Book Review | Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt

It’s Dienece Darling here today to share why I read and couldn’t put down Milla Holt’s Small Town Harmony! Book Description: She chased her dream. Now her marriage is paying the price. Ezra Falconer always took the lead—onstage with his brothers’ Christian band, and at home with his quiet, dependable wife, Martha. But everything changed …

Wednesday Writing Wins from Beyond the Borders

Writing and contest news from members of ACFW’s Beyond the Borders zone, plus what they like most about their country

Book Review | Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt

Small Town Harmony is a second-chance romance featuring Ezra Falconer, one of three brothers who are part of a well-known British contemporary Christian music band. It’s the sequel to Home Town Melody, which was Levi’s story. Ezra and Martha married years ago, when the family band was doing well. It’s not doing so well now, …

Wednesday Writing Wins from Beyond the Borders

It’s time to check in on the international members of American Christian Fiction Writers … and to introduce the 2025 ACFW Virtual Conference. ACFW Virtual Conference American Christian Fiction Writers is hosting a virtual writer’s conference on 21-22 March 2025, featuring award-winning author Kimberly Woodhouse and many more. Click here to find out more. Recordings …

Fiction Friday | Home Town Melody by Milla Holt

Happy Valentine’s Day! For Fiction Friday I’m sharing a contemporary romance book recommendation for Home Town Melody by Milla Holt, Book 1 in her Rhapsody of Grace series set in England. Here’s the Book Description: Everything is at stake when a Christian recording artist learns he fathered a child during a one-night stand. It was …

New Releases | February 2025

Welcome to February’s new releases. Today we have 2 books to share with you. Congratulations Milla and Jo on your new releases. Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt Publisher:‎ Reinbok Limited (Released: 5 February 2025) Faith, fame, and family collide as a Christian music power couple hides a secret discord. Ezra Falconer’s career with his brothers’ …

Beyond “I Do”: Marriage-in-Trouble Romance

More Than Just Weddings and First Kisses As a romance author, I’ve written my fair share of stories that end with proposals and wedding bells. There’s something undeniably magical about that moment when two people commit their lives to each other, and I’ll never tire of writing (or reading!) those stories where we follow the …

From Book Famine to Feast

I spent most of my high school years in an all-girls’ boarding school in Uganda, East Africa. The country was just coming out of years of civil war and the economy was in tatters. It was hard to get hold of interesting reading material, and fiction was a luxury. Our school library was full of …

Wednesday Writing Wins from Beyond the Borders

Members of the Beyond the Borders zone of American Christian Fiction Writers have been busy writing and publishing over the last few months … Contest Finalists and Winners Snow Globe Secrets by Laura Thomas won the 25th Annual Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers (FHLCW) Reader’s Choice Award in the 2024 novella category and is …