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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

Using story to connect YOU to the Master Storyteller

Dial W for Wrangler

Dial W for Wrangler

Author: Chautona Havig
Series: You Are on the Air
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Collection, Novella, Romance

Vi's just trying to sell used recliners and old, broken wagon wheels.  She can't help it if folks keep asking for help with their love lives... can she?

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Spines & Leaves

Spines & Leaves

$7.99eBook: $2.99
Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Bookstrings, Book 0
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction
Tags: Collection, Novella

One man, one store, thousands of books.  What'll it take to keep this bookstore from becoming a book ghost town... and what'll it take for Milton to tie two heartstrings together?

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Adoring April

Adoring April

Author: Chautona Havig
Series: The Rockland Chronicles, Marriages of Convenience, Book 0
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Novella, Romance

Can they pull off a marriage that will lead to a lifetime of true love and friendship? They're going to have to! May the H-E-A commence!

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Christmas Party in a Box (Set 4)

Christmas Party in a Box (Set 4)

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Romance

A Christmas Book Party for You!

You don't need to find an ugly Christmas sweater for this holiday party!  The sweater, the fun, the Christmas cheer, and the romance are all included in three contemporary romantic novels to keep your heart warm and merry.

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Christmas Party in a Box: Mysteries (Set 3)

Christmas Party in a Box: Mysteries (Set 3)

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Mystery, Novella

Three Christmas "Noella" Mysteries and a bonus short story!

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Christmas Party in a Box “Noellas” (Set 2)

Christmas Party in a Box “Noellas” (Set 2)

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Romance

A Christmas Book Party for You! 

You don't need to find an ugly Christmas sweater for this holiday party!  The sweater, the fun, the Christmas cheer, and the romance are all included in three contemporary romantic Christian Christmas novels to keep your heart warm and merry.

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Christmas Party in a Box (Set 1)

Christmas Party in a Box (Set 1)

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Romance

? A Christmas Book Party for You! ?

You don't need to find an ugly Christmas sweater for this holiday party!  The sweater, the fun, the Christmas cheer, and the romance are all included in three contemporary romances to keep your heart warm and merry.

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The Bells of New Cheltenham

The Bells of New Cheltenham

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction, Book 4
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Rockland, Romance

When Mitchell Bogaert decides to skip the annual Dickens Ghost Storytelling Contest, he announces his own contest. With $5K to the best short story featuring a Christmas carol.  She's just got to win it.

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Wrong about Mr. Wright

Wrong about Mr. Wright

$9.99eBook: $3.99
Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Novella, Romance

When the storm of the century forces Ronni's plane to land in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as "Juniper Springs," her entire future is grounded with her.

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12 Dates of Christmas

12 Dates of Christmas

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Novella, Rockland, Romance

When Reagan runs into her old high school nemesis, she's flummoxed why he thinks she'd ever have coffee with him.

Alex is stunned to discover he was a nemesis in the first place.

 

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Random Acts of Shyness

Random Acts of Shyness

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: The Rockland Chronicles
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Novella, Romance

Heath Karras can tell you a dozen bizarre zoological facts, but he can't get a second date.

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The Ghosts of New Cheltenham

The Ghosts of New Cheltenham

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction, Book 1
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance, Suspense
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Novella, Rockland, Romance, Suspense

Sometimes an inheritance is as much work as a job.  Mitchell Bogaert is about to discover this in ways he'd never imagined. Can he create a ghost story in time for the annual New Cheltenham contest--one that won't embarrass him?  And how is he supposed to do this with a secret fear of ghosts?

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Tangoed in Tinsel

Tangoed in Tinsel

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Rockland, Romance

You met him in the Fairbury books, got to know him better in Premeditated Serendipity, and now... it's Wayne's story.

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{Operation Posthaste}

{Operation Posthaste}

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: The Rockland Chronicles
Genres: Christian Fiction, Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Romance
Tags: Mystery, Novella, Rockland, Romance

In class, Dylan learns all about secret British operations to ensure the security of their homeland. Well, he's got one of his own now.

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Silenced Knight

Silenced Knight

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction, Book 4.5
Genres: Christian Fiction, Mystery
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Mystery, Novella, Rockland

The Hartfield women are at it again. When a local woman is the primary suspect in a murder investigation, Alexa and Faye are off to prove her innocent and find the true killer before he or she strikes again.

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Premeditated Serendipity

Premeditated Serendipity

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: The Rockland Chronicles
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Novella, Rockland, Romance

Take a few Bible verses, stir in a little godly interference, give a pinch of meddling, and mix well. Bake in the oven of misunderstanding until true feelings rise and come out clean.

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Under the Hibiscus

Under the Hibiscus

$9.99eBook: $5.99Audiobook: $12.99
Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction, Book 1
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Collection, Novella, Romance

Is it quitting if it was never your ministry to begin with?

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A Ransomed Grete

A Ransomed Grete

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Ever After Mysteries
Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical, Mystery
Tags: Historical, Mystery, Novella

A Ransomed Grete is the bridge book between the 1920s and 1940s Ever After Mysteries, combining fairy tales with mysteries.

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Greetings from Next Door

Greetings from Next Door

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Coming Soon, Novella, Rockland, Romance

Two new neighbors agree on one thing: this will be the most memorable Christmas ever. If they survive it.

