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St. Peter by the Bay
Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 978-1935188476
Price: $16.95
176 pages
Patrick O'Mally and Grace Johnson have become many readers' favorite
senior sleuths. In St. Peter by the Bay, they follow Mai-Ling, a minor character from the 1st Patrick and Grace Mystery, In
St. Patrick's Custody, to Marinette, Wisconsin, where she won a contest for them to spend a week at Riverside Manor, a bed
and breakfast home. As usual, trouble comes looking for them, and a murder takes place at the marina. They will not sit idly
by, and they enlist the help of Peter, a homeless man, who visits the marina every day and who sees everything and knows everyone.
Along with solving the true crime, Grace is intent on figuring out who Peter really is and to help him find a better way of
life.
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Port Call to the Future
Sequel to House Call to the Past
Janet
Elaine Smith
ISBN is 978-1-935188-46-9
Historical Romance
Price: $17.95
328 pages
When pirate Black Sam Bellamy’s ship, the Whydah, sank off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717, everyone from the crew was found, either dead or alive, except
Black Sam himself. He was never seen again—until he washed up at a celebration of his demise that Blair Smythe hosted.
Kin to Sam’s love in the 1700s, Maria Hallett, Sam thought she was Maria. As Sam learns to deal with today’s modern
world, Blair sets out to prove that he is who he says he is. A fun romp through two times, with events that author Janet Elaine
Smith says surprised even her. Port Call to the Future is the sequel to Maria’s
story, House Call to the Past.
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The Green Year (El Año Verde)
Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN
is 978-1-935188-19-3
Medical Romance
Price: $15.95
176 pages
Just one year. That was all the Foundation Dr. John Wesley Blackstone
III (Dr. Juan) asked from a few doctors. He had set up four clinics in Venezuela, but he could no longer run them alone.
Dr.
Rebecca Stanford stuffed the letter of invitation into her pocket, until a young nurse trainee who had grown up as a “missionary
kid” in Venezuela convinced her to volunteer.
“The year everything in the desert turns green”
was a common Venezuelan expression that was eventually shortened to simply “The Green Year” (El Año Verde). Rebecca
soon learned to live her life by that philosophy.
With Rebecca fighting the arrogance of Dr. Juan and mistreating missionary
Kyle Parr, who seemed to show up exactly when he was needed, the year passed too fast. She longed to stay in the land she
had grown to love, but was she willing to accept God’s answer for her? And would Dr. Juan possibly yield to the God
both Rebecca and Kyle loved and served? Would he allow God to answer their prayers for him?
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Rebel with a Cause: Tales of a Misplaced Lutheran
and Memories of a Minor Missionary
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 978-1-935188-14-8
$24.99/422 pgs
Many people have asked Janet to write about her experiences as a missionary.
Rebel With a Cause is her answer, even though it only covers her life up to the age of 30. From preaching as a teenager
in a logging camp to spending her teenage summers working with the American Sunday School Union to living in mud huts in Venezuela
(where she entertained government officials, bank presidents, and priests) to dining with presidents and ambassadors, her
life has been anything but boring.
"Lucky?" Janet says. "No, I've just been very blessed."
You won't be bored as you read the account of her experiences, and hopefully
God will inspire you in your own life.
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New Release!
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Chapter Excerpt Coming Soon
Popular author Janet Elaine Smith weaves a magical tale in
Lake City,
Minnesota and Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, which
Denis McLeod described as “Paradise” when he enticed Violet Seymour to come as the “schoolmarm”
in the new settlement.
An unexpected dip in Lake Pepin,
an Indian orphan girl, and a frustrating man who insists on calling her his “mistress,” since he brought her there,
cause her to question her decision. Soon, however, the land and the people win her heart, and she and Denis will woo you to
their growing love as you turn the pages of Maiden Rock Mistress.
