Julie Klassen

Two time Christy Award winning author Julie Klassen is also a fiction editor with a background in advertising. She has worked in Christian publishing for more than sixteen years, in both marketing and editorial capacities. Julie is a graduate of the University of Illinois. She enjoys travel, research, books, BBC period dramas, long hikes, short naps, and coffee with friends. She lives with her husband and two sons near St. Paul, Minnesota.

Favorite Verse: Philippians 1:6 (NIV) Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

She expected her return to Painswick would bring memories of the past--not danger and romance.

Anne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place where she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year.

Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sickroom nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Anne's sister years before. Pushing aside resentments, Anne moves into Painswick Court, a shadowy old house rumored to be haunted. Also in residence are Lady Celia's spinster daughter, her handsome adult nephews, and a secretive new lady's maid. Two local doctors visit regularly as well, one of whom admires Anne while concealing secrets of his own.

As an escalating series of mishaps befalls her patient, Anne realizes someone is trying to kill the woman. But who? When Anne finds herself a suspect and her resolution to avoid romance challenged, can she discover the real culprit--and protect her heart--before it's too late?

Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this compelling Regency-era novel laced with intrigue, love, and English village charm for fans of historical romance and whodunit mysteries. Bookclub Resources (PDF) available.

As a storm rages, a carriage careens off a narrow cliff road, changing its passengers' fates forever. Found in the wreckage is a gravely injured Sir John Mayfield and a mysterious woman wearing a valuable ring. As danger mounts and enemies conspire, the woman realizes she must uncover the truth of what happened that night. 400 pages, softcover from Bethany.