Do you\nlove stories about faith, courage, and grit? Do you love stories where the protagonist\nlearns to trust in God to give her the faith and courage to face life\u2019s\nchallenges in order to complete the tasks He sets before her? If so, you\u2019ve\ncome to the right place. Today, my special guest and I talk about her women\u2019s\nfiction with Faith, Courage, Grit, a hint of Romance, and in her latest book,\nsuspense. Grab a snack and a cup of whatever beverage suits your fancy and join\nthe conversation. Be sure to have your journal handy, because you may find a\nvaluable nugget or two along the way.\nSusan K.\nBeatty is in her third career\u2014from journalist to homeschool tech writer to her\nlife-long dream to be a novelist. She is proof you can start a new writing\ncareer late in life. Susan released her first published fiction in September\n2019 and is now an award-winning author. Novel number eight released May 16 and\nnumber nine releases May 30, 2023. She is passionate about finding courage\nthrough faith and grit. Susan is the author of\xa0the\nCalifornia\nHomeschool Manual (in her second career), was the assistant\ndirector of the\xa0SoCal Christian Writers\u2019\nConference, and is\nthe president of her local\xa0ACFW-OC Chapter. \nSusan\u2019s latest\nbook is entitled Relinquished.\nNo one takes her kid and gets away with it.\nWhen Teagan Parsons discovers that the Amber Alert on a celebrity couple\u2019s\nchild is actually her daughter, she\u2019s determined to rescue the daughter she\nrelinquished years ago. If she\u2019d only realized the emotions her mission would\nrekindle\u2026\nHaving a cousin in the FBI gets her closer to the case than she could have\ndreamed, but instead of listening to the lead FBI agent\u2019s warnings to \u201cleave\nthe job to the professionals,\u201d Teagan begins following everyone she suspects.\nThat old saying, \u201cDon\u2019t quit your day job,\u201d has never been truer, but she\u2019ll do\nwhatever it takes to bring her daughter home safe.\nMitch McCartney has enough trouble on his hands without dealing with a\nguilt-ridden, biological mother bent on making up for past sins. Teagan seems\nto have developed a talent for getting things wrong and putting herself in\ndanger. Oh\u2026 and she\u2019s adding theft to her rap sheet\u2014theft of his heart, anyway.\nThen Teagan goes missing.\nLearning you can\u2019t undo the past is a tough enough lesson without adding on\nmore mistakes, but with Mitch\u2019s help, Teagan may, with the Lord\u2019s Guidance,\nforge a brighter future this time.\nPurchase link: https://amzn.to/40mxRGO\nConnect with\nSusan at the following links:\nhttps://www.susankbeatty.com/\xa0\xa0 (Website)\nSubscription link: https://bit.ly/3H6TWl4\nhttps://madmimi.com/signups/27766cdc2adc4e8fb10cf446d3b32711/join\nhttps://www.facebook.com/SusanKBeattyAuthor/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1169775503218317/\nhttps://www.amazon.com/author/susankbeatty https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19509173.Susan_K_Beatty\nhttps://www.bookbub.com/authors/susan-k-beatty\nhttps://www.instagram.com/susankbeattyauthor/\nhttps://www.pinterest.com/SusanKBeattyAuthor/\nhttps://twitter.com/sk_beattyauthor/