Reader
Eva Marie Osier says, “Janet Elaine Smith once again demonstrates her gift for telling a simple story in such an engaging
way that this reader couldn't put the book aside without finishing it. Her characters face real, serious issues despite each
tale's simplicity, and there's never a saccharine aftertaste. I especially enjoyed the humor in this one. Uplifting and fun,
in equal parts!”
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Hi, Daddy!
by Janet Elaine Smith
fiction
ISBN-10: 1-935188-00-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-935188-00-1
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Popular author Janet Elaine Smith takes today’s “extended family”
to the next level. Bob Jones has four ex-wives, seven children, a successful business and a fortune. The one thing he doesn’t
have is a good relationship. As he recruits his first ex to help him run his real estate/land development business, she realizes
that her extinguished fire for Bob has some leftover cinders smoldering, but she doesn’t want to get burned twice. She
begins to plot, with the help of all of his kids, to straighten the whole mess out. Can the secrets stay buried, or will somebody
let the cat out of the bag?
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When Janet Elaine Smith's first book, Dunnottar, was published
(June 2000), not only did she not know how to market a book, she didn't even know she would have to! It didn't take long for
the light to dawn, and by some stroke of fate in less than 2 months Dunnottar was the No. 1 best-selling Scottish book on
Amazon.com, out of over 8,000 competing titles, a position it held for 3 months. Learning by trial and error, she says the
things she tried were so simple they maybe shouldn't have worked--but they did.
With a budget of almost nothing and
the inability to travel (due to her husband's disability), Janet Elaine Smith soon became a household word, with her books
selling in nearly 30 countries. She has garnered many best-selling positions, as well as many awards in her 15 published novels.
Now she is ready to share the secrets to her successful marketing efforts with other authors. You, too, can be a success--if
you will work at it following her lead.
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House Call to the Past
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-77-0
Historical Romance
320 pages
- $17.95
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Before diving in, calibrate your expectations--this is light fun romance. There are scifi-style time shifts from 1713
to 1992 and back again, but without scifi-style explanation. In a thunderstorm, by simply walking across a field to help someone
in evident distress, Dr. Angus McPhearson walks into the past. Just suspend your disbelief, as you do when watching a tape
of Brigadoon, which the good doctor was watching right before this scene.
Also, don't expect detailed descriptions
of what it was like to live in 1713 in Massachusetts, and don't expect satiric contrasts between the life styles of then and
now, a la Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Just expect and enjoy a love story, with a twist--a doctor in 1992 falling
in love with a 15-year-old purported witch in 1713.
Much of the fun--and there's lots of fun here--comes from the
interplay of Angus and his new bride, as Angus adapts to his new timeframe, as Maria adapts to being married to this stranger,
and as the two of them cope with the looming menace of her son's father-- Sam the pirate.
As explained in the "Author's
Letter" at the end, Janet Smith is a descendant of the historical Maria Hallett. Janet explains, "since she was an ancestor
of mine, I figured it was my forte to redeem her.” But this Maria needs no redemption. She's simply delightful --witch
or no witch. I look forward to the promised sequel, Port Call to the Future...
(Review by Richard Seltzer. http://www.samizdat.com)
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Susan Quincey has declared Christmas as "off limits."
The loss of her husband in Desert Storm has definitely caused a "bah humbug" attitude, despite her three year-old son Jeremy's
needs. Just when she thinks it can't get any worse, it does. Her car won't start, but Kevin Dockter, her boss (who has admired
her since the day she applied for work) offers to "jump" her, then hooks his car battery to hers. Susan is afraid of Jeremy
getting hurt, but Kevin wins Jeremy's heart and they both go to work on Susan.
A CHRISTMAS DREAM is
a heart-warming Christmas tale, where even Santa gets a Christmas present. You will fall in love with the characters, from
little Jeremy to Kevin's mother and even Buford, the lopsided reindeer. And yes, Kevin proves that miracles truly do happen
at Christmas time, and in the most unexpected places.
