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Carrie Schmidt is an avid reader, book reviewer, story addict, KissingBooks fan, book boyfriend collector, and cool aunt. She also loves Jesus and THE Story a whole lot. Carrie started the popular blog ReadingIsMySuperPower.org in 2015 and since then has had the honor of co-founding the Christian Fiction Readers' Retreat and JustRead Publicity Tours. In addition to these endeavors, she has written for magazines such as RT Book Reviews and Christian Market, and she co-wrote the book Getting Past the Publishing Gatekeepers. Carrie now lives in Georgia with her husband, though her roots range from East Tennessee to Central Kentucky and northern Illinois. ...more

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DIE TO YOUR OWN TUNE by Rebecca McKinnon SERIES: Octavia Fields Mysteries #3 GENRE: Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Independently Published RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2026 PAGES: 197 After months of giving into her wanderlust, free-spirited violist Octavia Fields is ready to get back to her Aerie Pines music shop. But she hasn’t even had […]
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“…I know that the Lord has already determined our futures. Because, one way or another, the Lord always provides. He holds us in His arms and guides our futures.“

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