Courting Emma (Little Hickman Creek Series #3) (52 page)

A Christian for over forty years and a lover of the English
language, Shar has always enjoyed dabbling in writing-poetry,
fiction, various essays-and freelancing for periodicals and newspapers. Her favorite genre, however, has always been romance.
She remembers well the short stories she wrote in high school and
watching them circulate from girl to girl during government and
civics classes. "Psst," someone would whisper froin two rows over,
and always with the teacher's back to the class, "pass me the next
page.

Shar is a regular speaker for her local MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) organization, is involved in KIDS' HOPE USA, a mentoring program for at-risk children, counsels young women in the
Apples of Gold program, and is active in two weekly Bible studies.
She and her husband, Cecil, live in Spring Lake, Michigan, with
Dakota, their lovable collie, and Mocha, their lazy fat cat.

The acclaimed Through Every Storm was Shar's first novel to be
published by Whitaker House. Courting Emma completes the trilogy of the Little Hickman Creek Series, which also includes Loving
Liza Jane and Sarah, My Beloved. Her new trilogy, The Daughters of
Jacob Kane, will be released in 2009.

You can e-mail Shar at [email protected] or visit her website
at www.sharlenemaclaren.com.