About the book:
Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer
Releases June 1, 2013 from Bethany House Publishers
On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods of
Texas, Crockett Archer can scarcely believe it when he's forced off the
train by a retired outlaw and presented to the man's daughter as the
minister she requested for her birthday. Worried this unfortunate detour
will ruin his chances of finally serving a congregation of his own,
Crockett is determined to escape. But when he finally gets away, he's
haunted by the memory of the young woman he left behind--a woman whose
dreams now hinge on him.For months, Joanna Robbins prayed for a preacher. A man to breathe life back into the abandoned church at the heart of her community. A man to assist her in fulfilling a promise to her dying mother. A man to help her discover answers to the questions that have been on her heart for so long. But just when it seems God has answered her prayers, it turns out the parson is there against his will and has dreams of his own calling him elsewhere. Is there any way she can convince Crockett to stay in her little backwoods community? And does the attraction between them have any chance of blossoming when Joanna's outlaw father is dead set against his daughter courting a preacher?
About the author:
Karen Witemeyer is a deacon's wife and mother of three who believes
the world needs more happily-ever-afters. To that end, she combines her
love of bygone eras with her passion for helping women mature in Christ
to craft historical romance novels that lift the spirit and nurture the
soul.
After growing up in California, Karen moved to Texas
to attend Abilene Christian University where she earned bachelor and
master's degrees in Psychology. It was also there that she met and
married her own Texas hero. He roped her in good, for she has lived in
Texas ever since. In fact, she fell so in love with this rugged land of
sweeping sunsets and enduring pioneer spirit, that she incorporates it
into the pages of her novels, setting her stories in the small towns of a
state that burgeoned into greatness in the mid- to late1800s.Karen is living her dream by writing Christian historical romance novels for Bethany House. When she visited her publisher back in January of 2010, she was interviewed by the staff. If you'd like a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how she develops her story ideas and a description of her bumpy journey to publication, click here to listen to a podcast of that interview.
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