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Meet the Characters

Grace Busher –  (Sister to Craig and Melanie)You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, Thirty Days Hath…, and Introductions.

Nolan Burke-  (Grace’s Neighbor)You’ll find him in Oh, Gracious!, Manuscript for Murder, and Introductions.

Paige Matthews-  (Grace’s best friend) You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, and None So Blind.

Chuck Majors- (Foot-in-his-mouth buffoon that shows up randomly for comic relief) You’ll find him in Oh, Gracious!, Discovering Hope, Introductions, Speak Now (mentioned in passing), and Past Forward

Hope Senior – (Friend of Matt Rushby) You’ll find her in Discovering Hope, Captured!, Past Forward, and Argosy Junction

Sanjay Brown- You’ll find him in Discovering Hope and Past Forward

Bentley Girard–  Blessing Bentley, Thirty Days Hath…, Past Forward, Tarnished Silver, Tempting Tait, and Charming Chloe (not in print).

Chad Tesdall-  (Cousin of Luke, nephew to Olivia/Libby Sullivan and Zeke Sullivan and officer in Fairbury) You’ll find him in Discovering Hope, For Keeps, and Past Forward

Aggie Milliken-  (Aunt to the “clan” and friend of William and Tina) You’ll find her in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, Not a Word, and Past Forward

Luke Sullivan-  (Cousin to Chad and friend to Mac—Nephew to Zeke) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward.

Zeke Sullivan-  (Uncle to Chad, Luke, and Libby/Olivia) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward.

Olivia Sullivan- (Aunt to Chad, mother to Luke) You’ll find her in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward

William Markenson- (Friend to Aggie and deputy to Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Dead Limb Walking.

Marcus Vaughn-  (Minister in Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, and Here We Come.

Willow Finley-  (“Wow” darling of Fairbury) You’ll find her in Past Forward, For Keeps, Here We Come, Thirty Days Hath…, Confessions of a De-Cluttering Junkie, and HearthLand.

Chief Varney-  (Chief of Police in Fairbury) You’ll find him in Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, A Man and a Mouse, Thirty Days Hath…, Eden’s Gate, Bentley, Past Forward, Mismatched, A Bird Died  and pretty much anything else that happens in Fairbury.

Darla Varney-  (Chief Varney’s Wife) You’ll find her in Manuscript for Murder, Past Forward, and Bentley

Tom and Lily Allen-  (Minister and his wife in Fairbury)  You’ll find them in Past Forward, Manuscript for Murder, Thirty Days Hath…, Bentley, and possibly Mismatched

Alexa Hartfield-  (Fairbury’s famous murder/suspense authoress) You’ll find her in Argosy Junction, Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, Thirty Days Hath…, Bentley, Past Forward, Mismatched, oh, and maybe Eden’s Gate.

Jordan (Joe) Freidan- (Fairbury’s favorite officer) You’ll find him in Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, Past Forward, Regression, Mismatched, Thirty Days Hath…, A Man or a Mouse,

Lane Argosy–  (Singer with her brother Tad, Lane still bears the scars of a cult on her soul) You’ll find her in Argosy Junction, Reluctant Shepherd, Past Forward, and Advent

Matt Rushby- (Inner city man) You’ll find him in Argosy Junction, Reluctant Shepherd, Advent, and Past Forward

Adric Garrison- (Fairbury’s newest and favorite mechanic) You’ll find him in Thirty Days Hath…, Mismatched, Past Forward, and Not a Word

Allison Wahl-  (One of “Adric’s girls”) Substitute teacher around the Loop) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and Mismatched

Christine Dawson- (One of “Adric’s Girls”) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and in her own book

Becca Jacobs- (One of “Adric’s girls”) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… Past Forward, and HearthLand

Jael Higgenbotham- (Friend of Christine and Grace and one of “Adric’s Girls)  You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and in Mismatched

Todd “Mac” Mackenzie-  (Loner and social outcast of Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Not a Word

Savannah Forrester- (Darling of Brant’s Corners)  You’ll find her in Not a Word

Cara Laas-  (Cousin to Hope’s best friend Kirky) You’ll find her in Speak Now, Two O’clock, Slump, Advent, and mentioned in Thirty Days Hath…

Lita Cathey- (Bright, young advertising agent) You’ll find her in Advent

Curtis Brighton- (Delta Advertising’s biggest Agent)  You’ll find him in Advent

Jonathan Lyman-  (Heir to the Delta Advertising Company)You’ll find him in Speak Now and Advent

Chessie Jorgensen- (Outspoken child lover) You’ll find her in 31 Kisses and “Boone’s Book”

Carson Holbrook–  (Dairyman’s son and athletic coach) You’ll find him in 31 Kisses and “Boone’s Book”

Boone Holbrook- (Carson Holbrook’s brother) Introduced in 31 Kisses, he’ll also be “starring” in his own novel eventually.

