring April
Aggie's Inheritance Complete Collection
12 Dates of Christmas
Oh, Gracious!
The Hearts of New Cheltenham
Snow Crossed Letters
Christmas Party in a Box (Set 1)
Christmas Party in a Box "Noellas" (Set 2)
Christmas Party in a Box: Mysteries (Set 3)
Greetings from Next Door
The Lights of New Cheltenham
Induction
Ties That Blind (Sight Unseen Series Book 3)
Ready or Not
Manuscript for Murder
Justified Means
None So Blind: (Sight Unseen Book 1)
The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
Blessing Bentley
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
Will Not See (Sight Unseen Series Book 2)
For Keeps
Crime of Fashion
Mismatched
Tempting Tait
Here We Come
Ghosted at the Altar
Two O'Clock Slump
Effective Immediately
Ante Up (Aggie Book 4)
Front Window
A Forgotten Truth
Dead Letter
The Bells of New Cheltenham
The Stars of New Cheltenham
Silenced Knight
Hashtag Rogue
The Nutcracker's Suite
Byrd's-Eye View
Pointed Suspicion
The Trees of New Cheltenham
Stone Cold
Trust Fall

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Episode 483: A Chat with Sarah Loudin Thomas
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When I looked at the cover of These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas, I couldn’t help but think of the cover from the early editions of Anne of Green Gables. Listen in to see what Sarah has to say about that.

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We talked about so much that I have a hard time remembering everything, but I loved hearing about how Sarah writes the stories that inspired previous books and her next one, too.

Inspired by the book, The German Invasion of Western North Carolina by Jacqueline Burgin Painter

These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness. German pianist Hedda Schlagel’s world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda is stunned to see Fritz’s name in a photograph of an American memorial for German seamen who died near Asheville, North Carolina. Determined to reclaim his body and bring closure to his ailing mother, Hedda travels to the US. Her quest takes a shocking turn when, rather than Fritz’s body, his casket contains the remains of a woman who died under mysterious circumstances. Local deputy Garland Jones thought he’d left that dark chapter behind when he helped bury Fritz Meyer’s coffin. The unexpected arrival of Hedda, a long-suffering yet captivating woman, forces him to confront how much of the truth he really knows. As they work together to uncover the identity of the woman in the casket and to unravel Fritz’s fate, Hedda and Garland grow closer. But with Hedda in the US on borrowed time while Hitler rises to power in Germany, she fears she’ll be forced to return home before she can put the ghosts of her past to rest.

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