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‘Country at Heart’ fiction tells contemporary love story set in the Flint Hills of Kansas
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 11, 2009 –Deborah Vogts is a fresh new voice in contemporary prairie romance. Her debut novel, Snow Melts in Spring (July, 2009), gives a modern-day look into a small area of Kansas and captures the timeless appeal of life on the prairie. The novel is the first installment to The Seasons of the Tallgrass series and features ordinary people who live and find love in the Flint Hills of Kansas – one of the last tallgrass prairie regions in the world.
This contemporary love story broadens the scope of romance novels to draw a compelling picture of regional beauty, personal conflict and ultimate forgiveness.
Mattie Evans loves her work as a veterinarian almost as much as she loves the Flint Hills of Kansas. And she has a special place in her heart for a gruff old rancher, John McCray, who has become a father figure to her. So when John’s estranged son, Gil, returns with thoughts to sell the family land and move his father to California, Mattie is drawn into a family conflict so deep that healing seems unlikely.
As layers of secrets are peeled away and old guilt resurfaces, Mattie struggles to understand Gil’s past and wonders how she fits into his future. Through the conflict, Mattie faces her own family’s discord—complicated by a sister who has a few secrets of her own.
Deborah Vogts and her husband have three daughters and make their home in Southeast Kansas where they raise and train American Quarter Horses. As a student at Emporia State University studying English and journalism, Deborah developed a love for the Flint Hills that has never faded. In writing this series, she hopes to share her passion for one of the last tallgrass prairie regions in the world, showing that God’s great beauty rests on the prairie and in the hearts of those who live there. For more information visit www.deborahvogts.com.
About Snow Melts in Spring By Deborah Vogts
Zondervan
9780310293231
304 Pages
$10.99
Softcover
PUB DATE: July 2009
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