• • • • • • • •
Snowflake Sweethearts
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Publisher: Love Inspired
ISBN: 978-0373877850
224 pages, $5.75 Paper, $4.24 eBook
Click here to learn more about this book
Download the first chapter of this book

Order in Paperback
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: christianbook.com

Order eBook
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: harlequin.com

Bringing her daughter to the one place she feels safe, single mother Anne Romano returns to her home town, Fairhaven, Washington. Though hoping to start her own business as a personal chef, Annie accepts a different job. Alex Jameson, the man she secretly loved as a teenager, needs a live-in caregiver for his ailing grandmother, and Annie seems like the perfect fit. A big-city workaholic who only plans to stay in Fairhaven temporarily, Alex doesn't seem to realize how much he needs faith, family--or love. But the deeper meaning of the holiday season, his grandmother's matchmaking friends, and one fatherless little girl start pulling at both Annie's and Alex's heartstrings . . . just in time for the most special Christmas ever.
Click here to learn more about this book
Download the first chapter of this book

• • • • • • • •
A Man to Trust
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Publisher: Love Inspired (Formerly Steeple Hill)
ISBN: 978-0-373-87730-0
March 2012, 224 pages, $5.75 paper, $3.99 eBook

After years spent helping manage her family's Christian bookstore, it's time for Adrie Chandler to give her own dream of playing her flute with a symphony orchestra a chance. But can she really trust the beloved shop to new manager Ross Peterson? The man is too handsome, too charming. . .and too much a reminder of another dream Adrie had to let go of — marriage. Yet Ross surprises her by knowing a thing or two about making sacrifices. Suddenly, Adrie is questioning what she really wants. And whether the dreams she once thought unlikely are within reach after all.
Click here to learn more about this book
Download the first chapter of this book

Order in Paperback
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: christianbook.com

Order eBook
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

• • • • • • • •
Surrendered Hearts
Sequel to "Along Came Love"
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Flowing Stream Books, April 2011
eBook available online, $2.99
ISBN 9781-888685-40-4

Jennifer Evan’s life changes forever when a gas pipeline explodes, starting a fire at her apartment. Losing her home and beloved dog are terrible blows, but the ugly scars that cover her arm, neck and shoulder steal her confidence and cause her fiancé to desert her. With her funds depleted and her job on hold, she heads for Vermont where she hopes to reconnect with her brother and find a way to rebuild her shattered life. Bill Morgan, a strong and quiet man whose faith runs deep, challenges her view of God and faith. Will she hold on to the pain of her past, or will she surrender her heart and find the faith and love she seeks?
Click here to learn more about this book
Download the first chapter of this book

Order eBook
:: amazon.com

• • • • • • • •
Christmas Mail-Order Brides
Coauthors: Carrie Turansky, Vickie McDonough, Therese Stenzel, and Susan Page Davis
Four-in-one Historical Inspirational Romance Collection
Includes Carrie’s novella: “A Trusting Heart”
Barbour Publishing, 352 Pages, $7.99
ISBN 1602609691

Ride the transcontinental railroad as four brides arrive by mail-order-and just in time for Christmas! Annika travels to Wyoming and discovers her intended is missing. Jolie’s journey to Nevada is derailed by disaster. Elizabeth carries a load of secrets to Nebraska. And Amelia travels to California to wrap up her final attempts at matchmaking. Will the holiday season be the ticket to spark love in unexpected ways?

Click here to learn more about this story.
Click here to download a copy of chapter one of "A Trusting Heart."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: Christianbook.com

• • • • • • • •
Seeking His Love
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Steeple Hill – Love Inspired #593, October 2010
ISBN 0373876297, 250 Pages, $5.50

False accusations by a former student haunt Rachel Clark, the new director of the Northcoast Christian Youth Theater. Seeking to escape the mistakes of her past and make a fresh start in Fairhaven, Washington, she looks into renting space for her group at the Fairhaven Arts Center. Handsome frame shop owner, Cameron McKenna, oversees the Center, and he is not excited about that prospect of sharing space with Rachel’s group. He lost his wife and young son in a tragic accident four years earlier and usually avoids being around children. To keep his financially strapped Arts Center afloat, Cam agrees to rent to Rachel. Then Cam’s sister becomes ill, and he must temporarily care for his fourteen-year-old niece Kayla. He knows little about relating to teenagers, and he turns to Rachel for advice. But he’s not sure he can trust the beautiful director, especially when past secrets come to light. Will Cam risk his heart and his future to help Rachel save the youth theater program and rebuild her reputation?

