Janet Dean

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I don’t know about you, but I find the pace of life hectic. A few minutes of quiet with my Bible in front of me and in prayer keeps me centered, starts my day off right. Then I sit at my computer and travel into America’s past, spinning stories for Steeple Hill that I hope will touch the hearts of my readers. I believe in love stories that grab people from the first page and carry them along the sometimes rocky journey of maintaining faith in trying circumstances.

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I’m thrilled to announce that my debut novel, Courting Miss Adelaide, Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical will release September 9. 2008. This story was a Golden Heart finalist and means a great deal to me. I hope you’ll look for it in bookstores. 

 

The “orphan train” seemed like small-town spinster Adelaide Crum’s last chance to know the simple joys of family life. So many lost children, every one of them dreaming only of a caring home—the home she longed to offer. And yet the narrow-minded town elders refused to entrust even the most desperate child to a woman alone….

Newspaperman Charles Graves believed his heart was closed forever, but he swore to stand by this lovely, lonely woman who was fighting for the right to take some motherless child into her heart. And her gentle soul and unwavering faith made him wonder if even he could overcome the bitter lessons of the past, and somehow find the courage to love….

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4 1/2 Stars, Romantic Times BOOK reviews
 
 

"Janet Dean's Courting Miss Adelaide (4 1/2) is a wonderfully sweet love story that includes facts about the orphan trains."

Read the Fort Wayne News Sentinel's article on Janet!

The second book in the Courting series, Courting the Doctor’s Daughter will release in May 2009.   

Order at eHarlequin.com

 

I look forward to hearing from you. Enjoy your visit! 
 
God bless you.
 
 

Janet

 

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