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Wondering where to start?  (note: this page is randomly updated. If you see something is missing, drop me a line and I’ll be happy to update. I just forget!)

So many of my books are very thoroughly interconnected.  Anything listed under the “Rockland Chronicles” is likely to have familiar characters appear all over the place!  So, if you wondered what order to read them, here you go!  Now, this is just a suggestion.  The only books that NEED to be read in a particular order are listed as their own series.  For example, Aggie’s Inheritance as a series can be read in any order, but the books in the series need to be read sequentially.  Clear as political candidates on debate night?  Good!  Then let’s get started.  *cough*

Rockland Chronicles Timeline One- Intact series (books with asterisks are not yet in print)

Not a Word (Technically, this book both comes after and before the Aggie Series. So… I put it here.)
The Hartfield Mysteries
Blessing Bentley
Noble Pursuits
The Sight Unseen Series (None So Blind etc.)

Discovering Hope
Argosy Junction (Eventually, this will have a sequel which obviously would be next)
Speak Now (Might prefer to read before Advent but not essential.  Tiny spoiler in it but not much of one…)
Advent
Aggie’s Inheritance Series (From the second half of Ready or Not, this follows the same timeline as Past Forward. Ante Up! takes place concurrent with Volume 6)
Past Forward (Takes place on exactly the same timeline as the second half of the first book through the rest of Aggie. It is also concurrent with Front Window)
Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie (Takes place in conjunction with Past Forward 4)
Thirty Days Hath… (Is parallel in one chapter to a section in Volume 3 of Past Forward)
Tarnished Silver
31 Kisses
Operation Posthaste
(no distinct timeline placement)
A Bird Died

Justified Means (Must follow Thirty Days Hath…)
Mismatched (Must follow Justified Means)
Effective Immediately (Must follow Mismatched)
A Forgotten Truth (Must follow Effective Immediately)
Corner Booth
Merri’s Christmas Mission

HearthLand  (Takes place after the last Past Forward–sister series to Past Forward)
The Matchmakers of Holly Circle 
(concurrent with Volumes 1  and 2 of HearthLand)
Carol and the Belles (Concurrent with the end of HearthLand)
The Vintage Wren (takes place after HearthLand and runs concurrently with all books after that).
Premeditated Serendipity
Tangoed in Tinsel
The Second Noel
Silenced Knight
The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

 

Rockland Chronicles Timeline Two- Series Mixed In (books with asterisks are not yet in print)

Sweet on You (Meddlin’ Madeline Series Book 1)

Such a Tease (Meddlin’ Madeline Series 2)

Fine Print (Meddlin’ Madeline Series 3)

Dead Letter (Meddlin’ Madeline Series 4)

Byrd’s Eye View (Meddlin’ Madeline Series 5) (Coming Soon)

 

 

Not a Word (Technically runs from before the rest of the books simultaneous through with Here We Come.)
Manuscript for Murder
Oh, Gracious!

None So Blind (Sight Unseen Series)
Will Not See (Sight Unseen Series 2)

Ties That Blind (Sight Unseen Series 3)
Discovering Hope

Volition
Crime of Fashion (Semi-concurrent with Past Forward.)
Blessing Bentley
 (Takes place after the opening of Crime of Fashion)
Argosy Junction (Eventually, this will have a sequel which obviously would be next.)
Speak Now (Might prefer to read before Advent but not essential.  Tiny spoiler in it but not much of one…)
Advent
Two O’clock Slump* (Semi-concurrent with Past Forward.)
Past Forward Volume 1
Front Window
 (Semi-concurrent with Past Forward.)
Ready or Not
Past Forward Volume 2
For Keeps
Here We Come
Thirty Days Hath…
Past Forward Volume 3
Past Forward Volume 4

Justified Means (The Agency Files 1)
Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie
Past Forward Volume 5

Ante Up! (Concurrent with Volume 5 of Past Forward?)
Mismatched (The Agency Files 2)
Past Forward Volume 6
Tarnished Silver (Concurrent with Volume 6 of Past Forward.)
A Bird Died
Effective Immediately (The Agency Files 3)
Corner Booth
Merri’s Christmas Mission
A Forgotten Truth (The Agency Files 4)

HearthLand
The Matchmakers of Holly Circle  (Concurrent with Volumes 1  and 2 of HearthLand.)
31 Kisses  (No distinct timeline placemen.t)

Vintage Wren (Concurrent with Operation Posthaste and Premeditated Serendipity.)

Hashtag Rogue (The Agency Files 5)
Operation Posthaste (No distinct timeline placement.)
Carol and the Belles
Christmas Embers
  (No distinct timeline placement)
Christmas Stalkings
New Year’s Revolutions
Premeditated Serendipity
Tangoed in Tinsel

Random Acts of Shyness
The Second Noel
Silenced Knight
The Ghosts of New Cheltenham

The Ghastly Therapist
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

12 Dates of Christmas (No distinct timeline placement.)

 

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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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