The Romantic Side of Suspense Author/Coach/Encourager Sarah Hamaker


Part Two of A Roadside Confession
I eyed the desolate landscape, then looked at my mother, who I’d never seen shed a tear. “What are you talking about?” “How do I even begin? I know I’ve not been a good mother to you. And part of the reason has to do with that cross.” Her voice steadied as she told me […]

A Roadside Confession
by Sarah Hamaker This is part one of a short story I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy! It’s always startling to find out your mother has a secret, especially when it’s not an ordinary, run-of-the-mill secret, but an I’ve-never-told-a-living-soul secret. My mother, Norma Jane Brookings, began unburdening this secret with a simple phone call. […]

July 2019 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Hometown Hope by Laurel Blount — In the three years since her mother’s death, widower Hoyt Bradley’s daughter, Jess, hasn’t spoken—until she suddenly begs him to save her favorite bookstore from closing. Hoyt is desperate to […]

Joe A. Bowden Uses Chemistry for Murder
Joe A. Bowden Ph.D. a former biochemistry professor, technical writer, a member of the SCBWI and ACFW. He is published in both secular and Christian fields, and has taught at national and regional writer’s conferences. An Eagle Scout born and raised in Dolores, Colorado, Joe currently lives in Corvallis, Montana. Why did you start writing […]