CC Hammond says, "This is your must-have three-hankie feel-good
Christmas story, where the words '...and a little child shall lead them...' are never more true.”
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Dakota Printer
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-76-2
Historical Fiction
176 pages - $16.95
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"Papa" Joseph Levine
and his granddaughter, Mary Jane, run a small weekly newspaper in newly settled Fargo, Dakota Territories. Following Papa's
bout with illness, he puts an ad in the Minneapolis Tribune for an assistant. At the most opportune time, handsome, meticulous
Johathan Bohner appears. Jonathan and Mary Jane get off on the wrong foot from the start, but before long their sparks turn
to kindling, and love begins to heat up.
Jonathan soon lets it slip that he has an ulterior motive, which he calls
his "crusade," and he challenges Mary Jane to seek for her crusade as well. With the appearance of a minister from Chicago
and a schoolteacher from Rochester, MN, life in Fargo blossoms. Even Libbie and Col. George Custer put in an unexpected appearance.
When Jonathan goes to help the Indians out on the prairie, fate steps in and Mary Jane fears she has lost her true
love. Can they possibly find a future together on the prairie in the 1870s?
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by clicking HERE.
Enough action for a man…
Enough passion for a woman…
Enough
intrigue for everyone.
Dunnottar Castle, Scotland, the domain of the Clan Keith, close consorts of the royal family
for many generations. The whole country is at war with itself: Scotland against England. William Keith, the patriarch, is
the wealthiest man in Scotland, but he desires only to be known as the kindest; John, his younger brother, is eager to fight
for his country, even if his motives are a little questionable; and Robert, Williams oldest son, is off to battle, but his
mothers only hope is that he finds a wife in the process.
Even the most seemingly righteous families have some deep,
dark hidden secrets. The Keith clan is no exception; some of them so deep and dark even the other Keith’s don’t
know they exist. But they are privy to secrets of King Charles II himself.
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MARYLEBONE, the sequel to best-selling DUNNOTTAR, flits back and forth between London and the Scottish
highlands during the regency era. Handsome young James Keith, wanting to remain anonymous, visits "the clubs" in London, where
he encounters Caroline Kent, who has just returned from Vienna after studying the piano.
Caroline is immediately enraptured
by the mysterious Scotsman, but he seems to disappear every time she gets close to finding him. She calls on their mutual
friend, the Duke of Hamilton, to help her locate him. Keith, who is using the alias Robert Paterson, swears Hamilton to secrecy,
as he is on a personal quest to locate the Scottish regalia, which was hidden by the Keith clan at Dunnottar Castle more than
one hundred years earlier.
Complete with two mysteries (who is the mysterious Scot and where is the regalia), throw
in a famous person (Walter Scott), a secret which Caroline's father, the Earl of Kent, has kept buried almost as long, a surprise
about the "mad King George" and you have the makings of a read that will delight you for a long time to come.
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Par for the Courseby Janet Elaine SmithISBN: 1-932993-52-5
Historical Fiction
264 pages - $16.95
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Par
for the Course returns to Dunnottar Castle and the Keith clan, but in a new and exciting way. Mikki Jeanotte, a young
golf pro at St. Andrew's Golf Course, just outside Aberdeen, Maryland, has been summoned by a strange-sounding woman who insists
on having a private early-morning golf lesson. As Mikki waits for her, in a dense fog, she trips on an oak root, finds a black
gooey orb she hits to kingdom-come, only to have it burst into a million feathers, and wakes up with her head on the lap of
the man of her dreams. How did Mikki get from 1996 and St. Andrew's Golf Course, just outside Aberdeen, Maryland, to the 1500s
and St. Andrews Golf Course, just outside Aberdeen, Scotland, with her head in the lap of Lord Robbie Keith, Viscount of Kintore,
and in the company of the world's first woman golfer: Mary, Queen of the Scots? She soon discovers that the fate of Queen
Mary lies in her hands, and she enlists Lord Robbie's aid to carry out the most far-fetched plan history has ever known. The
twist at the end will have you laughing for months to come. It's history like you've never seen it.
