Publishing milestones are fun things!

I’m so happy to share that Revell kept my working title for this next release once again. Titling a book can be tricky & many of my novels have simple names starting with my debut, The Frontiersman’s Daughter.

This portrait-like image above hints of the setting & shows the two character templates I had in mind while writing it. The letters of their first names are entwined in the wax seal at bottom right. But no spoilers for you!

Please watch for a cover reveal this summer, likely June, and details as to what this story of my heart is about…

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Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!

• The hunt BEGINS on 3/19 at noon Mountain with Stop #1 at LisaBergren.com.
• Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
• There’s NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 3/22 at midnight Mountain)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.
• Submit you entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the entry form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!

Laura Frantz is an author. Wife. Empty nester. Proud mom of an American soldier & a career firefighter. Though I will always call Kentucky home I live in Washington State.

You can learn more about me and all my books here on my site and on Facebook, X, and Instagram.

The call for liberty creates a divide between family and country, desire and duty, love and loyalty.

In 1777, caught in the crossroads of the American Revolution, sisters Maebel and Coralie Bohannon’s quaint New Jersey village becomes a battleground as they house American officers. Rebellion ripples through their family as members take opposing sides—Patriots and Loyalists—causing a deep chasm that fractures their once-unbreakable bond.

As Mae’s friendship grows with the American general Rhys Harlow, Coralie continues her liaison with her childhood sweetheart, a British officer stationed in New York. Mae, torn between her deepening love for the general and suspicion that her sister is a British spy, leaves the only home she’s ever known for the New York frontier. When betrayal strikes in the heart of the wilderness, she’s forced to take a perilous journey that tests her very survival and those she loves, all in the name of liberty.

It’s been said you can’t judge a book by its cover & that’s so true! A great cover opens the door to an entire universe or story world. The cover is a promise. A silent salesman. The right cover finds the right reader. A cover is the window into the soul of a story. I’ve heard them all! And out of my almost 20 published novels, I’ve had some cover hits & some cover misses. Here’s a look at cover art for my latest release, The Belle of Chatham. 

Publishing is especially thrilling when your novel gets a face. In this case, 3 of them! Revell’s art director sent me these comps to choose from. Easy, right? Not when you like ALL of them for different reasons! #1 pops with floral trim & a landscape & period-appropriate dress. Cover 2 has a to-die-for flag & balcony even if the heroine isn’t dressed for 18th-century success. And #3 is a win because of the hair & gown & jewelry though I’m not a fan of that wood wall behind her. Plus, our heroine’s hair is blonde & this belle’s is dark. Still, I had to choose so…

Voila! Once again, there were elements that I like but hoped to change. Since one of my former novel’s, A Heart Adrift, had a square frame around it, I decided to go with the scrap of paper & asked if more of the flag could be shown. Also, her hair needed lightening though to be honest, the dark hair is more striking…

So, now that we’ve narrowed it down to a single design, we still have to work out the placement of the title & author name…

After a bit of back & forth, this final design was landed on. I love it, thanks to Revell’s art team & the very gifted designer, Laura Klynstra. She’s done my covers since A Heart Adrift which is one of my favorites along with The Rose & the Thistle & The Indigo Heiress. 

Cover love is a splendid thing!

Here’s the Stop #15 Basics:

If you’re interested, you can order The Belle of Chatham on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Christianbook or your local bookstore. 

Clue to Write Down: or if a

Link to Stop #16 HERE, the next Stop on the Loop: Creston Mape’s site!

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March is nearly here along with a spring forward adjustment to the clock which steals an hour of reading away! I’m dreaming of planting a little colonial garden but it’s too soon here in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve experienced one of the mildest winters on record. Rhododendron bushes were actually blooming in December! I missed our usual, beautiful snow, since we got a scant half inch this winter. But you need only look up from our foothills to see the Olympic Mountains dressed in white.

I made sure to put a snowstorm in my Christmas novella I told you about last post. I’m finishing the first draft now & adding historic quotes at the beginning of each chapter. To say I’m smitten with this story is truly an understatement. It highlights history at one of my favorite historic sites in the most festive way. But for now, back to spring & dreaming of new story ideas. If you have something in mind you’d like for me to write in future please let me know!

And please return to to this journal page for a title reveal soon for my next full-length historical romance with Revell releasing in January 2027! Cover reveal coming after that…

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Another novel is on shelves!

This year is such a historic milestone. 1776-2026.

I’m so grateful to be American born that I wrote a book about it!

A tale of courtship & marriage, duty versus desire, faith & forgiveness.

In the spirit of 1776, happy reading!

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Dear readers,

I invite you to step back in time with me and explore the drama and danger of the 18th-century when George III became the last king of America. The Belle of Chatham began with my own ancestry and those Patriots and Loyalists in my family line who fought against each other. What must it have been like to choose sides and watch the world as you knew it implode?

This story takes you to three unique settings—New Jersey, New York, and then the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, all rife with conflicted loyalties, intrigue, and romance.

Family, friendships, and freedom are in play when the Bohannon family is fractured as the American Revolution begins. Maebel finds herself at odds with her only sister, Coralie, a situation made more tenuous with their very different romantic ties. Mae’s determination to keep the peace while still choosing sides backfires badly, nearly costing her a future with the man she loves.

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I offer a novel of divided loyalties, patriotism, sacrifice, sisterhood, and love—born from a time when every choice carried a consequence. The Belle of Chatham is historical romance that explores the true nature of freedom, and what that freedom means to us today.

Your support and preorders mean so much ahead of release day in January!

Thank you,
Laura Frantz

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Thank you to PW for your review of

The Belle of Chatham! 

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Releases January 2026 from Revell Books

*Preorder from your favorite bookseller

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Ever so often you meet a secondary character in a novel that steals your heart & you need to write a novella to give him his own happy ending. I have a special love for Bleu Galant from The Seamstress of Acadie & this new title reflects the gist of his 220 plus page story. I always wondered who would steal Bleu’s heart. Here’s hoping A Fierce Devotion wins yours!

Available on Amazon

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Expecting galleys for the Revolutionary War novel out 1/26

Just saw Revell’s cover comps for that novel & ohmyword

Working on a novel set in London now, half finished first draft

Working on my summer newsletter. Expect 2 giveaways & much more…!

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