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download a copy of chapter one of "Seeking His Love."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: Christianbook.com

Order eBook
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

• • • • • • • •
A Blue and Gray Christmas
Christmas keeps Love and Hope Alive During the Civil War
Four-in-one Historical Inspirational Romance Collection
Includes Carrie’s novella: “A Shelter in the Storm”
Barbour Publishing ISBN 978602605557, 352 pages, $7.97

Surrender yourself to the forces of love in four engaging Civil War Christmas romances. In ‘Til Death Do Us Part by Lauralee Bliss - Join up with Leah Woods as she searches for her missing fiancé in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In Courage of the Heart by Tamela Hancock Murray - Stick to your guns with Arabella Lambert as she pledges her allegiance to pacifist Barry Birch, a man labeled a coward. In A Shelter in the Storm by Carrie Turansky - Ride out the storm with Rachel Thornton as she resists her attraction to the wounded artist-correspondent James Galloway. In Beloved Enemy by Vickie McDonough - Saddle up with Confederate-born Hannah McIntosh as she falls for Chris Haley, an embittered Union soldier. Can these couples forge an everlasting union in the tide of civil war?

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download a copy of chapter one of "A Shelter in the Storm."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: Christianbook.com

• • • • • • • •
A BIG APPLE CHRISTMAS
Love Unites Four couples During the Christmas Season in New York City
Four-in-one Contemporary Inspirational Romance Collection
Includes Carrie’s novella: “Moonlight and Mistletoe ”
Coming September 2007, Barbour Publishing
ISBN 9-781-597-898-195, 352 pages, $6.97

This collection of four heartwarming inspirational romance novellas captures the sights and sounds of Christmas in New York City. In Moonlight and Mistletoe by Carrie Turansky, Christmas plans are set askew when a schedule-bound professional organizer meets a free-spirited children's poet. In Shopping For Love by Gail Sattler, holiday bustle is the means two tourists try to use to get lost in the crowds. In Where the Love Light Gleams by Lynette Sowell, Christmas at Rockefeller Center puts a widow's dreams on center stage. In the Gifts from the Magi by Vasthi Reyes Acosta, Latino childhood sweethearts are reunited. Romance is in the air from Fifth Avenue to Chinatown, but can faith bring the love home?

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download an excerpt of "Moonlight and Mistletoe."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

• • • • • • • •
KISS THE BRIDE
Four-in-one Contemporary Romance Collection
Includes Carrie’s novella: “Tea for Two ”
September 2006, Barbour Publishing
ISBN 1-59789-353-6, 352 pages, $6.97

Four young women meet at a restaurant owner's conference—Angel from Florida, Monica from Missouri, Haley from Oklahoma, and Allison from New Jersey—and discover they share the same faiths, fears, hopes, and a lack of a love story in their lives. They vow to keep in touch, pray for one another, and meet again at next year's conference. What happens in between is a smorgasbord of changed lives, challenged faiths, new dedications and romantic twists that turn next year's conference reunion plans into reservations for eight.

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download an excerpt of "Tea for Two ."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

• • • • • • • •
WEDDED BLISS?
Four-in-one Inspirational Romance Collection
Includes Carrie’s novella: “Wherever Love Takes Us”
Barbour Publishing, November 2005
ISBN 1-59310-632-7, 352 pages, $6.97

As four couples approach their 25th wedding anniversaries, it appears romance has been lost along the way. Will these couples find new common ground on which to build a bright new future? Carrie’s novella “Wherever Love Takes Us” is included in this four-in-one collection.