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Courting Miss Darling

Courting Miss Darling

Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Ballads from the Hearth
Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical, Romance
Tags: Coming Soon, Historical, Novella, Romance
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Escape to Greenaway

Escape to Greenaway

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction, Book 0
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Novella, Romance

She just wanted to escape another holly, jolly family holiday. Because snowbound in a castle B&B with one of Santa's elves (or as good as) is so much better. With the help of the castle's owner, Tonya plays matchmaker in a bid to get that Christmas-loving girl out of her hair.

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The Hearts of New Cheltenham

The Hearts of New Cheltenham

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Author: Chautona Havig
Series: Christmas Fiction
Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance
Tags: Christmas Fiction, Novella, Rockland, Romance

The only way not to break her best friend’s heart is to get someone else to steal it.

 

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Taking the pulse of Christian fiction

Episode 602: A Chat with Paul Headworth
byChautona Havig

Christians are fond of saying that Christ has already defeated Satan, but sometimes, it sure doesn’t seem like it. Listen in as I chat with Paul Headworth about his novel exploring this in his book, Prophetic Redemption.

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Headworth focuses on the difficulties of cases and what happens when things go wrong. By the time we got done talking, I knew I’d have to read it.

Prophetic Redemption by Paul Headworth

This special novel is geared for the believer and nonbeliever, providing an engaging murder mystery while sowing many positive and possibly life-changing messages.

A judge from the 32nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Publishing Book Award cited, “The masterful use of suspense is key to maintaining reader engagement and greatly enhances the story’s captivating appeal. Additionally, the rich character motivations and development, especially evident in Charlie’s relentless pursuit of justice for his wife and son, alongside Paul’s transformative journey, render these characters both believable and relatable. Moreover, this book defies the stereotype that inspirational works lack depth. Instead of burdening readers with recipes, it proves that such books can be emotionally resonant and deeply thought-provoking.”

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Our town has a lot of people in need—no mistake about that.
We can’t meet them all, but we can do what we can to help.
Everyone loves a good box social, but that can be expensive, especially this time of year.
I propose a “dessert social.” We apply the same premise, but the boxes only hold enough dessert for two. Penny bids can be augmented by work or other goods. Folks can even buy the “augments.”
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I’m currently sitting at 42k+ words for Dear Uncle Nick, plotting a storyline that is giving me all the feels.
Meet our Banker dude. He can handle the town's finances under the pressure of the Great Depression, but put him in a social setting and he completely freezes up. He is incredibly shy. But winter is coming, and he's being pressured into a marriage of convenience to save his late friend's daughter from the freezing 1934 streets. ❄️💍
Despite his quiet, protective pining and our main couple's semi-secret admirer flirting through the newspaper columns, this book is more than just romance. It's a huge found family of cast that I'm loving.
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From the unpublished archives of "Ask Uncle Nick". From the unpublished archives of "Ask Uncle Nick"...
Dear Uncle Nick,
Do you remember last year when the water main burst and flooded the picnic grounds near the town square? Everyone had so much fun skating on it once it froze over.
Why can't we do that again, but deliberately this time?
I enjoyed watching the little ones learning to skate and knowing there was something wholesome for the young folks to do on their "dates."
How can we make this happen again, (without costly pipe repairs)?

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hidden chalet where a courageous woman keeps hunted children safe, fed, and far
from Nazi hands. Driven by desperation, parents face an agonizing choice: part
with their children forever, or risk their lives by keeping them close.
Hans Hartmann arrives at Chalet Versteck with a hardened
heart and a terrified little girl in tow. He found young Grete abandoned at a
train station and couldn't leave her behind. But the chalet is far from the
haven they were promised.
The air here is thick with secrets. Children vanish in the
dead of night. And before Hans can uncover the truth, a high-ranking Nazi
officer is murdered right inside their sanctuary.
With the Gestapo closing in, the chalet becomes a pressure
cooker of suspicion. To save Grete and escape with his own life, Hans must
untangle a web of deadly lies. In a place where trust is a liability, Hans will
have to find a glimmer of faith to guide them out of the darkness—before the
killer strikes again.
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October 1939. They fled Vienna looking for sanctuary.
They found a trap.
Following the Anschluss, Austria is no longer recognizable.
For its Jewish citizens, survival means listening to the whispers—whispers of a
hidden chalet where a courageous woman keeps hunted children safe, fed, and far
from Nazi hands. Driven by desperation, parents face an agonizing choice: part
with their children forever, or risk their lives by keeping them close.
Hans Hartmann arrives at Chalet Versteck with a hardened
heart and a terrified little girl in tow. He found young Grete abandoned at a
train station and couldn't leave her behind. But the chalet is far from the
haven they were promised.
The air here is thick with secrets. Children vanish in the
dead of night. And before Hans can uncover the truth, a high-ranking Nazi
officer is murdered right inside their sanctuary.
With the Gestapo closing in, the chalet becomes a pressure
cooker of suspicion. To save Grete and escape with his own life, Hans must
untangle a web of deadly lies. In a place where trust is a liability, Hans will
have to find a glimmer of faith to guide them out of the darkness—before the
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