Bending Toward the Sun (11 page)

      • My agent, Janet Kobobel Grant of Books & Such Literary Agency

      • My editors, Shannon Hill Marchese and Karen Ball

      • The entire WaterBrook Multnomah–Random House team

      • Dorris Keeven-Franke, archivist, Saint Charles County Historical Society

      • My prayer partners

A big thank-you to all who are listed, and to all who aren’t, for making it possible for me to accomplish my dream of writing novels for you.

About the Author

Mona Hodgson is the author of The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek series,
Dandelions on the Wind
, and nearly thirty children’s books. Her writing credits also include hundreds of articles, poems, and short stories in more than fifty different periodicals, including
Highlights for Children, Focus on the Family, Decision, Clubhouse Jr., The Upper Room, The Quiet Hour
, and the
Christian Communicator
. Mona speaks at women’s retreats, schools, and conferences for librarians, educators, and writers and is a regular columnist on the
Bustles and Spurs Blog
.

Mona and Bob, her husband of forty-one years, have two adult daughters, two sons-in-law, and a gaggle of grandchildren.

Learn more about Mona, find readers’ guides for your book club, and view her photo album of current day Saint Charles, Missouri, at Mona’s website:
www.MonaHodgson.com
.

You can also find Mona here:

Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pages/Mona-Hodgson-Author-Page/114199561939095

Twitter at
www.twitter.com/monahodgson

Pinterest at
http://pinterest.com/monahodgson/pins/

And be sure to follow her on Hindsight by Mona Hodgson at

http://monahodgson.wordpress.com
.

O
THER
B
OOKS BY
M
ONA
H
ODGSON

H
ISTORICAL
F
ICTION
The Quilted Heart Novellas

Dandelions on the Wind

The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek

Two Brides Too Many
Too Rich for a Bride
The Bride Wore Blue
Twice a Bride

C
HILDREN’S
B
OOKS

Bedtime in the Southwest
(Northland Publishing)
Real Girls of the Bible: A 31-Day Devotional
(Zonderkidz)
The Princess Twins and the Puppy
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)
The Princess Twins Play in the Garden
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)
The Princess Twins and the Tea Party
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)
The Princess Twins and the Birthday Party
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)
The Best Breakfast
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)
Thank You, God, for Rain
(Zonderkidz I Can Read)

For a complete and current listing of Mona’s books, including any out-of-print titles she may still have available, please visit her website at
www.MonaHodgson.com
.

Continue the Quilted Hearts journey!

Also look for the first novel in the Hearts Seeking Home series, coming Summer 2013!

Two sisters.
Two missing misters.

Kat and Nell Sinclair are headed west—away from the manicured lawns of Maine to the boisterous, booming mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado to start new lives for themselves as mail-order brides. But when they arrive, neither fiancé is there, leaving both sisters questioning their dreams and the hope for true love.

Read an excerpt from this book and more on
WaterBrookMultnomah.com
!

Ida wants a career, not a husband. But her sisters and God have other plans.

Ida Sinclair joins her sisters Kat and Nell in Cripple Creek. As the business-savvy Sinclair sister, Ida has never wanted to settle down. Instead of love, she craves success. But while searching for one, she just might find the other.

Read an excerpt from this book and more on
WaterBrookMultnomah.com
!

She’s ashamed
of
her past
and
has no faith
in
her future.
Or
grace.

Vivian has made one bad decision too many and now she’s looking for a fresh start. But between the lies about her past and the lies about the present, there’s no room to accept help—or love—from her sisters or anyone else. Not even from that interesting sheriff’s deputy who has his eye on her.

Read an excerpt from this book and more on
WaterBrookMultnomah.com
!

Good can come from brokenness.

Young widow Willow Peterson is determined to pursue art and romance in bustling Cripple Creek, Colorado. Can a handsome photographer mend her heart and give her a true home? And can Willow’s landlady, Miss Hattie, get a second chance at love in the second half of her life?

Read an excerpt from this book and more on
WaterBrookMultnomah.com
!

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