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download chapter one of "Wherever Love Takes Us."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com
:: Christianbook.com

• • • • • • • •
ALONG CAME LOVE
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Steeple Hill - Love Inspired #345, April 2006
ISBN 0-373-87363-8, 250 Pages, $4.99

Single mother Lauren Woodman returns to Vermont to renovate her family’s historic property and open an antique and art gallery. She longs to build a secure life for herself and her young son, leave her past mistakes behind, and avoid any romantic entanglements in the future. When Lauren crashes her car into a snow bank, she is rescued by a longhaired man she assumes is a homeless wanderer. Wes Evans is actually an ex-missionary who considers himself a failure for buckling under in the face of persecution and imprisonment for his illegal missionary work in the Middle East. He senses God has sent him to Vermont to help Lauren and her son, but he is torn by his desire to keep his past a secret. As their friendship deepens to romance, Wes is forced to make difficult choices that involve great sacrifice in order to protect Lauren and her son. Lauren and Wes discover new dimensions of God’s grace and forgiveness as they put their love, their faith, and their very lives on the line for each other.

Click here to learn more about this book.
Click here to download an excerpt of "Along Came Love ."

Order in Paperback
:: biblicalparenting.org
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

Order eBook
:: amazon.com
:: barnesandnoble.com

• • • • • • • •
A PASSION FOR JESUS
Daily Devotions by Calvary Chapel Pastors’ Wives
Includes six devotionals written by Carrie
Calvary Chapel Publishing, January 2005
ISBN 1-931667-76-4, 384 pages, $14.00

Inspiring devotions for every day of the year written by Calvary Chapel pastors’ wives. These faithful women of the Lord and His Word have ministered throughout the world, and now they share their passion for Jesus reflected in the daily devotions. Includes devotions by Kay Smith, Lenya Heitzig, Diane Coy, Sharon Ries, Karen Pulley, Gail Mays, Carrie Turansky, and several others.

ORDER NOW

• • • • • • • •
101 WAYS TO ROMANCE YOUR MARRIAGE
Includes essays by Carrie
Compiled by Debra White Smith
Harvest House Publishers, 2003
ISBN 0-7369-1125-1, 144 pages, $8.99

Variety is the spice of life! This books gives you a host of ways to say “I love you”, wow your spouse, and plan creative dates to keep your love alive. Debra White Smith brings together romantic ideas from several contributors that will you make your ordinary marriage extraordinary. From simple gestures to fun weekend getaways, the ideas in this book are sure to add zest to your marriage.

ORDER NOW

• • • • • • • •
I MUST DECREASE
Inspiration & Encouragement for Dieters
By Janice Thompson, includes a testimony by Carrie
Barbour Publishing, October 2005
ISBN 1-59310-910-5, 256 Pages $10.95

Most people who want to lose weight are tired of the serious, “Thou shalt not” approach. Many are ready for a lighthearted look at weight loss – a practical devotional approach that offers scriptural advice in a way that encourages and never condemns. I MUST DECREASE is designed to lift up dieters with biblical wisdom, thought-provoking quotations and stories, and a good dose of humor. It is the perfect companion to any weight loss program.

ORDER NOW

• • • • • • • •
HOOKED ON HEAVEN
An Exclusive Short Story Collection
Includes “Love on the 452” a short story by Carrie
Crossings, September 2004
ISBN 1-58288-131-6, Hard back, 155 pages, $9.99

This inspiring collection includes twelve favorite and prize-winning short stories from the Crossings Voices Fiction Contest. Carrie’s short story, “Love on the 452” was inspired by an article she read in Family Circle Magazine about a couple who met on a commuter train after exchanging notes. She originally wrote this story for a contest that asked for a romance in 1000 words of less.
Available to Crossing Book Club Members only at www.crossings.com.

Readers’ Review Sites for Christian Fiction

www.faithfulreader.com

www.christianfictionreview.com

www.christianbooks.com

www.novelreviews.blogspot.com

www.shereads.org