Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Welcome to June's edition of Author of the Month!

Our author of the month for June is Robin Lee Hatcher. She writes contemporary and historical novels. I've read several books of his books and enjoyed them. For those new to her writing, I hope you find a new treasure.

Robin's website: https://robinleehatcher.com/?adlt=strict

About Robin in her words....
When I was young, what I wanted to be most in all the world was a movie star. I’m sure my closest friends all nod their heads when I say this, knowing my theatrical nature. I took ballet for seven years, and I was in various theater productions, both in school and as a young adult.

My storytelling career began in grade school when I told my fifth grade friends that my mother was born in a covered wagon while coming west on the Oregon Trail. It seemed plausible. My mother was, after all, 47 years old at the time. My word! Had they even invented the wheel when she was born? (Mom lived to be 96, so I had plenty of time to realize how young she was at 47!)

Fast forward to high school. I was a compulsive writer, scribbling stories and poetry in notebooks and on binders. This wasn’t work. This was fun! Writing could transport me to any place, any time. How cool.

I am also a lover of horses and bought my first horse when I was fifteen. I spent many years thereafter riding, competing, and raising them. Although I haven’t owned a horse in much too long, my daughters and one granddaughter have their own horses and I get my enjoyment through them.

Marriage and family filled the decade of my twenties. I read voraciously. I daydreamed. In my mind, I reworked the endings of both movies and books any time they didn’t suit me. I performed with a Christian theater troupe.

Then I got an idea for a story, a Gone With The Wind type saga. I talked about it with others for about six months. Finally, I sat down and began to write. I wrote long hand on yellow legal pads and typed the pages on the office Selectric typewriter during lunch hours and coffee breaks. Nine months later, I had a book, and a little over two years after that, it was published.

The rest, as they say, is history. After nine years of writing whenever I could find a spare moment, I quit my day job the month my ninth novel was released in order to write full time and have been at it ever since. These days, the nest is empty. My daughters are grown with families of their own.

Life isn’t always easy, but God is always good.

I am blessed, indeed.
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Her upcoming novel, I'll Be Seeing You, releases on June 7.

Do we have any Robin Lee Hatcher fans in the group? Do you have a favorite read of hers that you'd like to share? Which novel do you plan to read? Enjoy!

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I have discovered Robin Lee Hatcher through her legacy of faith series, and thus have a lot of books to read! Hope to get to one or two in June.

I think my favourite RLH book is the first one I read by her: The Forgiving Hour . That being said, she's got a lot of recent books and backlist which I have not yet read, so I was happy to see that she'd been chosen as author of the month!
My plan is to read The Victory Club in June.

I have only read 2 or 3 of her books before.

My favorite so far is A Carol for Christmas

I think I am going to read A Vote of Confidence

I've read A Carol for Christmas and A Promise Kept, which were good. I'll probably read Love Without End.

Loved the Legacy of Faith series. I will read: .

I haven’t read her books before. Plan to read and if time
— Finished both and especially liked

Read and enjoyed

I cannot believe that I haven’t read at least ONE of her books but I just looked on my shelves and have not !
So .. found one of the Bethlehem series & hope 2 read it soon .. there are vacation days coming up :)

Kate wrote: "I think my favourite RLH book is the first one I read by her: The Forgiving Hour . That being said, she's got a lot of recent books and backlist..."

I finished The Victory Club just now and enjoyed it, though not as much as some of RLH's other work.

Sarita wrote: "I have discovered Robin Lee Hatcher through her legacy of faith series, and thus have a lot of books to read! Hope to get to one or two in June."

Hi, Sarita. The Legacy of Faith series is very dear to my heart. I love that you discovered my books through that series.

Kate wrote: "I think my favourite RLH book is the first one I read by her: The Forgiving Hour . That being said, she's got a lot of recent books and backlist..."

Thanks, Kate. The Forgiving Hour was my first Christian Fiction book and my first contemporary novel. It was a story that came to me in a dream and wouldn't let me go. I love that readers still love it today.

Katrina wrote: "I have only read 2 or 3 of her books before.

My favorite so far is A Carol for Christmas

I think I am going to read [book:A Vote of Confide..."

Katrina, I hope you enjoyed A Vote of Confidence. That was a fun series to write, and Cleo (heroine in Fit To Be Tied) is one of my favorite heroines, although I love Gwen too.

jenn wrote: "I've read A Carol for Christmas and A Promise Kept, which were good. I'll probably read [b..."

Hi, Jenn. Hope you enjoyed Love Without End. Kings Meadow became a favorite setting of mine. I may revisit it in a future book.

I’ve never read any of ms Hatcher’s books, but I plan to read ‘You’re Gonna Love Me’. I’m very excited about it!

Loraine wrote: "Loved the Legacy of Faith series. I will read: ."

Hi, Loraine. Hope you enjoyed Love Without End. And thanks for mentioning the Legacy of Faith series. The Henning family became very special to me.

Kim wrote: "I haven’t read her books before. Plan to read and if time
— Finished both and especially liked [bookcover:Who I Am w..."

Thanks, Kim. Delighted that you enjoyed the books you read.

Sarita wrote: "Read and enjoyed "

Thanks, Sarita.

Nancy wrote: "I cannot believe that I haven’t read at least ONE of her books but I just looked on my shelves and have not !
So .. found one of the Bethlehem series & hope 2 read it soon .. there are vacation da..."

I hope you were able to read the book you found, set in Bethlehem Springs. I loved writing those historicals. Fun note: I returned to Bethlehem Springs for the setting in the present (2022) for my book that releases in November, LIKE THE WIND.

I'm reading today via audiobook. Already in chapter 5, and it's so good so far!

Robin, thank you for the stories you tell. Heart deep and entertaining -- not to mention they usually make me weep! (I love that, by the way.)

Robin, thank you so much for dropping in! I look forward to reading