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CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

FAITH & FLOWERS

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Sometimes the heart must break before grace can bloom.

Grace in Bloom
A Christian Romance of Redemption, Renewal, & Unfailing Love

After decades of devotion, Beatrice Foley unraveled—her marriage ended, her purpose blurred, and her heart felt forgotten. But just when the silence threatened to swallow her faith, God whispered a new beginning.

Drawn into an unexpected friendship with a widower whose quiet strength both unsettles and comforts her; Beatrice is faced with a question she thought was no longer hers to ask. What if love can rise from the ashes?
Set against the backdrop of small-town charm and spiritual renewal, Grace in Bloom is a soul-stirring tale of heartache, faith rekindled, and the beauty of trusting God’s timing.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:11

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She thought the best years of her life had passed her by… but God was just beginning to write her story.

After her husband vanished into the silence of Alaska, Bethel Hamby poured herself into her small-town flower shop, content to survive but never truly bloom again. Heartbreak had knocked twice—first with his leaving, then with the slow fading of hope.

But on a rainy morning, a forgotten devotional, and a chance encounter with a woman named Lillian, Bethel finds herself drawn back to faith, friendship, and the quiet promise of something more. With the gentle nudging of a meddling aunt and the kindness of new church friends, she begins to open her heart once more.

Then Roy walks in—a soft-spoken widower with a broken shovel and a heart full of quiet grace. And Bethel begins to wonder: could mercy still be blooming in her life, even now?

Mercy in Bloom is a tender Christian romance about rediscovering purpose, embracing community, and trusting that God’s mercy grows even in the most broken soil. A heartfelt story for anyone who’s ever asked, “Is it too late for joy?”

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Sometimes the heart must break before hope can bloom.

Hope in Bloom
A Christian Romance of Forgiveness, Adoption, & the Power of Hope: Short Read

Katie and Carson dreamed of building a family the moment they said "I do." But after years of heartbreak, a failed surgery, and a quiet separation, their marriage was left buried beneath disappointment and unanswered prayers.
Katie still clings to hope. Carson fears he’s beyond repair. When a chance encounter at a city park—and one soccer ball to the chest—brings them face-to-face with a boy named Taylor, everything begins to shift.
As past wounds resurface and new possibilities bloom, Katie and Carson must decide: is it too late for them to rebuild a life together? Or could the family they longed for be waiting in a different form than they ever expected?

Hope in Bloom is a heartfelt Christian romance of adoption, reconciliation, and the kind of love that grows stronger in the soil of grace.

© Susie Clifft Smith

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THE PORCHLIGHT FILES

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When small-town florist Shelley Harper hosts a yard sale to clear out clutter, she expects a few bargains and maybe some gossip—not a box of evidence linked to a decade-old crime.

At first, the items seem odd but harmless: a dusty apron, a flash drive, a photo taken from her own yard. But when a human skull turns up and a stranger with too many secrets steps out of the shadows, Shelley realizes someone planted more than junk—they planted a trap.

Now, the sale is shut down, her shop’s under watch, and her quiet life is unraveling. With a missing girl’s name resurfacing and the sheriff’s badge beginning to tarnish, Shelley must decide how far she’ll go to uncover the truth… and who she can trust when the killer may be someone she’s known all along.

A cozy mystery with a twist of menace, The Junk Sale Murders is a story of forgotten things, buried secrets, and the danger of underestimating a woman who notices everything.

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