Erika Polowski- (Kidnapped by The Agency, friend of Keith) You’ll find her in Justified Means, Mismatched, and Effective Immediately—possibly A Forgotten Truth

Keith Auger- (Best agent in The Agency) You’ll find him in Justified Means, Mismatched, Effective Immediately and possibly A Forgotten Truth

Ralph Myner-  (Starter of a planned community) Past Forward and Hearthland

Charity Stafford-  (Runs Stafford House—boarding house.  Introduces guest to “her friends”) You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, Introductions, Argosy Junction, None So Blind

Daniella “Ella” Weeks- (Lost memory in unexplained event) You’ll find her in Past Forward (mentioned in passing) and in her own book, None So Blind (Book One of Sight Unseen) as well as Will Not See and Ties that Blind (Books Two and Three of Sight Unseen)

Todd Bryant –  Son of Bookends and Lil’ Darlin’s owners Karen and Dale Bryant

Audrey Seever-  Owner of the Confectionary.  You’ll find her in A Bird Died, Tarnished Silver, and HearthLand.

Zain Kadir- Audrey’s husband.  Appears in Tarnished Silver and HearthLand.

Kelly Cox-  Mother of Aiden, Nathan, and Anne Cox.  Wife of Jon Cox.  Main character in A Bird Died and in Tarnished Silver.

Jon Cox-  Father of Aiden, Nathan, and Anne Cox.  Husband of Kelly.  Appears in A Bird Died, Past Forward Volume 6, and Tarnished Silver.

The Homstad Family–  Kelly Cox’s family.  Also includes Keith, Dee, Lorena, Breanne, Lila, Drew, Jamie, and Logan.

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Episode 145: A Chat with Debut Women's Fiction Author, Sara Brunsvold
byChautona Havig

Debut Author, Sara Brunsvold, is bursting on the Christian Women’s fiction scene with an amazing book, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. With characters who have captivated my heart from page one (and enough quirkiness to keep my attention to the last), Sara Brunsvold is sure to become a favorite author, and this book is already on my top five of the year before it’s even released!

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This Novel Isn’t Even Available Yet, and It’s in My Top 5!

If you’d told me that I’d fall so in love with two chapters of a book that it would push that book into my top five of the year so far, well… I’d have laughed.

The joke’s on me because it happened with Sara Brunsvold’s The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. This debut women’s fiction novel has a bit of a split-time element and is set in Kansas City. Trust me when I say that meeting Clara was one of the most fun introductions to a character I’ve ever had. I just love this woman, and I’m drumming my fingers to get to read more about her.  Not surprising considering it won the ACFW Genesis’s award a couple of years back. 😀

Sara says her passion is intergenerational stories, and you definitely get this with Aidyn and her “assignment,” Mrs. Kipp.  But you also get inter-cultural and ideological influences in this book as well.

And then there’s that next book she has coming out.  You know, the one about a gal cooking her way through her grandma’s German cookbook?  Yeah.  The one we have to wait until early 2024 for?  Yeah. That one.  Sigh.

When Sara told us about her favorite authors, a lot of things made sense.  Just sayin’. Find out which of Katherine Reay’s books are her favorites and how she fangirled over Reay’s response to an email (and why you should email your favorite author!).

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she’s been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who’s just entered hospice care.

But there’s more to Clara Kip than meets the eye. The spirited septuagenarian may be dying, but she’s not quite ready to cash it in yet. Never one to shy away from an assignment herself, she can see that God brought the young reporter into her life for a reason. And if it’s a story Aidyn Kelley wants, that’s just what Mrs. Kip will give her–but she’s going to have to work for it.

Debut author Sara Brunsvold delights with this emotional multigenerational story that shows that the very best life is made up of thousands of little deaths to self. You’ll want to be just like Mrs. Kip when you grow up!

This book is 40% off with free shipping from Baker Book House. That’s less than the Kindle version if you like paper!

You can learn more about Sara at her WEBSITE (and sign up for that newsletter so you can get Mrs.Kip’s 8 Rules to Live By). Oh, and if she does those videos of her cooking through that book, you’ll want to know when/where to find them.

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May 20, 2022
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Episode 142: A Chat about A Promise Engraved by Liz Tolsma
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Episode 141: A Chat with Elizabeth Goddard about Critical Alliance
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