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In St. Patcrick's Custody
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Grace Johnson, elderly New York City widow, "ran away from
home, and at my age!" she says. Patrick O'Mally, retired New York cop, comes to her rescue by taking her to the homeless shelter
where he volunteers. Grace quickly becomes their most valuable employee.
The fun begins when a priest from St. Patrick's
Cathedral recruits them to help solve a mystery: the statue of St. Patrick has disappeared! They are led on a merry chase
by a young girl, and along the way they just happen to solve the one murder case that has bugged Patrick for years, as well
as get caught in the middle of an attempted poisoning.
IN ST. PATRICK'S CUSTODY is the first in the Patrick & Grace
Mystery series. Patrick and Grace have quickly risen to become one of America's most favorite senior sleuths.
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Recipe
for Murder
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-48-7
Mystery (cozy)
160 pages - $16.95
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Patrick O'Malley, retired
New York City cop, and Grace Johnson, Jill-of-all-trades at the homeless shelter where she escaped in the first Patrick and
Grace Mystery, take flight to Nebraska when they hear that Walter Schmidt, Grace's cohort from the kitchen at the shelter
was found hanging in the apple shed. What seems ilke a perfectly simple suicide soon turns to a devious plot, with family
secrets abounding on every side. Small town life is at its best, where outsiders are "suspects" from the start, but soon Patrick
and Grace have a lineup of suspects of their own.
The primary clue is the letter to Patrick and Grace, which contained
a key to a safety deposit box. In the box? A RECIPE FOR MURDER. But was it really worth killing for? Obviously someone thought
so. It was, literally, "a recipe to die for."
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Old Habits Die Hard
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-49-5
Mystery (cozy)
164 pages - $16.95
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Patrick O'Mally
and Grace Johnson are a couple of senior citizen sleuths from New York City who have endeared themselves to readers around
the world. Now they return in OLD HABITS DIE HARD: The Case of the Missing Mother Superior.
Sister Babs makes her
first appearance in this Patrick and Grace Mystery. She is a hilarious psychic nun, who says, "My habit has a habit of its
own"--a secret pocket sewn to the inside of her habit in which she hides a bottle of Drambuie, which she insists she uses
"only for emergencies."
Sister Mary Margaret, who does not like Sister Babs in the least, shares "Oh, yes, they say
she only gets a 'vision' when she's 'in the spirit.' I've seen her in action; it's when she's 'in HER spirits!'"
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Pampas
is a romance, but it is also filled with intrigue. Set in Argentina, a gaucho who is hiding a dreadful secret finds work on
an estancia that is owned by one of the wealthiest, kindest, and most ethical ranchers in all of the Pampas. When this rancher
dies suddenly, our gaucho is thrust into a social life that makes it likely the past he has worked so hard to conceal will
be revealed. He also finds himself in the company of a socialite with a yen for digging up secrets and a few skeletons (not
to be confused with the bones she digs) in her own closet. - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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My Dear Phebe
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-73-8
Fiction/Young Adult/Historical
108 pages - $11.95
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A
war was coming! Ten-year-old Phebe Irvine was just plain scared. It was all anyone talked about. But war didn't really mean
much to Phebe; it was something a long ways away from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The letters from her Uncle James, who lived
near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, brought it much closer to home. And then her best friend, Sarah Tuttle, had to say goodbye
to her father, who left to join the army.
In MY DEAR PHEBE, children learn how war affects everyone, even if
there were no battles nearby. Phebe learns how to deal with the fears, anxieties and pain caused by the war, as well as having
personal problems in her own family.
MY DEAR PHEBE is based on the actual letters Phebe Irvine received from her
Uncle James. A "must read" for young adults everywhere, as well as an excellent source book for teachers, libraries and parents.
