Band of Sisters was born of a desire to end modern-day slavery and to answer the question: what can I do to help in a need so desperate? To answer that question characters look beyond themselves, and ask, “What would Jesus do?” By recounting the things Jesus taught and the life He modeled, He’s already given us answers.  It is only …

Band of Sisters was born of a desire to end modern-day slavery and most of all to ask: What can I do to help in a need so desperate? Despite all my research, I couldn’t answer that question.  Inspiration finally came by confronting the question Charles Sheldon posed in his popular novel nearly a century ago, In His Steps —“What …

My best definition of research: “Climbing curiosity’s trail.”  One of the greatest perks of being a writer is the absolute freedom—even endorsement—to investigate a topic to your heart’s content.  To creatively indulge in life detours and to assert, with a straight face, “Oh, yes, I must do this or go there or experience that because I’m researching a new book”—well, …

Romantic Times reviewed Band of Sisters (4 and ½ stars), saying:  Gohlke has written a wonderful book about the power of being a woman and what a group of women can do when they work together.  The characters are strong, not only in body but in mind; they are charming, witty, and some even have a little bit of devil in them.  …