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JoAnn Carter
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Being a writer has its perks, especially the sense of pride (and trepidation) that swells inside when I see someone reading a book of mine. Below are a few of my published books for you to browse. This site is a work-in-progress so please check back frequently for updates and additions as I place the stories I've written here on this bookshelf. Also, feel free to get in touch and share your comments or questions, I’d be more than happy to hear from you and help out.
Detour: Destination Abiding Love
Ex-bad-girl Sierra Sinclair has finally surrendered her life to the Lord. A hopeful future pursuing her dreams in music lies ahead. But first, she must provide restitution for those she wronged in the past.
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Returning to her hometown, she offers an eloquent testimony and a series of free concerts. And then, Colton Smith, son of a prominent town leader, shows an interest in her. Sierra's bright future looks trouble-free, but she soon finds out otherwise.
When Colton’s parents and the townsfolk won’t forgive or forget her past, will this promising romance end before it ever has the chance to begin?
Smuggler Of The Heart
This is a a cozy winter romance novella for you history buffs. I hope you enjoy it.
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Disheartened and tired, Samantha Warren returns to Vermont during the winter break. Her passion for history rekindles after finding an old smuggler's chest hidden in her grandparents' attic.
Daniella
When Harrison Beckman meets his father’s secretary, Daniella Duncan, she’s shy and self-conscious. Harrison, however, is determined to get to know her better. Before he gets to do that a rival comes along to steal Dani’s heart as quickly and thoroughly as the company’s contracts, which have been disappearing. As the mystery unfolds, Harrison has to fight for the woman he loves, even though this means crossing swords with his father and his determined adversary. Will Harrison be able to find the love that could await them or will it be too late?​
Teacher's Plans
When Amanda Manning, an exhausted, short-handed special education teacher, is given an assistant, things don't turn out as she planned. Her new assistant is anything but what Amanda expected—most strikingly, a male.
Tracy Atkins secured a job as a teacher's assistant, but will he be able to secure the hand of the woman he is falling in love with? Especially when she finds out about the secret he is hiding?
Sweet Rest
Soft spoken, twenty-eight-year-old Mike Anderson prepares to join his brother on a short-term mission trip to Florida. Here he plans on helping build new facilities for New Hopes Mission Agency. However, before he leaves, Mike learns there was an accident at the building site. Now the person who was injured is missing. Could these two incidents be mere coincidence or is something more sinister at work?
And then there is the five-two spit-fire, Leah Rizzo, with whom he agreed to swap photography projects. Taking her with him could prove to be the colossal mistake of his lifetime—or perhaps God has a plan even in the midst of the mystery that shrouds the project.
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By The Book
Perky 24 year old police dispatcher, Sarah Murphy, is held captive by images of her past. She doesn't trust men and is determined to hold onto her heart at all costs. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Dylan Eldredge of the Hampton Police Department believes she’s the woman God has intended for him and is equally determined to have her for his wife. Will he be able to prove he’s the man for her?​
Hidden Paths
Staying in Vermont on the family farm wasn’t what Julie Hemmingway, a 22-year-old nursing school graduate, had envisioned for her life. After all, she had just spent four years at school in preparation to join a mission agency to use her nursing skills overseas. However, those exciting plans quickly change to sorrow when her father suffers a massive heart attack and dies. Out of necessity, she stays home to help her mom manage the farm.
Julie accepts a new job at a construction company, where life continues to throw her many curves. She meets Adam, a handsome man that she’s not so sure about, her boss who it turns out isn’t who she thinks he is, her job becomes threatened, and the future that once seemed so bright is now an ugly, murky gray.
Paradox
Lilly Holland's passion is flowers -- not people. All she has ever dreamed of is a peaceful life surrounded by the beauty of God's creation. The exact opposite of what life is like at the touristy Holland Lodge in the small town of Paradox. So, why does she feel like God is nudging her to go? He, if anyone, should know better than ask this of her.
Ric Walker, Holland Lodge's grounds keeper, is Lilly's only link to sanity. His steady presence and strong faith encourages her through this trying situation. That sanity is threatened as she realizes her feelings for him are changing into something more, something deeper.
Will Lilly learn that Paradox is more than a town's name, but rather a divine place where God can reveal His power, bring healing, and love? Just when she thinks all hope is gone?
The Floating Palace: Book One
Ellie Dunkling’s lifelong dream has been to work on the Ticonderoga. There’s only one problem; men, not women, are hired to work on steamboats. Ellie however, is determined to change that. It’s 1923 and societal norms are slowly starting to shift.
Captain Philip Lawhorn is a man’s man. When Champlain Transportation Inc. informs him that a woman has been hired to work on his boat stewardess, he’s anything but please. First of all, he doesn’t appreciate the fact that someone has been hired as part of his twenty-eight member crew without his knowledge. Secondly, how is he supposed to handle this company mandated, sure to be, disaster?
The Roarin' 20's Series
I have written a series of three historical inspirational fiction stories. For more information, please contact me.
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"Without our God we would be afraid to move;
but when He bids us to, it would be dangerous to linger..."
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