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Monday Knight
by Janet Elaine SmithISBN: 1-932993-69-X
Romance/Contemporary
136 pages - $16.95
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"Monday's child is fair of face…" Monday Knight had heard it from the day she was born. Her whole life revolved
around it; today she was the leading model in the world. But in the twinkling of an eye, it was all gone, thanks to one drunk
driver.
Dr. Stephen White, world's most noted plastic surgeon, was her only hope. Clad in anonymity, he vows to do the
impossible when she shows him a picture of Monday Knight and indicates that is who she wants to be.
Personal struggles
seem insurmountable, but Dr. White's sense of humor supercedes, and among wigs, lingerie and dandelions, he sets out to win
her over. All he has to do is convince her he truly loves her; it is not just pity.
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And We'll Call Her General Leigh
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-75-4
Historical
Romance
212 pages - $16.95
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Leigh Davis was raised as the son General Alexander Davis never had and always wanted. When the war hit, she found
a way to serve by taking supplies and food to the camp at nearby Harper's Ferry, while her father went off to be a personal
aide to President Lincoln. Clad in her normal buckskins, her long blonde locks tucked under her cap, the men in camp heard
her refer to her father. Thinking she was his son, they joked about her being as bossy as General Lee. And so, they called
her "General Leigh."
Grant Sinclair, a spy for the South, kept bumping into General Leigh, until one day he was wounded
and she took it on as her responsibility to nurse him back to health.
Could their differences, as vast as those that existed
between the other Lee and Grant, survive despite all the obstacles of the war?
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Bank Roll: A Max Stryker
Mystery
by Janet Elaine Smith
ISBN: 1-932993-78-9
Mystery
192 pages - $16.95
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The Day Max Stryker Hit Town--Again!
It started out like any other day for Max (Maxine, but only to her mother) Stryker,
a crime reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Then the news broke. She was listening to the morning news on TV
as she rushed to get to work when they announced that the Knight Ridder chain of newspapers had been sold.
When she
arrived at the office, the buzz was that their newspaper was going to go on the auction block, and a lot of the workers would
be getting pink slips within days, maybe even hours.
With her notice in front of her, Max called her mother and told
her that she was going to be forced to do what she had vowed would never happen: she was going home! Home to Willow Creek,
Minnesota, where nothing exciting ever happened--until Max hit town again, just in time to hear that the bank president had
been kidnapped!
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A Lumberjack Christmas...Revisited
by Janet Elaine SmithISBN: 1-932993-59-2
Romance/Holiday
176 pages - $14.95
Read the first chapterChristmas miracles...
In 1870, Martha Ferguson arrives in Hibbing, MN, intent on joining the fiancé she
believes is waiting at the logging camp of Sawbill Landing. Instead, she finds him dead, and joins forces with Dr. Bryon Ferguson.
As Christmas approaches, the entire camp needs a miracle.
...Revisited
Generations later, the Ferguson family,
now living in Hibbing, MN, is as desperately in need of a Christmas miracle as the family has ever been.
Can two lost hearts
find their way back together? Can the old tree at Sawbill Landing still make miracles? Is it too late to save the spirit of
Christmas and the memories of miracles past?
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Janet
Elaine Smith
Janet Elaine Smith first got "hooked" on writing
when she wrote the experiences she and her family had gone through when they were missionaries in Venezuela. She turned her
attention to creating fun, well-researched fiction books, but in order to add some money to the table and keep at her beloved
craft, she explored the field of magazine writing, which she has actively done for over 25 years. She has over 2,000 magazine
articles to her credit, but her dream came true with the publication of Dunnottar, her first book, in June 2000. Now she has
14 novels and 2 non-fiction books to her credit, and has, as she says "at least 120 more written--in my head." She promises
that you will laugh a little, cry a little and always have a happily-ever-after ending in every single Janet Elaine Smith
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