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Heaven’s Most Wanted Man & Podcast

By Janet Chester Bly on April 12, 2022 in Family Life, Podcast Blogs, Steve’s Devotionals

Portrait of a Perfect Man by Stephen Bly Perfect men can be hard to find. I wanted to find a man who came close when speaking about husbands at a church back in Cleveland. An older lady came up front after the service, beaming ear to ear. “My husband is exactly what you described,” she […]

View From the Barn – Cowboy Christmas Poetry

By Janet Chester Bly on December 22, 2021 in All Things Western, Cowboy Poetry, Steve’s Devotionals

VIEW FROM THE BARN, Cowboy Christmas Poem by Stephen Bly I’m a peaceful man by nature, hopin’ all things settle down. Never one to pitch a fit, play the fool, or act the clown. I like a muffler on my tractor, and horses that seldom buck; children that behave themselves and chickens that don’t cluck. I like […]

Crystal’s Grand Entry – Crystal Blake Adventures, Book 6

Sell Caleb? Never! That big, gray Appaloosa horse is the reason Crystal Blake's in the Idaho state rodeo finals and hopes for a grand entry opportunity. Including the rodeo queen contest. But if Crystal won't sell him to the stranger from Texas, does he want her horse bad enough to steal him? And why does he want only Caleb? Crystal, her older sister Karla, and her friends won't quit until they get to the bottom of this latest mystery. Meanwhile, Karla and Crystal's boyfriend, Shawn Sorensen, seem to be getting awfully chummy. Does she have a good reason to be jealous? And Crystal's tempted to back out of the queen contest when she learns all that's required.

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Miss Fontenot – Western Romance

With the adeptness of years of practice, Oliole dipped the big glass plate into the collodion solution. While it was still wet and in the darkness of her black canvas-covered box, she dipped it into the silver nitrate. She spied the Billings stagecoach rolling up Main Street far below her. She ducked under the canvas, shoved the plate into the camera, flipped open the shutter, and began to count, "One...two...three..." But instead of Boomtown at Noon, four horsemen romped into the foreground. She jerked her head out from the canvas and screamed, "No!"

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Western Cowboy Novel – Cowboy For A Rainy Afternoon (1954)

It's 1954. In this western cowboy novel, six Old West cowboys and a 10-year-old boy meet for a weekly cribbage game. While the old men spin tales of days gone by on the trail, a real life adventure stirs around them. The boy with the red straw cowboy hat, cap gun and leather bullet belt with silver-painted wooden bullets remembers it well. Maybe he wasn't born 100 years too late.

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The Jeweler’s Heart: A Sparkling Collection of Short Stories

In the frame short story in this anthology, Ben and Marnie Pearson never intended to start a jewelry collection. But when they were given a box of leftover jewelry at an estate sale, they were intrigued by the colorful contents . . .

The sparkling jewels featured in this collection may have been passed down through generations or discovered accidentally, but each has its own unique short story. From diamonds to emeralds, opals to rubies, these stones have witnessed it all.

Here in The Jeweler's Heart are their fascinating tales told by seventeen of the talented novel writers of ChiLibris. For fans of inspirational fiction and heartwarming tales, The Jeweler's Heart is a treasure.